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Chapter 19. Section 1. Consolidation. To combine several companies. Railroad Barons. The men who controlled all the railroads. How did the Railroads help the economy?. Made it easier to ship goods. Standard Gauge. Making the space between all railroad tracks the same. Rebates.
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Chapter 19 Section 1
Consolidation • To combine several companies
Railroad Barons • The men who controlled all the railroads
How did the Railroads help the economy? • Made it easier to ship goods
Standard Gauge • Making the space between all railroad tracks the same
Rebates • Discounts given to regular customers
Pools • Secret agreements among the railroad barons
Chapter 19 • Section 2- Inventions
Alexander Graham Bell • Invented the telephone
George Westinghouse • Developed the electricity transformer
Henry Ford • Developed the assembly line in order to speed up production of vehicles and other goods
The Model T • The main vehicle produced by Henry Ford in 1906
Assembly Line • Sped up production of goods
How did Mass Production affect the economy? • It made goods cheaper because it reduced the cost and time of making them
Section 3 • Age of Big Business
What were the Factors of Production? • Land • Labor • Capital
Corporation • A company that sells shares or stock in itself
Stock • Shares in a company
Shareholders • Anyone who owns stock in a company
Dividends • The money made when the company you invest in does well
John D. Rockefeller • Early oil baron • He set up the Standard Oil Company
Horizontal Integration • Getting the competitors to be apart of your company
Trust • A group of companies managed by the same people
Steel • The Bessemer Process • Pittsburg, Pennsylvania • Birmingham, Alabama
Andrew Carnegie • Early Steel Baron
Vertical Integration • Buying companies that you need in order to do business so • He bought out his suppliers so he wouldn’t have to pay them
J.P. Moran • Formed U.S. Steel • The worlds first billion dollar company
Philanthropy • Using money to benefit the community
Mergers • Combining companies
Monopoly • Eliminating the competition of your company • And also a board game with a man who has a little white mustache
Sherman Antitrust Act • Stopped the formation of monopolies
Section 4 • Industrial Workers
What were the working conditions like? • Not Fun • Hot • Sweaty • Long Hours • Little Pay
Sweatshops • Workplaces that were unsafe and unhappy places to be
Textiles • Goods made from cotton or fabrics
How were Women Workers treated? • Bad • They were paid less than men
What is a Labor Union? • Groups of workers who stick together to get what they want • What are some things a labor union might fight for?
Knights of Labor • First universal labor union • Included all people
Collective Bargaining • A way of making Deals or Compromises with Unions and their Bosses
Triangle T-Shirt Factory • A sweatshop that made t-shirts • The doors were locked to keep the workers in • It burned down killing 150 people because the doors were locked
Union Strike • When members of a Union refuse to work until their demands are met
Strikebreakers • Scabs • Workers who didn’t belong to the Unions • They would work when the Union went on Strike
Injunction • A court order forcing someone to do what the court says