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Chapter 6 Vocabulary

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Munn v Illinois
gave gov't the right to regulate railroads
Andrew Carnegie
steel magnate and philanthropist
Bessemer Process
improved steel making procedure
Social Darwinism
promoted business competition. Survival of the fittest.
horizontal integration
merging of similar industries
Credit Mobilier
major railroad scandal
Alexander Graham Bell
inventor of the telephone
Samuel Gompers
president of the AFL
George M. Pullman
manufactured sleepers and other railroad cars; built a highly regulated town in Illinois for his workers to live in
Sherman Anti-trust Act
made it illegal to form business alliances (monopolies) that interfered with free trade between states
transcontinental railroad
completed at Promontory, Utah, where the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads met
John D. Rockefeller
became one of the wealthiest and most powerful industrialists as head of the Standard Oil Company
Christopher Sholes
influenced entry of women into the work force by his invention of the typewriter
Thomas Alva Edison
invented the light bulb
Interstate Commerce Act
created the Interstate Commerce Commission and reaffirmed the right of the federal gov't to regulate railroad activities
vertical integration
a company's taking over its suppliers, distributors, and transportation systems to gain total control over the quality and costs of its product
Edwin L. Drake
invented the steam engine oil drill
American Federation of Labor
an alliance of trade and craft unions, formed in 1886
Eugene V. Debs
organized an industrial union (around 1894) that included both skilled and unskilled workers; five time socialist presidential candidate
Industrial Workers of the World
a labor organization for unskilled workers, formed by a group of radical unionists and socialists in 1905
Mary Harris Jones
nicknamed Mother Jones; prominent organizer in the women's labor movement
labor union
an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals
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