This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Westward Expansion & Industrialization has 10 clues. Answers range from 8 to 19 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
a technique that removed carbon from molten iron thus making a lighter, stronger metal known as steel
america's foremost inventor perfecting the incandescent light bulb and inventing an entire system that produced and distributed electrical power
invented the telephone in 1876
built a company town near his factory outside of chicago where sleeper and railroad cars were manufactured
used vertical integration and horizontal consolidation as strategies to form a monopoly on the american steel industry
was head of Standard Oil Company which by the 1800's was refining 90% of the county's petrolium
was a banker who ran the most successful holding company which was corporation that did nothing but buy out the stock of other companies
grew out the theory of biological evolution and was used to justify the doctrine of laissez faire
when a company or corporation has complete control over its industry's production, quality, wages paid, and prices charged
were formed to push for higher wages and better working conditions for workers