Ch.6 Sec. 3 Big Business and Labor

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Ch.6 Sec. 3 Big Business and Labor

Andrew Carnegie Owner of Carnegie Steel Company Uses Vertical and Horizontal Integration Captain of Industry- donated 90% of his earnings

Charles Darwin Writes On the Origin of Species Pushes the idea of "Natural Selection" Herbert Spencer uses "Natural Selection" to create Social Darwinism. 

John D. Rockefeller Owner of Standard Oil Company Monopolized Oil Industry Known as a Robber Baron

Sherman Antitrust Act Made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states or with other countries

Formation of Unions National Labor Union (NLU) Knights of Labor organized by Uriah Stephens American Federation of Labor (AFL) Samuel Gompers American Railway Union (ARU) Eugene V. Debs  Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) Big Bill Haywood 

Mary Harris Jones Mother Jones Forms United Mine Workers of America (UMW)  Helps Child Labor Laws 

Major Strikes Great Strike of 1877- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Haymarket Affair- Chicago, Bomb Thrown at Police Homestead Strike- Carnegie Steel, Henry Frick Pullman Company Strike- Cut 50% Wages and Employees

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