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Big Business Emerges

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