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Chapter 4 Flashcards

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trust

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group of companies managed by a single board of trustees

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rebates

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offered to companies who shipped large quantities

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long distance communication

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telephone & telegraph; unified the nation; communication much faster

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vertical integration

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acquiring companies at all stages of production; Carnegie & steel industry

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horizontal integration

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buying up companies that do the same thing; Rockefeller & oil industry

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railroads & industry

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allowed industry to expand to the West; steel, lumber, & coal industries grew

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“John Henry”

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railroad work song

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monopoly

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complete control of an industry

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shareholders

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partial owners of a company; get paid if company makes money

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collective bargaining

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unions representing workers in talks w/management

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dividend

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stockholder’s share of a company’s profits

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Thomas Edison

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Menlo Park; phonograph; storage battery; light bulb in 1879

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merger

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combining two or more companies into one

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injuction

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court order to stop a labor union from striking; used to stop Pullman Strike

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consolidation

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combining separate companies; railroad barons used to drive competitors out of business

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Pullman Strike

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b/c wages cut; 1894; injunction issued b/c strike paralyzed rail traffic

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Andrew Carnegie

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steel industry; philanthropist; built schools, universities, libraries

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transatlantic telegraph cable

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1866; Cyrus Field; connected U.S. & Europe; seconds to get message to Europe

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ESSAY: working conditions of factory workers in late 1800s & early 1900s

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  • page 113
  • hours
  • wages
  • fired if…
  • safety
  • children
  • women
  • specifics for steel, coal, garment/textile industries

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