What was used to stop strikes
injunctions
what is a name of a business owned by two or more people
partnership
what is a supersized corporation of combined businesses
trust
what is the focus on money and possessions
materialism
What is a one-owner business?
sole proprietorship
What is the group of local unions composed of skilled laborers
Knights Labors
what railroad was built in the northern US and Canada
Union Pacific
What railroad was built in the late 1860s by Irish workers and war veterans
Great American railroad
What railroad was built eastward across the Sierra Nevada
Central Pacific
What great American inventor developed many important electrical devices but is perhaps most remembered for his light bulb?
Thomas Edison
What conditions caused many immigrants to come from ireland in the 1840s
potato blight
Who organized the American Federation of Labor?
Samuel Gompers
What legislation did Congress pass in 1890 to try to stop the formation of trusts
Sherman Anti-trust act