\________ and allies passed major legislation (meat inspection act, banning lotteries, battleships)
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Municipal governments
\________ were practically nonexistent, and services for the poor were provided by churches, private charities, and ethnic communities, or by corrupt political bosses.
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Industrialization
\________: introduction of faster machines in manufacturing leading to economies of scale and decreased cost per unit.
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Wilson Gorman Tariff
\________ considered one of the causes of the Spanish- American War.
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Grover Cleveland
\________ believed in minimal government intervention.
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Booker T Washington
\________: Born into slavery, no illusions of white society accepting Blacks as equals.
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financial panics
Problems with Consolidation: required large amounts of money leading to \________ and bank failures, public resentment, and government response in the form of antitrust legislation.
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ICC
\________ was active until deregulated by Reagan administration in 1980s.
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Factories
\________ were established in cities in the 19th century to reduce labor costs and maximize profits.
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Lincoln
\________ challenged America to have a Transcontinental Railroad connecting the country within a decade (1863- 1869)
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Corporate Consolidation
\________: large businesses resulting from economies of scale and lack of government regulations, leading to monopolies and holding companies.
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William H Seward
\________ set precedent for increased American participation in Western Hemisphere.
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Oregon
The Nez Perce tribe in \________ was forced to migrate to a reservation in Idaho, leading to resistance by Chief Joseph.
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Granger laws
\________ regulated the railroads in the 1870s and 1880s.
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depot towns
Rails transformed \________ into cities and facilitated faster travel, contact with ideas and technological advances from the East, and contributed to the Industrial Revolution.
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Vertical Integration
\________: one company buys out all the factors of production from raw materials to finished product, still allowing competition in the marketplace.
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Homestead Act
The \________ and Morrill Land- Grant Act were passed by the federal government to attract settlers and develop the West.
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William Boss
\________ "Tweed of Tammany Hall in New York City was a notorious political boss who embezzled millions of dollars through corruption.
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Spain
\________ ceded the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam to the U.S. in the Treaty of Paris.
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South Dakota
Statehood of North Dakota, \________, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho was achieved by 1889.
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Horizontal Integration
\________: combining smaller companies within the same industry to form a larger company through legal buyouts or illegal practices.
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Sherman Antitrust Act
\________ of 1890: law forbidding "restraint of trade "combination, ambiguous wording leading to pro- business Supreme Court interpretation.
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Fish Commission
\________ was established to protect fish species, which led to the creation of National Parks and Forest Services.
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Industrialization
introduction of faster machines in manufacturing leading to economies of scale and decreased cost per unit
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Assembly line production
employees performing repetitive tasks leading to increased efficiency but also dangerous working conditions and long working hours
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Corporate Consolidation
large businesses resulting from economies of scale and lack of government regulations, leading to monopolies and holding companies
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Horizontal Integration
combining smaller companies within the same industry to form a larger company through legal buyouts or illegal practices
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Vertical Integration
one company buys out all the factors of production from raw materials to finished product, still allowing competition in the marketplace
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Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
law forbidding "restraint of trade" combination, ambiguous wording leading to pro-business Supreme Court interpretation
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Booker T. Washington
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