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John D. Rockefeller practiced horizontal integration by buying
wildcatters
oil refining business
steel businesses
pipelines and tankers
What is owning all the businesses in a particular field?
Vertical Integration
Horizontal Integration
Trust
Antitrust
Trusts sought to increase their profits by eliminating
competition
monopolies
rebates
philanthropy
Owning every step in the manufacturing process is
trust
monopoly
vertical integration
horizontal integration
Free enterprise is
free government help for business
giving away free samples to win new customers
business that is free from government involvement
freedom from monopolies
Entrepreneurs are people who
give money to charity
set up new businesses
believe in Social Darwinism
oppose trusts and monopolies
Corporations sold stock to
raise money for expansion
advertise their products
achieve vertical integration
compete in the NY Stock Exchange
HORIZONTAL integration occurs when...
firms in the same industry and at the same stage of the production process combine to form a larger business.
when a firm expands by combining with an existing business in the same industry but at a different stage of the production process.
Involves take over or merger with another firm in an unrelated industry.
Vertical integration occurs when...
firms in the same industry and at the same stage of the production process combine to form a larger business.
when a firm expands by combining with an existing business in the same industry but at a different stage of the production process.
Involves take over or merger with another firm in an unrelated industry.
An economic practice where the government does NOT try to control the economy.
Gospel of Wealth
laissez faire
Social Darwinism
horizontal integration
the control of an entire or most of an industry by one company
laissez faire
capitalism
monopoly
patent
When a company controls everything from raw materials to the distribution of the product
horizontal integration
vertical integration
trust
monopoly
In which industry did Andrew Carnegie earn his fortune?
steel
railroad
gold
oil
Which industry did Rockefeller dominate?
oil
steel
communication
railroad
When a combination of companies control an industry to reduce competition
monopoly
trust
laissez faire
patent
a cause of industrialization
civil war
immigration
natural resources
all of the above
Vanderbilt, in the railroad industry, practiced
vertical integration
horizontal integration
patent
gospel of wealth
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