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Robber Baron
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is a derogatory term applied to wealthy and powerful 19th century American businessmen. By the late 1800's, the term was typically applied to businessmen who used what were considered to be exploitative practices to amass their wealth. Get there wealth by huge labor forces that aren’t payed that well.
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Captain of industry
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corresponds with robber baron
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Social Darwinism
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Why they got what they were and how that got there, “Jungle” the most fit will survive and will rise to the top because they’re natural leaders.
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Andrew Carnegie
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– a Scottish immigrant, rose up and managed telegraph operators and his leadership was noticed. CEO of railroads= built capital and invest in steal mill to a MONOPOLY. Richest man in the world back then. He gave back with libraries.
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Nativism
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the fear of native born Americans from immigrants rising and taking over
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‘Artisans
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a skilled trades person, who mastered their knowledge of a skill that had their own business and sold their work to get by.
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Chinese exclusion act 1887
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No more Chinese immigrants were allowed into America because of the racism and nativism that was happening with this race.
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tenement
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in most English-speaking areas, a substandard multi-family dwelling in the urban core, usually old and occupied by the poor
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