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| Gives the inventor the right to make or sell his/her invention for a specific number of years. |
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| The ups and downs of business growth in American Industry. |
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| Henry Bessemer created a new process to increase steel output. Led to more steel products including rails for railroads. |
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| Machine used to produce electricity. |
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| Inventor with over 1,0000 U.S. patents. 1876 opened laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. Created a workable light bulb. |
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| Scottish immigrant. Invented the telephone. |
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| Transcontinental railroad |
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| Railroad that spanned the entire U.S. helped bring the entire country together. |
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| A business owned by investors who buy part of the company through shares of stock. |
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| Oil man. Created monopolies to wipe out his competition. |
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| Steel man. Controlled all aspects of the steel making process to make the best and cheapest steel for sale. |
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| A time in history where few were extremely rich, but many were poor. |
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| Place were workers were payed low wages for long hours of work in unsafe working conditions. Both children and adults worked here. |
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| Labor Union formed by many different trades. (Jobs) |
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| The belief that all members of a society are equal owners of all business. They share the work and the profits. (money) |
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| 7 Police killed and many injured during a union rally against McCormick Harvester Company. |
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| Railroad workers strike against pay cuts and rent charges to live in company housing. |
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| Founder (starter) of the AFL to improve working conditions for union workers. |
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| American Railway Union President. Told U.S. railroad workers to not handle Pullman cars during the Pullman Strike. |
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