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| an official list or table showing duties of customs imposed by gov't on imports or exports |
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| association of producers of a good or service that prices and controls stocks in order to monopolize the market |
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| exclusive control by one company over an entire industry |
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| official rights given by gov't to an inventor for exclusive right to develop, use, and sell and invention for a set pd. of time |
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| company recognized as legal unit that has rights and liabilities separate from each of its members |
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| 1886 labor-related protest in Chicago that ended in deadly violence |
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| group of separate companies placed under the control of a single managing board in order to form a monopoly |
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| Person who invests money in a product or business with the goal of making profit. |
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| Horizon/Vertical integration |
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| system of consolidating many firms in same business/system of consolidating firms involved in all steps of a product's manufacture |
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| method developed in mid-1800s for making steel more efficiently |
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| 1890 law banning any trust that restrained interstate trade or commerce |
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| small factory where employees have to work long hours under poor conditions for little pay |
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| Union that sought to organize all workers and focused on broad social reforms |
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| American Federation of Labor |
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| Labor union that organized skilled workers in a specific trade and made specific demands rather than seeking broad changes |
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| 1892 strike against Carnegie's steelworks in Homestead, Pennsylvania |
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| 1892 strike against railway workers' strike which began outside of Chicago and spread nationwide |
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| economic system which investment and ownership of means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations |
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| notion promoted by many successfull businessmen that their massive wealth was a social benefit for all |
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| founder of a standard oil company |
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| 19th century steel tycoon |
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| the first federal agency monitoring business operations, created in 1887 to oversee interstate railroad procedures |
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| third class accommodations on a steamship, overcrowded and dirty |
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| Multistory building divided into apartments to house as many families as possible |
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| cities and/or nuber of people living in them |
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| an approach to social reform |
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| island in New York Harbor that served as an immigration station for millons of immigrant arriving to te US |
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| immigrant processing station that opened in San Francisco Bay in 1910 |
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| similar cultural patterns in a society as a result of the spread of transportation, communication, and advertising |
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| term coined by Mark Twain to describe the post-reconstruction era which was characterized by a facade of prosperity |
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| belief that assimilation immigrants into American society would make them more loyal citizens |
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| Southern and Eastern European immigrant who arrived in the US in a great wave btwn 1880 and 1920 |
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| American journalist known for wildlife conservation efforts |
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| type of show, including dancing, singing, and comedy sketches, that became popular in the late 19th century |
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| a traveling vaudeville performances in the US and Europe |
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| the most American thing in America |
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| sport that is characterized by the presence of spectators |
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| an American author that made juvenile novels |
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| society in which people of different nationalities assimilate to form one culture |
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| belief that native-born white Americans are superior to newcomers |
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| northern or western European immigrant to the US |
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