It helped reduce competition in American companies.
Industrial consolidation and trusts reduced competition during the late 1800's =)
are not
to improve working conditions
During the late 1800s, American industrialists got wealthy by creating monopolies and setting up trusts. The effectively kept all the wealth in the hands of a very small number of people because there was no competition.
Monopolies limited competition in a certain market. Limited competition meant that the company could choose any price they wanted.
it was a very bad rate of unemployment in the late 1800 because that was during the great depression
cooperate with their competitors
What did the government do during strikes and other labor management conflicts of the late 1800's?
Telephone.
eliminate competition
During the late 1800's
Urbanization