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What does Laissez-Faire mean? |
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Hands-off government, government stays out of the economy. |
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What do socialist believe? |
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Government should own business. |
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A person can succeed as much as they want to. |
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Coined by Mark Twain meaning shiny exterior covering a cheap base, said to make Americans aware. |
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Suffragist who investigated labor conditions and protecting women and children. |
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Social worker who started Hull House and believed government had to allow women the right to vote to make their voice known through voting. |
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Why did the US become the world's leading industrial nation? |
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Immigration, natural resources (oil,coal,steel), and development of growing middle class. |
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What does gross national product mean? |
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Total value of all goods and services produced by a country. |
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What is the transcontinental railroad? |
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RR that connected the country. |
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What is unique about the Great Northern railroads? |
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Great Northern railroads -operated with out government subsidies,not forced into bankruptcy. |
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How did most railroads get financed? |
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By selling government land grants. |
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Spreads out the financial rish among its stockholders. |
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A single unit that manages a company (board of trustees) - use to avoid monopoly laws. |
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When a single compant controls an entire market. |
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Describe vertical integration/consolidation and horizontal? And who used these techniques? |
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Vertical - compant gained all phase of a products development (Andrew Carnegie) Horizontal - Company buys many firms who sells the sames product into one large company (Rockefeller) |
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Why are they put into place? |
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Put in place to protect American industries. |
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What is a negative effect of tariffs for consumers? |
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Increased prices on American goods. |
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What did the People's Party stand for? What is another name for the People's Party? |
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Graduated income tax, More regulation of railroads, Increased circulation. Populism. |
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