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14 Cards in this Set
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Lewis Latimer
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African-American inventor who played a key role in improving practical electrical lighting
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Thomas Edison
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inventor of the electric light bulb and many other devices
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Alexander Graham Bell
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inventor of the telephone
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John D. Rockefeller
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founder of the Standard Oil Trust
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robber baron
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a business leader who became wealthy through dishonest methods
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Andrew Carnegie
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built U.S. steel industry
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Gilded Age
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late 1800's era of fabulous wealth
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patents
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government documents giving an inventor the exclusive right to make and sell an invention for a specific number of years
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corporation
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a business owned by investors who buy part of it through shares of stock
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monopoly
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business that gains control of an industry by elimating other competitors
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trust
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a legal body created to hold stock in many companies, often within an industry
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business cycle
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the pattern of good and bad economic times
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shareholder
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an investor who buys part of a company through shares of stock
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depression
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a period of low economic activity
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