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The American History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the practice of combining separate companies into 1 | consolidation |
| powerful and aggresive businessmen who controlled the nations railroads | railroad baron |
| the uniform width of 4 feet 8.5 inches for railroad tracks, adopted during the 1880s | standard gauge |
| dicount or return of a payment | rebate |
| a group sharing in some activity for example among railroad barons who made secret agreements and set rates among themselves | pool |
| Americas first mass production car made by Ford Motor Company | Model T |
| a system with machines and workers arranged so that each person performs an assigned task again and again as items pass before him or her | assembly line |
| the production of large quantities of goods using machinery and often an assembly line | mass production |
| a business in which investors own shares | corporation |
| shares of ownership a company sells in its business which often carries voting power | stock |
| a person who invests in a corporation by buying stock and is a partial owner | shareholder |
| a stockholders share of a companys profits usually as a cash payment |
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