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| formed the Carnegie steel company in 1873 |
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| president during the Progressive period (elected in 1913) |
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| negotiations between employers and employees concerning wages, working conditions, etc. |
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| an economic system in which means of production are privately owned, not controlled by the government |
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| canal built by US through the isthmus of Panama to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans |
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| inventor of the telegraph, lightbulb, and microphone |
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| owned US oil; donated time and money to charities |
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| the change from producing goods by hand to producing by machine |
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| a labor action in which workers refuse to go to work |
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| a political theory where the people control the means of production |
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| the war between the US and Spain in 1898; America got Cuba, Guam, Phillipines, and Puerto Rico |
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| a federal agency in charge of anti-trust lawsuits |
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| inventor of the telephone |
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| a successful money-lender in the late 1800's who donated a lot of money to charity |
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| the manufacturing of goods on a large scale in factories |
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| the social and political movement in the early 1900's that wanted to improve life in America |
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| a group of workers organized to protect the interests of its members |
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| a 1908 Supreme Court case that said women could not work more than 10 hours per day |
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| inventor of the mechanical cotton gin |
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| 26th president of the United States |
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| invented the assembly line |
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| a company that completely dominates a certain industry |
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| a company recognized by law to exist independently from its owners |
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| industrial movement that replaced hand tools with power-driven machines |
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| anyone born in the US is automatically a US citizen |
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