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100
Invented the telephone
What is Alexander Graham Bell
100
What enabled onger and heavier trains
What is air brakes
100
what is the belief that the government should not interfer with the economy called
What is laissez-faire
100
people who risk their own money to organize and run businesses are known as_________________
What is entrepreneurs
100
When prices fell faster than wages the workers buying power did what
What is increased
200
Invented the light bulb in Menlo Park NJ
What is Thomas Edison
200
What are loans ,mortgages, and taxes known as
What is fixed costs
200
What represented ALL Workers in a particular industry
What is industrial union
200
_______________is the total value of all godds and servieces a country produces
What is GNP gross national product
200
Selling stock in a corporation raise money while_______
What is spreading out the financial risk
300
What allowed cloth to be made more quickly
What is automatic loom
300
What are considered operating costs
What is wages, shipping charges, and supplies
300
A "closed shop" means that companies can only hire____________________
What is union workers
300
In the Credit Mobilier scanda. Union Pacific investors got rich by doing what
What is paying high bills from companies they controlled/owned
400
The head of the American Railway Union
What is Eugene Debs
400
Iron Molders' International Union and Teachers Union are examples of what
What is trade union
400
What began the railroad boom
What is Pacific Railway Act
400
an advantage that big corporations have over small businesses is____________________
What is produce goods more cheaply and efficiently
400
What is vertical integration, give and example
What is Cuts out the middle man. Control every aspect of production
500
Saw capitalism as a truggle between workers and owners
What is Karl Marx
500
What does Laissez-faire rely on
What is supply and demand
500
What could be turned into kerosene and was in high demand
What is petroleum
500
Members of Congress believed that tariffs were necessary to _______________________
What is protect industries from foreign competition
500
What is a corporation, who owns it, how does it raise money
What is a company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity, owned by many people, sells shares to stockholders