Industrial Revolution Crossword

Injected air into molten iron to remove the carbon and other impurities
Railroads that extended Westward
The stockholders gave this company a contract to lay track at two to three times the actual cost and pocketed the profits
The Supreme court upheld the Granger laws by vote of seven to two, the states win the right to regulate railroads for the benefit of farmers and consumers
This act reestablished the right of federal government to supervise railroad activities and set up a five member Interstate Commerce Commission
French for "To let do"
Adapted the ideas of the British naturalist, Charles Darwin, and applied them to human society
Supplies like coal fields and iron mines were bought out in order to control the raw materials and transportation systems
A process that joins together companies producing similar products
Competing companies put control of their businesses under a single group of trustees
Complete control over an industry's production, wages, and prices
Made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states or with other countries
Successfully used a steam engine to drill for oil near Tutusville, Pennsylvania
Worked to perfect the incandescent light bulb
An African American who was an important key in improving the light bulb
Invented the Typewriter in 1867
Invented the Telephone
Invented the sleeping railroad-car
A key figure in the expansion of railroads
Was the private secretary to the superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad
A banker who made a tycoon by taking over and merging other people's businesses
A person whom formed "Trusts"
Worked as a cigar maker and joined a local union and eventually became president of the American Federation of Labor
Union officials representing the workers negotiate with management
This union of people were able to reach written agreements on wages, hours, and working conditions