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15 Cards in this Set
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Monopoly
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a company that controls an entire industry
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Corporation
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A large business that is owned by investors
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Shareholder
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investors who own a share of the company
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Labor union
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organization of workers / fight for better pay and working conditions
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Strike
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workers refuse to work until demands are met
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Thomas Edison
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Inventor of light bulb 1879, phonograph, thousands of inventions
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Alexander Graham bell
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teacher of the deaf
inventor of the telephone |
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Lewis Latimer
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inventor of the wire filament for light bulbs
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Elijah McCoy
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inventor of the oil cup called the "Real McCoy"
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Andrew Carnegie
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Built steel mills,very rich, helped others by building parks, universities,hospitals,libraries, concert halls, museums
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John D. Rockfeller
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Built Standard oil company
a monopoly |
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Mary Harris Jones
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Famous labor unnion leader against child labor
Mother Jones |
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Samual Gompers
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founded AFL (American Federation of Labor)
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Menlo Park
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research lab where Edison made inventions
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Pittsburgh
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Pennsylvania city known for its steel mills
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