1. Moving West and Industrialization Vocabulary
VIGILANTES – people who take the law into their own hands
TRANSCONTINENTAL – extending across the continent (railroad)
NOMADIC – moving from place to place with no permanent home
RESERVATIONS – an area of public lands set aside for Native Americans
ASSEMBLY LINE – the production system with machines and workers arranged so that each person performs an assigned task again and again as it passes before him/her
MASS PRODUCTION – the production of large quantities of goods using machinery

2. Trust – a combination of firms or corporations formed by a legal agreement, to reduce competition
Horizontal integration – combining competing firms into one corporation
Monopoly – total control of a type of industry by one person or one company
Vertical integration – acquiring companies that provided the equipment/services needed
Sweatshops – a factory where workers work long hours at low wages under unhealthy conditions
Collective bargaining – discussion b/w an employer and union representatives of workers over wages, hours, and working conditions

3. Horizontal integration combining competing firms into one corporation
Trust – a combination of firms or corporations formed by a legal agreement, to reduce competition
Horizontal integration combining competing firms into one corporation
Ex. John D. Rockefeller – Standard Oil
Vertical integration acquiring companies that provided the equipment/services needed
Ex. Andrew Carnegie – U.S. Steel