Chapter 24 Flashcards
Free enterprise
An economic system where few restrictions are placed on business activities and ownership
Syndicate
Group of individuals that combine to promote some common interest
Patrician
An aristocrat or nobleman
Social Darwinists
Survival of the fittest in society
Socialists
A person who advocates or practices socialism
Lockout
The exclusion of employees by their employer from their workplace until certain terms are agreed to
Anarchists
A person who believes in or tries to bring about anarchy
Thomas Edison
Was an inventor
Andrew Carnegie
Was a big oil industry guy
John D. Rockefeller
Was a business magnate
Samuel Gompers
Was a labor union leader
Trust
A relationship where property is owned by one party in benefit for the other.