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17 Cards in this Set
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Henry Ford |
An American industrial that made the first automobile and founded the Ford motor company. The automobiles were only affordable to the wealthy. |
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Thomas Edison |
An inventor and business man that influenced life by inventing the long- lasting lightbulb |
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Alexander Gram Bell |
A Scottish scientist,inventor and engineer who created the first phone that could be s easier and faster to communicate to others. |
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Patents |
The exclusive rights to make or sell inventions |
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Monopoly |
The only company that is possession of hat product and the only sells it |
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Social Darwinism |
A view of society based on scientist Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection |
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Corporations |
A business that sell portions of ownership called stock shares |
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Vertical integration |
ownership of business involved in each step of a manufacturing process |
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Labor Union |
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Strike |
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Collective Bargaining |
All workers acting collectively ,or together |
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Old Immigrants |
immigrants from Northern Europe |
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New immigrants |
Immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe |
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Tenements |
Are poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings |
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Nativists |
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Steerage |
An area below a ships deck where steering mechanisms were located. |
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Sweatshops |
A workplace that has unhealthy working conditions. |