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14 Cards in this Set
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This caused the highset tax on imposed goods in American history
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McKinley Tariff of 1890
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This was the first example of federal government involvement in business; it required railroads to publish their rates and not discriminate among customers
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Interstate Commerce Act(1887)
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This was created as much out of racism as it was concern over native born Americans losing jobs
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Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
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Popular support for this was generated by the assassination of President Garfield at the hands of stalwart assassin Guiteau
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Pendleton Act of 1883/Civil Service Reform
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This was an example of the political corruption of the time, as many Congressmen were sold shares of this railroad Corporation so that they would not protest its overcharging the government in railroad construction
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Credit Mobilier
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This person was attributed with the statement:"The man who dies rich dies discraced."
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Carnegie
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This person was brought down by crusadist Thomas Nast. he cost NYCity millions in mismanaged and stolen funds
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Boss Tweed
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Founder and CEO of the largest, most notorious monopoly of all time, the Standard Oil Trust
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JD Rockefeller
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This act was intended to protect the consumer against monoploies by making it ilegal for one company to use its power as the sole producer of a good or service to prevent competition from arising
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Sherman Anti-trust act of 1890
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A bomb thrown at police at this labor protest helped lead to the downfall of the Knights of Labor
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Haymarket Square 1886
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This allowed railroad rails to be stronger and cities to be built higher
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The Bessemer Process
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This person perfected the light bulb
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Thomas Edison
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This idea was used to justify the actions of the industrial giants of the time; in essence, it says that the most successful people are successful bc they are superior, and that the common man need not question their actions
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social Darwinism
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the idea, common in the Guilded Age, that government should keep its hands off the economy and out of the affairs of business
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laissez-faire
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