The Captains of Industry

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A less expensive and easier way to make steel. It increased production and lowered the price of steel in the US dramatically. Allowed skyscrapers to be built.

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Bessemer Process

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The total or complete control of a service, product or industry that prevents competition

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Monopoly

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A monopoly is the total or complete control of a service, product or industry that prevents ________________.

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Competition

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The Gospel of Wealth was written by this successful businessman who owned a large steel corporation.

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Andrew Carnegie

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Carnegie's  "Gospel of Wealth" encourages the wealthy to

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donate to charities to improve the community

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These were the men who held very large and extensive corporations within their hands, they even had some control over the governmental processes.

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Robber Barons

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___________ refers to the Gilded Age belief that only the strong should survive and are better than the weak in society.

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Social Darwinism

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__________ is a negative term to describe the great industrialists of the Gilded Age and __________ is a positive term to describe them.

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Robber Barons, Captains of Industry

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Pools, trusts, and monopolies were an effort to reduce competition.

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competition

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What does the term "Gilded Age" reflect about the growth of big business?

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widening gap between the rich and the poor