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A person who controls the commercial production and sale of goods and services. industrialist.

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1 A person who controls the commercial production and sale of goods and services. industrialist

2 Union led by Terence Powderly. Consisted of skilled and unskilled workers, women and factory workers. Disappeared by the 1890s. Knights of Labor

3 An organization that represents workers get better hours, working conditions and wages. Labor union

4 The domination of an industry by one company. One company controls most of an industry. monopoly

5 Investment banker who later bought Carnegie Steel and created U.S. Steel. J. Pierpont Morgan

6 1894 railway workers strike. Grover Cleveland issued an injunction ordering the workers to stop the strike. Workers refused and the army put an end to the strike. Pullman Strike

7 Industrial leaders who became wealthy through unethical means. Robber barons

8 Leader of the oil industry. Controlled the Stand Oil Trust. John D. Rockefeller

9 1890 law which outlawed trusts and monopolies. Not very effective. Sherman Antitrust Act

10 A work stoppage by employees trying to get workers to meet their demands. strike

11 Economic theory which talks about how many goods there are to buy and the interest in buying them. Supply and demand

12 When a single board of directors controls several corporations in a related industry. Forms a sort of monopoly. trust

13 An organization that represents workers in negotiations for wages, hours, conditions, and job security. union

14 The growth of cities through immigration and people coming from rural areas. urbanization


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