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Munn v Illinois

gave gov't the right to regulate railroads

Andrew Carnegie

steel magnate and philanthropist

Bessemer Process

improved steel making procedure

Social Darwinism

promoted business competition. Survival of the fittest.

horizontal integration

merging of similar industries

Credit Mobilier

major railroad scandal

Alexander Graham Bell

inventor of the telephone

president of the AFL

George M. Pullman

manufactured sleepers and other railroad cars; built a highly regulated town in Illinois for his workers to live in

Sherman Anti-trust Act

made it illegal to form business alliances (monopolies) that interfered with free trade between states

transcontinental railroad

completed at Promontory, Utah, where the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads met

John D. Rockefeller

became one of the wealthiest and most powerful industrialists as head of the Standard Oil Company

Christopher Sholes

influenced entry of women into the work force by his invention of the typewriter

Thomas Alva Edison

invented the light bulb

Interstate Commerce Act

created the Interstate Commerce Commission and reaffirmed the right of the federal gov't to regulate railroad activities