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mark twain

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author who coined the term gilded age

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booker t washington

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believed african americans should focus on economic goals over political ones

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andrew carnegie

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steel tycoon, gospel of wealth and helped fund public libraries

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herbert spencer

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applied darwin’s theory of evolution to society (social darwinism)

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john d rockefeller

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standard oil

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lester frank ward

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dynamic sociology and reform darwinism (gov could cure poverty, etc)

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jp morgan

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railroad trusts and us steel

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william jennings bryan

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populism and free silver

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cornelius vanderbilt

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purchased railroads and built grand central in nyc

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william tweed

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ledaer of political machine

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tariff

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tax on imports or exports

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lockouts

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temporary work stoppage or denial of employment initiated by the management of a company during a labor dispute

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greenbacks

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paper currency issued during the civil war

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corporations

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is an independent legal entity owned by shareholders.

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inflation

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loss of the value of money

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stock

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money available for investment or trading

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bonds

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a note issued by the government that promises to pay off a loan with interest

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monopoly

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total control of a type of industry by one company or person

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holding company

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a company whose primary business is controlling a share of stock in another company

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cooperatives

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a store where farmers buy and sell products from eachother

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trust

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a combination of firms by a legal agreement

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mortgages

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not paying entire cost up front

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chain store

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when a company owns many different stores selling the same product

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interest rates

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the proportion of a loan that is charged as interest to the borrower

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deflation

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increase in the value of money

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arbitration

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mediation by a third party

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trade union

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an organization of workers with the same trade or skill

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strike

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stoppage of work by employees to demand better conditions

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blacklist

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a list of disapproved persons

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closed shop

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an agreement in which a company agrees to only hire union members

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laissez faire

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government sholdnt interfere w economy

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interstate commerce commission

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regulate railroads (and later trucking) to ensure fair rates, to eliminate rate discrimination, and to regulate other aspects of common carriers, including interstate bus lines and telephone companies.

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political machine

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political organization that gave people necessities in return for votes/power

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Sherman antirust act

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prohibited restraint of trade within the states

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graft

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acquisition of money in dishonest ways

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marxism

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self-emancipation of the working class

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party boss

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leader of a political machine

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people’sparty

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populists

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populism

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farmers, free coinage of silver and government ownership of railroads

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civil service

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gov workers given jobs based on qualifications, not political affiliation

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plessy v ferguson

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requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of “separate but equal

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immigrant

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someone who moves into a place

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vaudeville

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a type of entertainment popular chiefly in the US in the early 20th century, featuring a mixture of specialty acts such as burlesque comedy and song and dance.

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steerage

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lower deck of a ship

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epidemic

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a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.

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sharecropper

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person who rents land to farm

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settlement house

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an institution in an inner-city area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to the community.

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exoduster

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african americans that went west

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americanization

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process of americanizing

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segregation

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separating groups

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nativism

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dislike of immigrants

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jim crow

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state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States.

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prejudice

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dislike of another group for no reason

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social darwinism

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survival of the fittest applied to society

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tenements

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apartment buildings thathoused lots of people in cities

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injunction

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an authoritative warning or order.

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socialite

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person (usually from a privileged, wealthy or aristocratic background), who has a largely known reputation and a high social position in upper class society.

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naturalism

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peoples lives were controlled by things outside of their control

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realism

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portray the world realistically

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jane addams

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created hull hose

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upton sinclair

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wrote the jungle

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web dubois

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cofounded naacp, niagra movement

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william howard taft

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27th president

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jacob riis

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how the other half lives

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eugene v debs

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socialist

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public interest

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the welfare or well-being of the general public

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workers compensation

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insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment

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muckraker

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reform-minded American journalists who wrote largely for all popular magazines.

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atlanta compromise

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agreement struck in 1895 between Booker T. Washington, president of the Tuskegee Institute, and other African-American leaders, and Southern white leaders.

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laboratory of democracy

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state may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country

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hepburn act

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gave the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) the power to set maximum railroad rates and extend its jurisdiction.

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square deal

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conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection.

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federal trade act

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designed to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive practices in the marketplace, as well as to prevent businesses from engaging in monopolizing practices.

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clayton anti trust act

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attempts to prohibit certain actions that lead to anti-competitiveness.

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referendum

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a general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision.

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16th amendment

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income tax

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17th amendment

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allowed people to vote on senators

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18th amendment

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prohibition

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19th amendment

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womens suffrage

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what is free enterprise

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freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal governmental regulation

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vertical integration

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several steps of productiona re owned by a company

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horizontal integration

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taking over a similar company`

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social classes

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upper class, middle class, working class, fami,ly class

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