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| 2595601714 | Thomas Edison | World's first research lab, perfected incandescent & a system for producing and distributing electricity |  | 0 |
| 2595604310 | Alexander Graham Bell | Invented the telephone |  | 1 |
| 2595604698 | Edwin L. Drake | Used a steam engine to drill for oil |  | 2 |
| 2595606219 | Bessemer Process | Inject air into molten iron to remove carbon, etc. |  | 3 |
| 2595609186 | Transcontinental Railroad | U.S. intercontinental railroad system |  | 4 |
| 2595611433 | George M. Pullman | Made a factory for making railroad cars |  | 5 |
| 2595612816 | Munn V. Illinois | States won the right to regulate the railroad |  | 6 |
| 2595614212 | Interstate Commerce Act | Federal government supervises railroad activities & established a five person interstate commerce commission |  | 7 |
| 2595619126 | Andrew Carnegie | One of the first industrial moguls to make his own fortune |  | 8 |
| 2595621219 | Vertical Integration | Process where suppliers are bought out |  | 9 |
| 2595622876 | Horizontal Integration | Companies producing similar products merge together |  | 10 |
| 2595624344 | Social Darwinism | Charles Darwin's theory of biological evolution |  | 11 |
| 2595626909 | John D. Rockefeller | Joined with competing companies in trust agreements |  | 12 |
| 2595628157 | Sherman Antitrust Act | Made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states and or other countries |  | 13 |
| 2595630005 | Nativism | Favoritism towards native-born Americans |  | 14 |
| 2595631913 | Urbanization | The growth of cities, mostly in the Northeast & Midwest |  | 15 |
| 2595633536 | Americanization Movement | To assimilate people of many cultures into the dominant (American) culture |  | 16 |
| 2595635038 | Social Gospel Movement | Preached salvation through service to the poor |  | 17 |
| 2595635878 | Settlement Houses | Community centers in slums that provided assistance to those in the area |  | 18 |
| 2595637467 | Political Machine | Offered services to voters in exchange for political or financial support |  | 19 |
| 2595639147 | Graft | The illegal use of political influence for personal gain |  | 20 |
| 2595640344 | Partonage | Giving government jobs to people who helped get the president elected |  | 21 |
| 2595641956 | Civil Service | Giving government jobs to citizens to help them |  | 22 |
| 2595644835 | Rutherford Hayes | Republican president, 1876 |  | 23 |
| 2595646140 | Grover Cleaveland | As president he tried to lowers tariffs, but Congress refused to support his acts |  | 24 |
| 2595647506 | Benjamin Harrison | Grandson of President William Henry Harrison. His campaign was financed by large contributions from companies |  | 25 |
| 2595654579 | Industrialization | The process of social and economic change whereby a human group is transformed from a pre-industrial society into an industrial one. |  | 26 |
| 2595657020 | Laissez-Faire | The policy that is based on the idea that governments and the law should not interfere with business, finance, or the conditions of people's working lives |  | 27 |
| 2595660690 | Melting Pot | A place where immigrants of different cultures or races form an integrated society. |  | 28 |
| 2595663557 | Labor Unions | An organization that represents the rights and interests of workers to their employers, for example in order to improve working conditions or wages. |  | 29 |
