| A | B |
|---|
| Trust | Group of corporations run by a single board of directors |
| Network | System of of connected elements, such as rail lines. |
| Monopoly | Single company controls a business or industry. |
| patent | License for a new invention. |
| Standard Gauge | This made a network of railroad lines possible. |
| The United States military | They first recognized a practical use for the Wright brothers' invention. |
| Less polluting manufacturing process | This did not lead to the growth of huge steel empires after the Civil War. |
| Cyrus Field | Laid an underwater cable that transmitted telegraph messages from North America to Europe. |
| High Unemployment Rates | Did not lead to the formation of labor unions. |
| Led farmers to join the Populist Party | Railroad owners used rebates and pools to keep prices high. |
| How did John D. Rockefeller strengthen Standard Oil? | Forced railroads to give him rebates. |
| How did railroad rebates work? | Gave secret discounts to their biggest customers. |
| How did corporations contribute to the growth of the economy? | Stockholders provided capital to build factories and buy equipment. |
| Thomas Edison's inventions | motion picture projector, electric power plant, phonograph |
| Advances of Women Workers | Garment workers won better pay and shorter work hours. |
| Benefits of Trusts | Lowered production costs and increased wages. |
| Henry Ford's car production effect | Millions of Americans could afford them. |
| stock | share in a business |
| rebate | discount for certain customers |
| dividend | share of a company's profits |
| corporation | business owned by investors |
