Big Business Flashcards
2nd industrial Revolution
Began in late 1800s
Corporation
A company owned by many companies / groups / people but act as one entity
Monopoly
Gave one group of companies total control of a specific industry
Laissez-Faire
Theory meaning government shouldn’t interfere or interact with businesses
Free enterprise
System based off Laisezz-Faire theory
Mass production
Identical Interchangeable parts that could easily be replaced
Assembly Line
A line where each person does a step of a process to complete it quickly and thoroughly
Trust
Trustees get a percentage of a companies money in exchange for assets. Avoided fees and deducted taxes. Was bad because it caused monopolies
Vertical integrations
Manufacturer owns every step of their product
Horizontal integrations
Manufacturer owns ALL of ONE step of manufacturing process for everyone
Sherman Antitrust
A law banning unlawful trusts and allowing the government to interfere and disband them
Entrepreneur
A person who organizes a business taking on greater risks than normal financial risks
Patent
A government authority to an individual or organization— as right to title and solely make an items ( no copying )
Bessemer process
Reduced the amount of time to make steel
Dropped its price ad made the steel industry a key part of the second industrial revolution
used molten iron burning impurities
Blacklist
“Troublemakers” list of workers. Made it impossible to get jobs., you could get blacklisted by being 5 minutes late
Scab
Immediate replacement worker
Transcontinental Railroad
train route across the United States that was finished in 1869.
Arbitration
A dispute is submitted by party agreement and is solved by one or more arbitrators who make a unified decision on the dispute.
Script
Credit to a certain store. Used by robber barons instead of actual cash payout
Yellow Dog Contract
A contract promising not to join a union
Open shops
A shop that wasn’t required to Join a union
Closed shop
Required to be in a union, even after you’re hired to work at a shop
Injunction
A court order