2.
Pacific Railway Act-started construction of
transcontinental railroad.
Union Pacific and Central Pacific worked
to build
By 1900 most rail systems in the US were
connected
Time zones were made for railroads
Land grants were given to railroads who
then sold remaining land to settlers, real
estate companies etc.
3.
Railroad entrepreneurs who made
fortunes by cheating investors , taxes etc
Used insider trading
Jay Gould, Leland Stanford, Cornelius
Vanderbilt
Credit Mobilier Scandal
Members of Congress who received
stock in Union Pacific as bribes for
Credit Mobilier
4.
5.
Early unions were guilds
Trade unions came later—made of people with
specific skills
Industrial Unions—united all craft workers and
common laborers
Blacklist—list that companies would put on ppl
who tried to organize unions
Lockout—what employers did to break unions
Would hire scabs to work during strike
periods
6.
7.
First industrial union
Tried to make labor practices better for workers
Wanted arbitration
An impartial third party that helps workers
and management reach and agreement
8.
First Leader was Samuel Gompers
Tried to make companies closed shops
Companies could only hire union workers
