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Name | Date Founded | Significance |
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National Trades Union | 1834 | First national union; open to workers from all trades |
Knights of Labor | 1869 | Sought general ideological reform; open to workers from all trades |
American Federation of Labor | 1836 | Focused on specific workers’ issues; organization of skilled workers from local craft unions |
American Railway Union | 1893 | First industrial union; open to all railway workers |
Thomas Edison | Invented new technology, such as electric lighting, that stimulated business |
Henry Bessemer | Developed process for creating strong, lightweight steel for use in construction and railroads |
Andrew Carnegie | Use of vertical consolidation influenced the rise of big business; urged businessmen to also be philanthropists |
John D. Rockefeller | Use of new business strategies, such as horizontal consolidation, influenced the rise of big business |
Samuel Gompers | Formed the AFL, influencing the rise of labor unions |
Eugene V. Debs | Challenged big business by orchestrating the Pullman Strike and helping to found the IWW |
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Web Code: ncp-1341