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