Andrew Carnegie- A man that was one of the first individual moguls to make his own fortune.
Social Darwinism- Some observation that some individuals of a species florish and pass their traits along to the next generation, while others do not.
John D. Rockefeller- Established the Standard Oil Company, took a different approach to merges: they joined with competing companies in trust agreements.
Sherman Antitrust Act- Made it illegal to form a trust that interferered with free trade between states and other countries.
Samuel Gompers- Led the Cigar Makers' International Union to join with other craft unions in 1866.
American Federation of Labor (AFL)- Focused on collective bargaining to reach written agreements on wages, hours, and work conditions.
Eugene V. Debs- Attempted to form such an industial union-the American Railway
Industrial Workers of the World- Radiclists which included miners, lumberers, and cannery and dock workers.
Mary Harris Jones- Perhaps the most prominent organizer in the women's labor movement.
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