US History Industrialization 1

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A group of companies in the same industry giving day-to-day operation of their companies over to a single board of directors.

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trust

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What is a Laissez-Faire economy?

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An economy that works best when there is very little involvement by the U.S. government.

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Robber Barons used this theory to justify their actions in business: Social Darwinism, conspicuous consumption, Gospel of Wealth, nativism

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Social Darwinism

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What was an American capitalist of the Gilded Age whose contributions benefited society? Options: Captain of Industry, Social Darwinist, Socialist, Fundamentalist

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Captain of Industry

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What was an entity that runs several companies as one large corporation? (Standard Oil)

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Trust

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Name for entrepreneurs who use ruthless tactics to destroy competition or to keep wages low

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Robber Baron

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Combining into a single firm of several firms involved in the same level of production and sharing resources as that level

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Horizontal integration

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When a company is working separately in related phases of the production and sale of a product

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Vertical integration

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Method of production invented by Henry Ford in which workers add parts to a product as it moves along a belt.

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assembly line

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When a company controls all or nearly all the business of an industry

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monopoly