Across
- 4. the power that was founded by Westinghouse which allowed for delivery over greater distances due to its wavelike patterns, also called alternating current.
- 9. best known for his contributions to the electrical industry
- 11. method of growth wherein a company grows through mergers and acquisitions of similar companies
Down
- 1. a method of growth where a company acquires other companies that include all aspects of a product’s lifecycle from the creation of the raw materials through the production process to the delivery of the final product
- 2. a powerful, inexpensive, and consistent form of transportation, it accelerated the development of virtually every other industry in the country.
- 3. Herbert Spencer’s theory, based upon Charles Darwin’s scientific theory, which held that society developed much like plant or animal life through a process of evolution in which the most fit and capable enjoyed the greatest material and social success.
- 5. a negative term for the big businessmen who made their fortunes in the massive railroad boom of the late nineteenth century
- 6. The item that Alexander Graham Bell invented.
- 7. a legal arrangement where a small group of trustees have legal ownership of a business that they operate for the benefit of other investors
- 8. a central corporate entity that controls the operations of multiple companies by holding the majority of stock for each enterprise.
- 10. the ownership or control of all enterprises comprising an entire industry