The Industrial Age
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| Consolidation | Combining separate companies into one
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| Railroad Baron | Powerful businessman who controlled the railroads
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| Standard Gauge | The width of 4ft, 8.5 inches for railroad tracks
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| Labor | Work
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| Rebate | Discount or return of part of a payment
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| Pool | Railroad Barons who made secret agreements and set railroad rates
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| Model-T | America's first mass production car made by Ford Motor Company
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| Assembly Line | A system with Machines and workers arranged so that each person performs an assigned task again and again
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| Transmit | Send from one place to another
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| Mass Production | The production of large quantities of goods using machinery and often an assembly line
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| Mechanism | Mechanical Divice, the parts by which a machine operates
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| Corporation | A company that sells shares or stock of its business to the public
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| Stock | Shares of ownership a company sells in its business, often carry voting power
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| Shareholders | A person who invests in a corporation by buying stock and is partial owner
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| Dividend | A stockholder's share of a company's profits, usually a cash payment
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| Trust | Group of companies managed by the same board of directors
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| Monopoly | Total control of an industry by a single producer
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| Merger | A combining of companies
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| Sweatshop | Crowded and dangerous urban factories
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| Trade Union | Organization of workers with the same trade
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| Collective Bargaining | Discussion between employer and union representatives over pay, hours, and working conditions
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| Strikebreaker | A person hired to replace a striking worker
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| Injunction | A court order to stop an action, for expample: to stop a strike
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