chapter 24 Flashcards
railroad building directions
chinese w to e
irish e to w
andrew carnage
steel (mass production)
james j hill
great northern railroad
only railroad privately funded
great northern
rockefeller
oil
vanderbilt
railroads
j.p. morgan
banking
credit moblilier
railroad corruption
wabash case
states cannot regulate interstate commerce
interstate commerce act
forced railroads to publish rates (can’t change daily)
vertical integration
mining to marketing all combined
bessemer process
steel making
horizontal integration
buying out competitors
lower until comp goes bankrupt then buy out
gospel of wealth
carnegie’s book promoting philanthropy
yellow dog contract
pledging you won’t join a union
knights of labor
union that included skilled and unskilled workers
sherman anti trust act
too many loopholes, failed