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Gilded Age
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Coined by Twain. Rapid industrial growth, social stratification (wider gap between rich and poor), materialism (accumulation of wealth is prized), corruption in politics
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Vertical integration
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Corporation owns all segments of a product's cycle, from acquisition of raw materials to production, distribution and sales
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Horizontal integration
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Corporation attempts to capture markets and own all businesses in the market
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Robber Baron(s)
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A pejorative reference to businessmen and bankers who dominated their respective industries and amassed huge personal fortunes, typically as a direct result of pursuing various anti-competitive or unfair business practices. E.g. Rockerfeller (Oil), Vanderbilt (Railroads), J.P. Morgan (Banking)
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Laissez-faire economics
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free-trade, government is not involved
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Gospel of Wealth
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Belief that wealth is good and one will do whatever it takes to be rich
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Horatio Alger
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Author who wrote rags to riches stories. Told of poor working laborers eventually becoming rich through hard work, commitment etc.
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Social Darwinism
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Survival of the fittest, created a cut-throat mentality
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Sweatshops
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Workers faced long hours, bad conditions and low wages.
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Knights of Labor
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1867- Idealist vision which aimed to bridge the gap between business owners and their workers. Allowed businessman (except lawyers, bankers, liquor salesman) to join and discussed conditions or work etc. Not effective.
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American Federation of Labor
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1881- Replaced the Knights of Labor. Led by Samuel Gompers. First real union, strictly of workers. Each industry had their own local club BUT only included skilled workers.
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Machines
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Kickbacks, bribery, corruption. Used government funds for own benefit
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Bosses
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Behind the scenes. who lead the machines. Not necessarily the president, mayor etc.
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Tammany Hall
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The machine that dominated NYC politics during the early Gilded Age
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National Grange
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1867- a fraternal organization for American farmers that encouraged farm families to band together for their common economic and political good.
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Farmer's Aliance
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The Farmers' Alliance was an organized agrarian economic movement amongst U.S. farmers that flourished in the 1880s. First formed in 1876 in Lampasas, Texas, the Alliance was designed to promote higher commodity prices through collective action by groups of individual farmers. The movement was strongest in the South and Great Plains, and was widely popular before it was destroyed by the power of commodity brokers. Despite its failure, it is regarded as the precursor to the United States Populist Party, which grew out of the ashes of the Alliance in 1889.
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Populist Party
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Proposed a number of reforms in the 1890s including coinage of silver, direct election of Senators and an income tax
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Pendleton Act
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Instituted civil service reform in the 1880s
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Interstate Commerce Act
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Government had the authority to regulate railroads. Sets schedules, prices etc.
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
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1887- prohibits the formation of monopolies (including unions)
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William Jennings Bryan
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"Cross of Gold" speech, condemned the gold standard, democrat, populist.
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