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36 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Guage
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Widths Of The Tracks
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Network
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System of Coneected Lines
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Consolidate
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Combine
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Rebates
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Discounts
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Pool
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Several Railroad Companies Agreed To Divide Up Business In Area
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Bessemer Process
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Enabled Steel Makers To Produce Strong Steel At A Lower Cost
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Vertical Intigration
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Gaining Control Of All The Steps Used To Change Raw Materials Into Finished Products
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Corporation
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Business Owned By Investors
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Stock
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Shares In The Business
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Dividend
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Shares Of A Corporations Profit
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Trust
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A Group Of Corporations Run by A Single Board Of Directers
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Monopoly
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Controls All Or Nearly All The Business Of An Industry
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Free Enterprise System
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Business Are Owned By Private Citzens
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Sherman AntiTrust Proscess
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Banned Formation Of Trusts And Monopolys
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Patent
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Licencse For New Inventions
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Transatlantic
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Across The Atlantic
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Moving Assembly Line
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Workers Stay In One Place As Products Edge Along A Moving Belt
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Mass Prduction
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Make Large Quantities Of A Product Quickly And Cheaply
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Sweatshop
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A Workplace Where Poeple Labor Long Hours In Poor Condidtions For Little Pay
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Knights Of Labor
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Union; Opened To Skilled Members Only
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Strikebreaker
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Replacement For Striking Workers
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Monopoly
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Controls All Or Nearly All The Business Of An Industry
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Free Enterprise System
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Business Are Owned By Private Citzens
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Sherman AntiTrust Proscess
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Banned Formation Of Trusts And Monopolys
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Patent
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Licencse For New Inventions
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Transatlantic
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Across The Atlantic
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Moving Assembly Line
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Workers Stay In One Place As Products Edge Along A Moving Belt
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Mass Prduction
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Make Large Quantities Of A Product Quickly And Cheaply
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Triangle Fire
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Fire In 1911 At A Sweatshop In New York. Doors Were Locked When People Tried To Exit
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Knights Of Labor
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Union; Opened To Skilled Members Only
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Hayward Riot
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Bomb Exploded. Killed 7 Officers. Eight Anarchists Were Arrested And Held Responsible
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Trade Union
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A Union Of Persons Working on The Same Trade
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AFL
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American Federation of Labor Union of People Large Organization MAde Up By Many Different Unions
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Anarchists
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People Who Compose All Forms Of Organized Government
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Collective Bargaining
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The Right of Unions To Negotiate w. Management For Workers As A Group
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ILGWU
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Internations Ladies Garment Woman Union; an organization
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