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Question | Answer |
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what is bessemer process? | an inafective way to remove impurties from steel. |
who brought the bessemer process to the US? | Andrew Carnegie |
what is vertical integration? | When one company owns all the parts of the US process |
what is horizontal intergration? | when one company owns all the producers of the product |
holding companies | companies that bought majorities in many competing companies |
interlocking directorates | the same board of directors that is in control of various companys |
Sherman Antitrust Act | passed in 1890 and outlawed trust and monopolies |
John D. Rockefeller | liquid assets |
Andrew caregie | cold hard cash and he owned steel |
Cornelius Vanderbilt | railroading |
J.P Morgan | backstage baron |
soical darwinism | the best company would survive and thrive |
Gospel of wealth | the idea that it was the responsibilty of the rich people to give money to the poor |