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1 Ch.6 Sec. 3 Big Business and Labor

2 Andrew Carnegie Owner of Carnegie Steel Company
Uses Vertical and Horizontal Integration Captain of Industry- donated 90% of his earnings

3 Charles Darwin Writes On the Origin of Species
Pushes the idea of "Natural Selection" Herbert Spencer uses "Natural Selection" to create Social Darwinism. 

4 John D. Rockefeller Owner of Standard Oil Company
Monopolized Oil Industry Known as a Robber Baron

5 Sherman Antitrust Act Made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states or with other countries

6 Formation of Unions National Labor Union (NLU)
Knights of Labor organized by Uriah Stephens American Federation of Labor (AFL) Samuel Gompers American Railway Union (ARU) Eugene V. Debs  Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) Big Bill Haywood 

7 Mary Harris Jones Mother Jones
Forms United Mine Workers of America (UMW)  Helps Child Labor Laws 

8 Major Strikes Great Strike of 1877- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Haymarket Affair- Chicago, Bomb Thrown at Police Homestead Strike- Carnegie Steel, Henry Frick Pullman Company Strike- Cut 50% Wages and Employees

9 Kahoot.it 

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