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Chapter 12 Section 3 & 4 Flashcards

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1
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Big Business would not have been possible without the ___________

A

Corporations

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2
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People who own corporations are called

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stockholders

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3
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Investing in new technologies, hiring large workforces, and puchasing many machines enabled corporations to achieve

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Economies of Scale

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4
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Big Businesses had high fixed cost and low operating costs, which gave them several ___________

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advantages

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5
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Many companies did not like the intesnse _________ that had been forced upon them

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Competition

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6
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to stop prices from falling…many companies organized ___________ to keep prices at a certain level

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pools

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7
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The life of ___________ illustrated many factors that led to the rise of big business in the U.S.

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Andrew Carnegie

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8
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Born poor Carnegie eventually opened a ______ business in Pittsburgh.

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steel

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9
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Successful business leaders pushed for………….

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Horizontal Integration

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10
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Who achieved most complete horizontal integration?

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John D. Rockefeller

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IN 1882, Standard Oil formed the first ________, a new way of merging businesses that did not violate laws against monopolies.

A

trust

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12
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Many companies immeditely used the law to create a new organization, a ________ company

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holding

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13
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One of the most successful investment banker of the era was…….

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JP Morgan

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14
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What was the first billion dollar company in America?

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US Steel

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15
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what was the first advertising company?

A

NWAYER and SON

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16
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What added to tensions between workers and employers?

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Deflation

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17
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What were the two basic types of industrial workers in the 1800s?

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craft workers and common laborers

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18
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What type of workers formed trade unions?

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Craft Workers

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19
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Employers viewed unions as __________

A

Conspiracies

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20
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Business leaders particularly opposed

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industrial unions

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21
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What is a contract called that says you will never join a union while working for this company?

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Yellow-Dog Contract

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22
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Workers who tried to strike were fired and placed on a

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Blacklist

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23
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When workers formed a union, companies used what to break them>

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Lockouts

24
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Unions suffered from the perception that they were

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Unamerican

25
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in the 1800’s the ideas of Karl Marx, known as _________ became very influential..

A

Marxism

26
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What railroad cut their wages for a third time

A

Baltimore and Ohio

27
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How many railroad workers striked at one time?

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80,000

28
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Who opposed strikes preferring to use boycotts?

A

Knights of Labor

29
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Knights of Labor also supported what

A

Arbitration

30
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in the spring of 1886 what happend that undermined the reputation of the knights?

A

the Haymarket Riot

31
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under what strike did a federal court issue an injuntion, directing the union to halt the boycott

A

Pullman Strike

32
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What does (AFL) stand for?

A

American Federation of Labor

33
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Who was the first president of the AFL

A

Samuel Grompers

34
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THE AFL had three main goals..

A

1 Push for closed shop

  1. promoted 8 hour work day
  2. tried to convince companies to recognize unions and agree to collective bargaining.
35
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In 1905, a group of labor radicals created the what?

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(IWW) Industrial Workers of the War

36
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by 1900 women made up what percent of the workforce?

A

18

37
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One of the most famous labor leaders of the era was….

A

Mary Harris Jones

38
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In 1900 what two types of immigrants worked in the clothing business in New York City and founded the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union

A

Jewish and Italian

39
Q

In 1903, Who established the Womens’ Trade Union League

A

Mary Kenney O’Sullivan, Leonora O’Reilly, Jane Adams, and Lillian Wald

40
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used for making high-quality steel efficiently and cheaply

A

Bessemer Process

41
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Agreements to amintain prices at a certain level

A

Pools

42
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When a company owns all of the different businesses on which id depends for for its operation

A

Vertical Integration

43
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became on of the most successful retail chains in American History

A

Woolworth’s

44
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When a single company achieves control of an entire market

A

Monopoly

45
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Loans, Mortgages, and taxes are examples of a companys…

A

fixed costs

46
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Combining many firms engaged in the same type of business into one corporation is called

A

horizontal integration

47
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N.W. Ayer and Son developed bold new formats for what.

A

advertising

48
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Process whereby an impartial third party helps workers and management reach an agreement

A

Arbitration

49
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a rise in the value of money

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Deflation

50
Q

First national assciation dedicated to women’s labor issues

A

Women’s Trade union League

51
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Unions limited to people with specific skills

A

Trade Unions

52
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First nationwide union

A

Knights of Labor

53
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What did several railroads announce in July of 1877 that Triggered the first nationwidelabor protest?

A

Wage Cuts

54
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The first leader of the American Federation of Labor, Samuel Grompers, believed that unions should stay out of

A

politics

55
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Workers who tried to organize a union or strike were often fired and placed on a list called the

A

Blacklist

56
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Who claimed that after a worker’s revolution, the government would seize all prive property and create a socialist society>

A

Marxists.

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