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37 Cards in this Set
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Transcontinental railroad
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Completed in 1869 when the central and union pacific railroads were joined to create a singe rail line
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George Westinghouse
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Developed a compressed-air brake
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Telegraph
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One of the most advaced communcations in the 1800s
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Alexander graham bell
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Patented the telegraph
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Lewis latimer
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Edisons assistant
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Horatio Alger jr
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Published a popular series of novels
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Free enterprise
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Economy, supply,
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Thomas alva Edison
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Another pioneer of communication technology
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Lewis latimer
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A skilled draftsman and Edison's assistant
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Horatio Alger jr
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Published a popular series of novels
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Social Darwinism
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A theory
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Corporation
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Business of organization
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Andrew Carnegie
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Urged to invest in stocks as he had
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Mnopoly
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If trust gains control f an industry or holds a monopoly
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Vertical integration
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Used to control costs
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John d Rockefeller
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Founder of the standard oil company
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Horizontal Integration
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John d RockefellerFounder main method of expansion
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
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Pioneer of the railroad industry
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George pullman
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Ine of the most successful railroad giants
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Sherman antitrust act
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Oitlawed all monopolies and trusts that restrained trade
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,nights of labor
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More successful early nation
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Terence v. Powderly
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An Irish catholic machinist and mayor
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Mnopoly
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If trust gains control f an industry or holds a monopoly
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Vertical integration
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Used to control costs
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John d Rockefeller
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Founder of the standard oil company
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Horizontal Integration
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John d RockefellerFounder main method of expansion
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
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Pioneer of the railroad industry
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George pullman
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Ine of the most successful railroad giants
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Sherman antitrust act
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Oitlawed all monopolies and trusts that restrained trade
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,nights of labor
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More successful early nation
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Terence v. Powderly
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An Irish catholic machinist and mayor
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Mary harris jones
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Promunent role in the union
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Great upheaval
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Strikes and violent labor confrontations in 1866
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Anarchists
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People who oppose all forms of government
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Haymaker riot
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Mpst notorious confrontations
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American federation of labor
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New union founded by Samuel Gompers I'm 1866
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Eugene v. Debs
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Supporred the Pullman strikers
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