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100
Considered a Monopoly. Broken up into 34 separate companies in 1911


Standard Oil 

100
Poor Scottish Immigrant who created a successful Steel Company in Pittsburgh


Andrew Carnegie 

100
Proponent of Alternating Current (AC) in the Tesla v Edison Competition


Nikola Tesla 

100
Smaller Rail Line. An example would be the Light Rail to Penn Station


Branch Line 

100
Proponent of Direct Current (DC) in the Tesla v Edison Competition


Thomas Edison 

200
Known as the “Commodore”. Creator of the Staten Island Ferry & NY Railroad


Cornelius Vanderbilt

200
The process of buying out all competitors and merging into one large company


Horizontal Integration 

200
The Major Route of a Railroad Line. An example would be New York to Chicago


Trunk Line 

200

The creation of Steel by blasting hot air through molten iron


Bessemer Process

200
Strike at the Carnegie Steel Mill. Pinkerton Group stopped the strike by force


Homestead Strike 


300
Railroad Line that started in Omaha and went Westward (Irish Labor)


Union Pacific 

300
The Belief that it was a disgrace to die rich. Wealthy donated money to good causes


Gospel of Wealth 

300
The process of one company controlling every step of the supply chain


Vertical Integration 

300
Place where the Union & Central Pacific Lines met to form the finished Transcontinental Railroad


Promontory Point Utah

300

The Wealthiest Man in Human History. Monopolized the Oil Industry


John D. Rockefeller

400
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Strike in which President Grover Cleveland was forced to call in Federal Troops


Pullman Strike 

400
Railroad Line that started in Sacramento and went Eastward (Chinese Labor)


Central Pacific Railroad 

400
“Hands Off” approach to the economy. Limited Government in Business


Laissez Faire 

400
Wealthy Banker who bailed out the United States Government. His bank is still around


JP Morgan

400
After this purchase of Carnegie Steel, this new company became the largest in US History


US Steel