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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
increase in the value of money
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arbitration
mediation by a third party
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trade union
an organization of workers with the same trade or skill
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strike
stoppage of work by employees to demand better conditions
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blacklist
a list of disapproved persons
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closed shop
an agreement in which a company agrees to only hire union members
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laissez faire
government sholdnt interfere w economy
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interstate commerce commission
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
political organization that gave people necessities in return for votes/power
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Sherman antirust act
prohibited restraint of trade within the states
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graft
acquisition of money in dishonest ways
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marxism
self-emancipation of the working class
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party boss
leader of a political machine
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people'sparty
populists
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populism
farmers, free coinage of silver and government ownership of railroads
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civil service
gov workers given jobs based on qualifications, not political affiliation
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plessy v ferguson
requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal
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immigrant
someone who moves into a place
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vaudeville
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
lower deck of a ship
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epidemic
a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
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sharecropper
person who rents land to farm
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settlement house
an institution in an inner-city area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to the community.
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exoduster
african americans that went west
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americanization
process of americanizing
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segregation
separating groups
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nativism
dislike of immigrants
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jim crow
state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States.
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prejudice
dislike of another group for no reason
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social darwinism
survival of the fittest applied to society
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tenements
apartment buildings thathoused lots of people in cities
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injunction
an authoritative warning or order.
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socialite
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
peoples lives were controlled by things outside of their control
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realism
portray the world realistically
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jane addams
created hull hose
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upton sinclair
wrote the jungle
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web dubois
cofounded naacp, niagra movement
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william howard taft
27th president
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jacob riis
how the other half lives
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eugene v debs
socialist
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public interest
the welfare or well-being of the general public
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workers compensation
insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment
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muckraker
reform-minded American journalists who wrote largely for all popular magazines.
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atlanta compromise
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
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
gave the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) the power to set maximum railroad rates and extend its jurisdiction.
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square deal
conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection.
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federal trade act
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
attempts to prohibit certain actions that lead to anti-competitiveness.
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referendum
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
income tax
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17th amendment
allowed people to vote on senators
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18th amendment
prohibition
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19th amendment
womens suffrage
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what is free enterprise
freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal governmental regulation
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vertical integration
several steps of productiona re owned by a company
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horizontal integration
taking over a similar company`
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social classes
upper class, middle class, working class, fami,ly class

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