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| multiple investors and partners |
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| acquiring competitors at one level of competition |
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| created time zones throughout the country so the railroad stations can communicate better |
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| businesses are becoming more responsible. bad: child labor, etc |
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| only the ones who work hard and have ambition can be at the top |
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| owns steel company, has a monopoly. rags to riches story |
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| oil monopoly, some say that he was a cold and harsh man. others say that he was good for our nation |
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| Trust and Holding Companies |
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| there is only one company that has the power of something and they take advantage of that. (trains, oil, steel, etc) |
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| helped reorganize American enterprises |
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| knew they had more power than the government. railroad monopolies |
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| riches to respectability, thinks everyone has the same opportunities |
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| working conditions of laborers |
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low wages, hazardous environment, inequities of pay (between races and gender), worker control issues |
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open to all workers
trying to help work be fair for everyone, against child labor, violence breaks out and it declines |
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| union of skilled workers, created by samuel gompers, still around today, it was successful but limited to the people in it |
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first railroad strike because paycut during the depression
government puts down strike and sides with business |
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| wage cut leads to strike, Pinkerton detectives go in to see if there is anything going on |
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| over pay cuts, seize mill, militia called in |
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| to break the strike (bc of pay cuts), they put mail on the trains so the strikers would be committing a federal crime by not delivering mail |
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North and western Europe
white, anglo-saxon, protestant stock
came in family units for permanent stay
fanned out all across US |
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south and eastern europe, asia
diversity
single males and only to explore
settled in urban areas
resistance from natives |
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