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Chapter 14 Section 3
Big Business Emerges
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Head of Standard Oil | John D Rockefeller |
| Process by which a company buys out all of its suppliers | vertical integration |
| Millionaire tycoon who made his riches in the steel industry | Andrew Carnegie |
| Process by which a company buys out all of its competitors | horizontal integration |
| An unsuccessful attempt by Congress to regulate big business | Sherman Antitrust Act |
| A corporation that does nothing but buy out the stock of other companies | holding company |
| The company that results from one corporation's buying out the stock of another | merger |
| A critical term used to describe such industrialists as Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller | robber baron |
| Theory that justified the efforts of millionaires and discouraged government interference in big business | Social Darwinism |
| A corporation made up of many companies that receive certificates entitling them to dividends on profits earned | trust |
| A market in which one company has complete control over an industry's production, quality, wages paid, and prices charged | monopoly |