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19 Cards in this Set
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Robberbarons
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used cut-throat methods to corner the market
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Thomas Edison
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invented the light bulb
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John D. Rockefeller
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ran Standard Oil
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Andrew Carnegie
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ran the largest steel business in the U.S.
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Alexander Grahm Bell
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invented the telephone
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Christopher Shoals
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Invented the typewriter
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Industrial unions
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workers of a specific industry ban together
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Merger
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one company buying out another company
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Craft unions
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when all the workers of the same skill (job) ban together
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Horatio Alger
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wrote novels about poor people striking it rich through hard work
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Bessemer Process
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removes carbon from steel
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Credit Mobilier
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construction company that stole money for the railroads
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Sherman Anti-trust Act
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failed to break up the trusts
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Horizontal integration
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buying out your competition
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Social Darwinism
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survival of the fittest amongst humans. Promoted hands-off capitalism because the strongest and the smartest should be allowed to prosper.
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Political machine
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an organization that controlled the local politics of a city
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Tenements
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cramped urban housing where immigrants lived
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Graft
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using politcal force for personal gain
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James Garfield
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assassinated for his beliefs in civil service
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