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Ch. 24 Study Stack
A review of the key terms and concepts associated with the Gilded Age
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Period of time between the end of Reconstruction and 1900, means covered thinly with gold paint | Gilded Age |
| Purchase of companies at all levels of production | Vertical integration |
| Purchase of competing companies in the same industry | Horizontal integration |
| Organization that brings together workers in the same trade, or job, to fight for better wages and working conditions | Labor union |
| Money earned by a business after subtracting its operation costs | Profit |
| To give money to a company or bank, or to buy something, in order to make a profit later | Invest |
| Use of interchangeable parts and assembly lines to make large quantities of identical goods | Mass production |
| Industrialist who greatly expanded the U.S. steel industry in the late 19th century | Andrew Carnegie |
| Oil industry businessman who became the first billionaire in American history | John D. Rockefeller |
| Auto industry businessman who perfected the assembly line | Henry Ford |
| A company that controls all production and sales of a particular product or service | Monopoly |
| Group of corporations that unite in order to reduce competition and control prices in a business or an industry | Trust |
| A more cost-effective method of producing steel | Bessemer Process |
| Inventor of the telephone | Alexander Graham Bell |
| Business leaders whose method of gaining personal fortune had a positive impact on the country | Captains of Industry |
| Business leaders who became rich through ruthless, corrupt or dishonest methods | Robber Barons |
| Time spent not working | Leisure |
| The growth of cities | Urbanization |