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33 Cards in this Set
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bessemer process
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this method could produce more steel in one day than the older techniques could turn out in one week.
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Edwin L. Drake
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used a steam engine to drill for oil near Titusville, pennsylvania, 1859
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Elijah McCoy
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made a significant contribution to the industrial use of oil.
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patent
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a guarantee to proctect an inventor's rights to make, use, or sell the invention.
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transcontinental railroad
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completed in 1869
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westinghouse
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developed a compresse-air brake
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trunk lines
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major railroads, crossed great plains to the pacific.
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telegraph
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significant advances in communications in the 1800s.
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alex graham bell
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demonstrated his invention at the philadelphia centennial exposition in june 1876.
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thomas alva edison
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pioneer of communications technology.
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lewis latimer
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skilled draftsman
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horatio alger jr.
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published a popular series of novels that reflected the increasing importance place on individualism.
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capitalism
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in which private business run most industries, and competition determines how mych gooods coast and workers are paid
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communism
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proposes that individual proposes that individual ownership of property should not be allowed
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social darwinism
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natural selection
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corporation
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raised money by selling shares of stock
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andrew carnegie
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urged them to invest in stocks as he had.
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trust
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a group of companies turn control of their stock over to a common board of trustees.
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monoply
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if it has an monopoly it has complete control over the price and quality of a product
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vertical integration
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aquired companies that provided the matrials and services upon which his enterprised depended
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john d rockefeller
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one founder of the standard oil company
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horizontal integration
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one company's contol of other companies producing the same product
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cornelius vanderbilt
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was a pioneer of the rail road industry
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george pullman
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designed adn manufactured railroad cars that mad long-distance rail travel more comfortable.`
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sherman antitrust act
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which outlawed all monopolies and trusts that restrained trade
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knight of labor
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a more succesful early national union
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terence v. powderly
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and irish catholc machinist and mthe mayor of scranto
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harris jones
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played prominent roles in the union.
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great upheaveal
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violent labor
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american federation of labor
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a new union founded by samuel gompers in 1886
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eugene v. debs
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supported the pullman strickers.
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haymarket riot
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stikers clased with affressive employers and police officers
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anarchists
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people who oppose all forms of government
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