Rise of Big Business Vocab

A businessman who became the most famous name in the oil industry and the founder of Standard Oil

• John D Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Samuel Morse

• Thomas Edison

Businessman and founder of Carnegie Steel, the first billion dollar company.

• John D Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Samuel Morse

• Thomas Edison

A business that controls every aspect of a production from origin to point of sale. There is no competition. Standard Oil is an example of this

• Oligolpoly

• Monarchy

• Monopoly

• Labor Unions

A monopoly bulit by John D Rockefeller

• Standard Oil

• Carnegie Steel

• Angel Island

• American Federation of Labor

A monopoly built by Andrew Carnegie, that would become the first billion dollar company

• Carnegie Steel

• Standard Oil

• American Federation of Labor

• Chinese Exclusion Act

The process of buying every business that is needed to produce a complete product. Rockefeller and Carnegie both used this to form their monopolies.

• Vertical Integration

• Monopoly

• American Federation of Labor

• Labor Unions

Invented the telegraph in 1832

• Samuel Gompers

• Samuel Morse

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

Invented the telephone in 1876

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Samuel Morse

• Andrew Carnegie

Developed the electric light bulb in the 1870's

• Thomas Edison

• Samuel Morse

• Alexander Graham Bell

• John D Rockefeller

Immigration station located in San Francisco that saw approximately 1 million Asian immigrants enter the United States from 1910 - 1940

• Angel Island

• Ellis Island

• New York

• American Federation of Labor