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Vocab quiz
terms needed to be memorized for Mr.lewins 2end vocab quiz
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History
8th Grade
10/19/2010

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Mass Production
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When a large amount of a supply is made quickly for a cheap amount of mony.
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Sweatshop
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a work place were people who worked long hours for barley no pay and poor conditions
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Henery Ford
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Intorduced the idea of a moving assembly line with made an advancement in the suto industry in america
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dividends
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Shares if a corpirations profits
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Trust
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a groupof corpirations run by a single board of directors
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Network
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when the raliroad line connected which created more efficent transportation for people and goods
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Corporation
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a buisness owned by investors
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Cornilues Vanderbilt
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Made a railroad empire by ruthlessly crushing his competetors
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consolidation
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Combing two or more compinies into 1
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Andrew Carnigie
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CReated a steel empire by using the bessmer process, buying out his competetors and gaining contorl of every step to make steel ( iron mines, steel mines, railroads, and shipping lines)
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J.P. Morgan
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Used his profits from the banking industry to gain control of major corpirations
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American Federation of Labor (AFofL)
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An organization of trade unions that repersented skilled workers founder: samuel gompers
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stock
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shares of a business owend by a coprpiration
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John D. rockerfeller
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Leader of the oil industry and founder of standard oil co.brought out competers or drove them out of business by slashing his oil priceses very low
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Free enterprise system
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Buisness owned by private citizens that compete with other businesses
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Collectice Bargaing
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the process by which a union negotitated with a mangement for a contract
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rebate
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special disconts the railroad would give to large usiness owners
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entprenuer
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someone who sets up a new business to make a profit
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monoploy
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controlling all of nearly all of the businesses of an indusrty Ex. rocfeller (standard oil company)
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knight of labor
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1869 labor union goals: shorter work day no child labor and equal pay for men and women President: Terence Powderly
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Bessmer process
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,ore efficently way of making strong teel at lower coast
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assembly line
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intorduced by henery ford when a person stays a staion and does the same job for the thig that comes down the line greatly improved the auto industry
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