ch 4 Flashcards

(32 cards)

1
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a system for turning out large numbers of products quickly and inexpensively

A

mass production

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2
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a person who invests money in a buisness venture to make profit

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entrepreneur

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3
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complete control of a product or service

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monopoly

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4
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an oil tycoon who used horizontal integration to decrease costs and increase profits

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John D. Rockafeller

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5
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a buisness in which ownership is shared

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corperation

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6
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a small hot dirty workhouse

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sweatshop

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7
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the response to wage cuts at a carnegie steel plant in 1892

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homestead strike

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8
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the inventor who wanted to develope affordable lighting for homes

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thomas edison

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9
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a labor union open to workers from any trade

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knights of labor

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10
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a steel tycoon who used veritcal integration to increase profits

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Andrew carnegrie

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11
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helped fuel economic growth by encouraging people to buy american goods

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protective tariff

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12
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steel changed peoples lives by

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skyscraper

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13
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a cartel differs from a monopoly in that

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buisnesses agree to limit production

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14
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cartels monopolies trusts and horizontal and vertical integration all share a goal of

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profits

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15
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capitalism fueled industrialization by

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encouraging entrepreneurs to start a new buisness

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16
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which innovation extended the number of hours in a day that american could work and play

17
Q

which industry most spurred economic growth and innovation in related industries

18
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as farms became mechanized

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farmers moved to urban areas to work at factories

19
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corperations had the advantage of

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reducting risk of individual envestors and limited liability

20
Q

in the late 1800s workers tolerated poor wages and working conditions because they

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could be easily replaced

21
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what was one effect of the events in haymarket square

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decline of knights of labor/ americans turned against unions

22
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which labor leader began the american federation of labor

A

samual gompers

23
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how did the federal government support employers during time sof labor unrest

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denied unions recongnition as legally protected groups

24
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in what field did signifigant technological innovation occer in the late 1800s

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transportation and communications

25
in which system does one company control the buisnesses that make up all phases of a products development
vertical integration
26
which argument supports the perception of big buisness leaders as "captains of industry"
buisness support for technology benifited the nation
27
the icc was formed to
oversee railroad operations
28
horizontal integration differs from vertical integration in that it
consolidates many firms in the same buisness
29
the federal government formed the interstate commerce commission to oversee
railroads
30
which of the following limited membership to skilled craftspeople and forcused on economic reforms
american federation of labor
31
which event resulted in the execution of four anarchists and the decline of the knights of labor
haymarket riot
32
in the late 1800s industrial workers
suffered low wages and long hours in unsafe conditions