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a steel company that owns the coal mines, limestone quarries,and iron ore fields it depends on is an example of
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vertical integration
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world war 1 resulted in the end of 4 empires: the Austro Hungarian,the Russian, the German Empire and
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Ottoman Empire
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who overthrew the Russian government in November 1917 and established a communist government there
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Bolsheviks
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payments for war damages
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reparations
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Supreme commander of the Allied forces
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Ferdinand Foch
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Realizing a draft was necessary, Congress created a new system of conscription called
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selective service
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Wartime fears led to mistreatment and persecution of
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German Americans
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African Americans leaving the South to settle in northern cities
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the great migration
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used to raise money and cover cost of wars
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liberty and victory bonds
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Created to coordinate the production of war materials
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War industries board
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Made any expression of opposition to the war illegal
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Sedition Act of 1918
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Since Germany did not want to strengthen the Allies by drawing the US into war it agreed with certain conditions to sink no more merchant ships in a promise called the
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Sussex pledge
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A major problem in Germany's plan to invade France was that its forces first had to advance through neutral
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Belgium
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What country made an offer to the Mexican government proposing that Mexico become its ally if the United States entered the European war
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Germany
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One reason for the tension between the European power was there intense pride in their homelands called
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Nationalism
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Great Britain France and Russia
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Triple entente
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The aggressive build-up of armed forces to intimidate and threaten other nations
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Militarism
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On April 11th 1898 President McKinley asked Congress to authorize the use of force to end the conflict in
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Cuba
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Under the Treaty of Paris, cuba became an independent nation, United States agreed to pay Spain 20 million dollars for the Philippines and the US acquire Puerto Rico and
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Guam
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When the explosion of the Maine happened many Americans blamed it on
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Spain
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Aggressive nationalism
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Jingoism
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Volunteer Cavalier regiment
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Rough riders
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Commander of the naval squadron that attacked Manila Bay
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George Dewey
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Governed the relations between United States and Cuba
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The Platt Amendment
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When Americans began looking overseas for new markets in the 1880's they naturally tended to look towards
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The Pacific
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What was the territory called when an imperial power allowed local rulers to stay in control
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Protectorate
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took a naval expedition to Japan to negotiate a trade treaty
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Matthew Perry
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The ideas that English speaking nations had superior character, ideas and systems of government
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Anglo saxonism
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The idea that Latin America in the United States should work together
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Pan Americanism
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The economic and political domination of a strong nation over other weaker nations
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Imperialism
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who formed the National Woman's Party and wanted to use protest to force President Wilson to take action on suffrage
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Alice Paul
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The right to vote
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Suffrage
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Journalist who investigated social conditions and political corruption
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Muckrakers
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Progressives campaigned against this emotional issue
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Child labor
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Laws banning the manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcohol
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Prohibition
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Who claimed there would be a workers revolution in which workers would seize all private property and create a socialist society
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Marxists
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The first leader of the american federation of labor, samuel gompers, believed that unions need to stay out of
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Politics
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What did several railroads announce in July 1877 that triggered the first nationwide labor protest
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Wage cuts
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First nationwide Union
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Knights of Labor
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Loans mortgages and taxes are an example of a company's
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Fixed cost
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Used for making high quality steel efficiently and cheaply
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Bessimer process
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The railroad boom began in 1862 when President Abraham Lincoln signed the
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Pacific Railway Act
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___________ was equally important as natural resources in the nation's rapid industrialization
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New technology
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Supporters of laissez-faire generally favor
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Free trade
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Companies that could only hire union workers
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Closed shop
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Craft workers formed this Union to organize their trade
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Trade unions
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Companies that made agreement to keep prices at a certain level
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Pool
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The cost of manufacturing is decreased by producing goods quickly in large quantities
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Economies of scale
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Shares of ownership in a corporation
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Stock
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The federal government gave land to railroads, sold the land to settlers and businesses
