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22 Cards in this Set
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Bessemer Process
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could produce more steel in one day the older techniques
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Edwin L. Drake
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used steam engine to drill for oil near titusville pennsylvania in 1859
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Eijah McCoy
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made significant contribution to the industrial use of oil
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patent
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a guarantee to protect an inventors rights to make us or sell the invention
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Transcontinental railroad
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completed in 1869
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trunk lines
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or major railroads crossed the great plains to the pacific coast
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Westinghouse
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developed a compressed air break
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Telegraph
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Samuel f.b morse developed in the 1800s and was a communication over the wires.
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alexander graham bell
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invented telephone
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Thomas Alva Edison
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pioneer of communications technology
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Horatio Alger JR.
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Published a popular series of novels that reflected the increasing importance placed.
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Capitalish
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prviate business
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enterprise
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where gorverment stays out of business
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Communism
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Indicidual ownership of property
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Social darwinism
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natuaral selection.
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corporation
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Raised money
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Andtrew carnegie
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help start stock market
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Trust
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a group of companies turn control of their stock over common board`
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Monopoly
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practices by reducing completition of an indresty
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vertical integration
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acquired complanies that provided the marterials and services upon which his enterprised deptended
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John D. Rockefeller
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founder of the standard oil company
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horizontal intergration
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one company control of other compaines producing the same product
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