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2nd industrial revo1
history q4 terms
Term | Definition |
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Bessemer process | Henry Bessemer’s invention that made steel production faster and cheaper |
patent | an exclusive right to make or sell an invention |
Second Industrial | Revolution a period of rapid growth in USA manufacturing in the late 1800s |
corporations | businesses owned by stockholders |
vertical integration | owning the businesses involved in each step of manufacturing |
horizontal integration | owning all of the businesses in a certain field |
trust | a legal arrangement grouping together a number of companies under a single board of directors |
social Darwinism | belief that Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection and “survival of the fittest” holds true for humans |
monopoly | total ownership of a product or service |
Sherman Antitrust Act | law that made it illegal to monopolize a business |