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Land grants
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Development of machines to mass-produce products
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Industrialization
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Econommic system that operates on supply and demand
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Free Enterprice system
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a belief that the government should keep its hands off American businesses
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laissez faire
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Franklin Roosevelt's policies for ending the depression became known as the
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New deal
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Agricultural Adjustment administration tried to help farmers by
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Paying them not to grow crops
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The National Industrial Recovery Act allow business, labor, and the government to cooperate in setting up
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Codes of fair competition
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To regulate the stock market Congress created the
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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Most economist agreed that the cause of the depression was
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Over production and surpluses of goods
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President Hoover opposed direct federal relief to the unemployed because he believed that
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Individuals should be responsible for taking care of themselves
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Farmers on the Great Plains begin to lose their crops during the depression because
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A terrible drought dried the soil
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In the 1920s the Federal Reserve contributed to weakness in the stock market by
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Keeping interest rates low
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According to the excerpt whom did the people of the United States turn to in order to solve difficult economic problems during ww1
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The government
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President Hoover hoped that public works would
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Provide jobs lost in the private sector
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From what historical document does the author quote in this excerpt protesting attacks on African Americans
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Gettysburg address
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Which party included woman suffrage as part of its platform
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Bull Moose Party
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The flowering of African American arts in the 1920 became known as the
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Harlem Renaissance
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The NAACP lobbying efforts influenced the House of Representatives to pass in 1922
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Anti lynching
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Henry Ford's business philosophy was to increase sales by
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Lowering the cost of cars
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Henry Ford's system for making cars increased efficiency by
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Dividing operations into simpler tasks
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Thousands of ww1 veterans came to Washington in 1932 to lobby Congress to
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Pass legislation giving veterans there promised early bonuses
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As strikes erupted across the United States in 1919 the fear that communists might cease power let to the
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Red Scare
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President Wilson's peace plan was known as the
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Fourteen points
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After ww1 most Americans wanted to avoid future wars by
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Avoiding involvement in world affairs
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President Wilson called for the creation of a general association of Nations known as the
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League of Nations
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In 1880 the American opinion began to shift and more people wanted to make the United States a
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World power
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Criticism of ww1 at home was effectively silence by
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the espionage and Sedition Acts
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The last two sentences in this excerpt represent _____, that soght to justify imperialism expansion
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Anglo saxonism
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US actions in the Pacific and Latin America were primarily focused on
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Improving in the US economically
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What was the main goal of progressive government reforms
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To give voters more control over the government
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What was the focus of progressive reforms
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Interested in changing several aspects of American culture; government, business, and culture
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To restore public confidence in the banking system Wilson supported the establishment of a
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Federal Reserve System
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What did progressives think needed to play a more active role in solving society's problems
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The government
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Allowed a man to vote only if he had an ancestor on the voting rolls in 1867
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Grandfather Claus
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Mississippi took the first step to prohibit African Americans from voting when it required that all citizens register to pay
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Poll tax
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With what US Supreme Court decision upholding segregation was Justice Harlan disagreeing
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Plessy vs Ferguson
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According to the excerpt how will African Americans gain privileges
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Through continued struggles
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What does the chart indicate happened to immigration patterns between 1870 and 1914
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Immigration from northern and western Europe peaked shortly after 1880
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Which choice below best completes the diagram
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Angel island
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Nativist wanted to
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Limit or cut off immigration
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The great migration during World War 1 was a flow of
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African Americans moving north
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What did several railroads announce in 1877 that triggered the first nationwide labor protest
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Wage cuts
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United workers in a particular industry
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Industrial nation
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A _______ was a technique for breaking a union in which the company refused to allow workers on their property
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Lockout
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The government reacted to disgruntled railroad employees in 1877 by
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Calling out troops to restore order
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New technology helped farmers produce more crops which tended to
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Lower prices
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What is one advantage that big corporations had over small businesses
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They could produce goods cheaper and more efficiently
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