Andrew Carnegie-was one of the first individuals to rise from rags to riches by purchasing stock because he was the private secretary to the local superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad and one day untangled a huge mess with the freight and passenger trains. He founded the Carnegie Steel Company.

Social Darwinism-is a philosophy based on Darwin's theory of Evolution,and Herbert Spencer wrote a book about social darwinism saying that the market place should not be regulated and that it should not be tampered with or changed by anyone.

John D. Rockefeller-established the Standard Oil Company,took a different approach to mergers and made trusting agreements with competing companies. He used a trust to gain total control of America's oil industry. Also, he sold his oil less than other companies, payed workers low rates, and when had control boosted the prices of oil.

Sherman Antitrust Act-was passed in 1890 and made it illegal to form trusts that interefered with free trade betweem states and other countries.

Samuel Gompers-leader of the Cigar Makers' International Union joining other craft unions, which were skilled workers from one or more trade, in 1886. President of the AFL.

American Federation of Labor (AFL)-they focused on collective bargaining to make agreements on wages, hours, and working conditions between countries. Used strikes as a major tactic while the craft unions used it as a last resort.

Eugene V. Debs-began when an attempt at making an industrial union that included skilled and unskilled workers, they formed the American Railway Union, they won a strike for higher wages in 1894, it failed but added to the momentom of union organization.

Industrial Workers of the World-formed in 1905 in Chicago also known as the Wobblies, headed by William Haywood, the union included miners, lumberers, and cannery and dock workers, it welcomed African Americans to join but their members never topped to 100,000, and its only major strick victory occurred in 1912.

Mary Harris Jones-was the most prominant advocate in the women's labor union, she supported the great strike of 1877 and later organized for the United Mine Workers of America,in 1903 lead 80 mill children with very noticable injuries to President Theodore Roosevelt's home, which influenced the passing of child labor laws.