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was a railroad speculator who pioneered the expansion of the American Railroad system

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Jay Gould

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the rampant capitalism caused the pro business age after the reconstruction to be called

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The Gilded Age

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was one of the biggest steel monopolists. He was a major philanthropist, and thus one of the most loved men in America

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Andrew Carnegie

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Carnegie called his system of organization by which all aspects of the business fell under Carnegie’s control

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Vertical integration

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was the Oil Magnate of the time

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John D. Rockefeller

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Rockefeller pioneered the new form of corporate structure

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Trust

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whose father owned a small refinery, wrote about the ills of Rockefeller’s methods to consolidate companies

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Ida M Tarbell

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was the inventor of the direct current

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Thomas Alva Edison

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is the concept of investment sponsored by banks and bankers

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Finance capitalism

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was the biggest finance capitalist of the 19th century and strived to consolidate companies, whenever possible

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JP Morgan

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justified relentless competition. The companies that lost should die to further ameircan society.

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Social Darwinism

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written by Andrew Carnegie urged the rich to be philanthropists

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Gospel of Wealth

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economics was urged by social darwinists. No governmental intervention

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Laissez-faire

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was when jobs were doled out based on party affiliation. “to the victor go the spoils”

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Spoils system

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many influential southerners in the Gilded age called for a south modeled upon the industrial north

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New South

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launched a significant anti-lynching movement

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Ida B Wells

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of Women’s Clubs the was the union of pro female literary and political clubs

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General Federation of Women’s Club

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The comprised of women, advocated the complete abolition of alcohol

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Women’s Christian Temperance Union

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Laws that abided with black segregation

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Jim Crow

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The belief in which men are the only ones that should be involved in politics

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Separate spheres