AP US History Vocab 5

discovery in Pennsylvania, West VA, and elsewhere caused the price of coal to drop and fueled transformation of industries to steam power

mode of industrial production where workers perform specific functions as a product is moved from station to station

first produced in 1856 in a converter invented by Henry Bessemer

immigrated to US from Scotland as a penniless boy and ended up the richest man in the world

created by the Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1833; in charge of testing applicants and assigning them to govt jobs

many Americans became infatuated with all of the new products produced by technology and went out and purchased more than any prior age

in 1894, supporters of ohio populist Jacob Coxey marched on DC to demand that govt create jobs for unemployed

some historians describe the late 19th century in this manner

philosophy of Carnegie, who stated that industrialists had an obligation to use profits to help community

location in Chicago of a labor rally called anarchists and other radical labor leaders on May 2, 1886

production of steel, iron, and other materials that can be used for building purposes

a company that existed to gain monopoly control over an industry by buying stock in as manycompanies as possible

strategy of gaining as much control over an industry as possible, usually by creating trusts and holding companies

established in 1905, this union attempted to unionize the unskilled workers who were usuallynot recruited by the AFL