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20 Cards in this Set
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Gilded Age
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Appeared to be a time of prosperity but a time cheap labor
industrialization |
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Laissez faire capitalism
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free market economy wherethe government stays out of businesses
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Social Darwinism
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Survival of the fittest
big business takes over little businesses go under |
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corporations
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raise large amount of money, by producing more, at a cheaper cost. More money into the economy
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Monopolies
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raise alot of money and eliminate the competition
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melting pot
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all different cultures mixed together
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assimilation
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immigrants give up some of their own customs and adopt American ones
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Nativism
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belief that Americans are better than immigrants
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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not allowing Chinese into the country
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Literacy Tests
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you may not enter the US unless y ou can read and write
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emercency quota act
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limits the amount of immigrants that are allowed in from each country
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urbanization
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city life, you work and live in the city
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Robber Barons
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was the belief that businessmen got rich by taking advantage of workers( work long hours for little pay)
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Captain of Industry
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the belief that business owners helped America by building factories, supplying goods, and creating jobs
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muckrakers
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person that exposes the truth
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How did technology lead to the industrial revolution?
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- telephones/telegraphs
-railroads- moving goods -electricity- lighting -assembly line- build things faster |
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How did big business evolve in America?
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- govt stayed out of corporations
- free markert economy -smaller businesses shut down because they could not compete -factories made good faster and cheaper |
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Why did the gov't let big businesses do what they wanted?
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because they were creating jobs for people that were coming into the country
Immigrants were put to work |
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Why was immigration so important?
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They were needed to build the railroads and work in the factories
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What problems existed due to Irbanization?
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the housing was filthy and crowded and no space for living. Rats infested thier living space
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