He/She is most well known for inventing the incandescent light bulb.

 He/She was an African-American scientist & inventor that discovered a way to improve the light bulb to make it last longer.

They both were most well known for inventing the telephone.

This is when one company buys out all of the competition (HORIZONTALLY) that sell the SAME products & merge to become one company.  

This is when air is injected into molten iron to remove the impurities and carbon and Steel is produced.  

These are Groups of Workers who gathered to unite for protection against corporate exploitation & unsafe working conditions AND in favor of fair pay for work & political influence.  

This is when a business gains control over everything involved with the process of making a product available from bottom to top (Vertically).

This was the first coast to coast Railroad line in the U.S. finished on May 10th 1869.  

They faced all kinds of discrimination and abuse by railroad companies that paid them lower wages than white workers and had them work longer hours than white workers.  

The U.S. GOVT. passed this making all forms of trusts & monopolies illegal.  

He/She made his wealth in the production of oil. His company was called Standard Oil Company of Ohio and he grew to control nearly 90% of oil production in the entire United States.  

This is the idea of "survival of the fittest" applied to American Businesses and was against any government regulation of Businesses.  

He/She became a union leader who organized the United Mine Workers of America.  

In this law the U.S. GOVT. gained the power to regulate & supervise all Railroad activities.  

He/She was born in poverty, he rose to become a multi-millionaire because of his business in the steel industry.  

He/She was a union leader who later became the spokesperson for the Socialist Party of America.  

This is when a Monopoly is gained in a certain industry by entering into agreements and sharing profits from investments & one company gaining control.