Chapter 4 vocabulary

a period of rapid growth in manufacturing and industry in the late 1800s

Owning all the businesses in a certainn field

a law that made it illegal to create monopolies or trusts that restrained free trade

an exclusive right to make or sell an invention

a secret society that became the first truly national labor union in the U.S.

technique used by labor unions where workers act collectively to change working conditions

an organization that united skilled workers into national unions for specific industries

a number of companies legally grouped under a single board of directors

a complete control over the entire supply of goods or a service in a particular market

a business that sells portions of ownership called stock shares

the business practice of owning all of the businesses in each step of the manufacturing process

a view of society based on Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection

a process developed in the 1850s that led to faster, cheaper steel production