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Big Business and Its Leaders American History 12.3 & 12.4
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Big Business Corporations – a company owned by many people through shares Stock – shares Economies of Scale Development of Pools
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JOHN D ROCKAFELLER
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Andrew Carnagie
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Andrew Carnegie Steel Tycoon Rags to riches Henry Bessemer (High quality steel cheaper) – Bessemer Process Used Vertical Integration
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John D Rockefeller Standard Oil: Oil refineries Horizontal Integration: Combined firms in the same business into one large cooperation Monopoly – 90% of all oil refineries owned by Rocefeller
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New Business Organizations Trusts formed in response to states making monopolies illegal – Legal arrangement allows one person to manage another persons property Holding Companies: doesn’t produce anything itself but owns stock in companies that do Investment Banking
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Horizontal Integration
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Early Unions Trade Unions – Usually succeeded in negotiating Industry Unions – Hated by Business leaders Blacklist – Used to punish workers who went on strike “Lockouts”
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Thoughts on Unions Employer's – Viewed unions as trouble makers – Interfered with property rights Marxism – Workers should own their own labor – Seen as Un-American
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Knights of Labor Use boycotts instead of strikes Supported arbitration Welcomed Women and African American
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Homestead Strikes Used the Pinkertons Steel Mill owed by Andrew Carnegie
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Haymarket Riot Nation wide strike for 8 hour working day Anarchist group protests shooting by police Bombing, kills 6 police officers Critics blame unions
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Pullman Strikes American Railway Union (ARU) Strike on Gorge Pullman Rail Road Company Town ARU around the country support the Pullman Strikers Attached mail cars to Pullman cars Interjection: Court order ending boycott
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