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America emerged as an industrial and agricultural giant in
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the late nineteenth century. Between 1869 and 1899 the nation’s
population nearly tripled, farm production more than doubled, and the value of manufactures grew sixfold |
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The rise of big business
A. Causes of business growth |
A. Technological innovation
B. Labor shortage C. Standardization D. Agricultural production E. Railroad network F. Inexpensive power G. Supportive government |
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when and where it centered the:The Second Industrial Revolution began
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The Second Industrial Revolution began in the mid–nineteenth century
and was centered in the United States and Germany |
yalianzia ulaya kiujumla
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The Second Industrial Revolution involved three related developments.
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The first was the creation of an interconnected national transportation and
communication network, which facilitated the emergence of a national and even an international market for American goods and services 2.production of metals, machinery, |
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The Second Industrial Revolution involved three related developments
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The first was the creation of an interconnected national transportation and
communication network, which facilitated the emergence of a national and even an international market for American goods and services. The third major aspect of the Second Industrial Revolution was the systematic application of scientific research to industrial processes |
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were the first big business, the first magnet for the great financial markets,
and the first industry to develop a large-scale management bureaucracy |
Railroads
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ANOMALY
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Deviation from what is normal
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aberrant
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Deviation from what is normal
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aberration
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Deviation from what is normal
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abnomality
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Deviation from what is normal
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deviance
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Deviation from what is normal
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deviation
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Deviation from what is normal
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irregularity
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Deviation from what is normal
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preternaturalness
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Deviation from what is normal
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ASSUAGE
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To make something unpleasant less severe
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Allay
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To make something unpleasant less severe
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alleviate
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To make something unpleasant less severe
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appease
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To make something unpleasant less severe
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comfort
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To make something unpleasant less severe
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conciliate
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To make something unpleasant less severe
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lighten
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To make something unpleasant less severe
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mitigate
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To make something unpleasant less severe
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mollify
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To make something unpleasant less severe
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pacify
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To make something unpleasant less severe
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palliate
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To make something unpleasant less severe
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placate
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To make something unpleasant less severe
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propitiate
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To make something unpleasant less severe
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relieve
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To make something unpleasant less severe
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soothe
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To make something unpleasant less severe
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sweeten
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To make something unpleasant less severe
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ENEGMA
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A puzzle, a mystery
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conundrum
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A puzzle, a mystery
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EQUIVOCATE
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to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
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ambiquous
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to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
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evasive
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to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
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waffling
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to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
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ERUDITE
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learned,scholarly, bookish
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scholastic
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learned,scholarly, bookish
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wise
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learned,scholarly, bookish
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FERVID
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Intensely emotional, feverish
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burning
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Intensely emotional, feverish
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impassioned
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Intensely emotional, feverish
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passionate
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Intensely emotional, feverish
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vehement
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Intensely emotional, feverish
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zealous
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Intensely emotional, feverish
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LUCID
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Clear and easily understood.
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coherent
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Clear and easily understood.
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explicit
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Clear and easily understood.
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intelligible
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Clear and easily understood.
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limpid
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Clear and easily understood.
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OPAQUE
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Impossible to see through, preventing the passage of light
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obscure
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Impossible to see through, preventing the passage of light
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PLACATE
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to soothe or pacify
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appease
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to soothe or pacify
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conciliate
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to soothe or pacify
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mollify
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to soothe or pacify
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PRECIPITATE
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to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation/careful consideration before decision
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abrupt
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to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation/careful consideration before decision
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hasty
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to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation/careful consideration before decision
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ill-considered
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to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation/careful consideration before decision
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impetuous
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to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation/careful consideration before decision
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rash
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to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation/careful consideration before decision
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headlong
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to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation/careful consideration before decision
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impulsive
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to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation/careful consideration before decision
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reckless
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to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation/careful consideration before decision
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hurried, prompt, sudden
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to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation/careful consideration before decision
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PRODIGAL
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lavish, wasteful
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extravagant
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lavish, wasteful
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spendthrift
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lavish, wasteful
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lavish
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lavish, wasteful
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profligate
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lavish, wasteful
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wasteful
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lavish, wasteful
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ZEAL
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Passion, excitement
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ardency
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Passion, excitement
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fire
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Passion, excitement
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fervor
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Passion, excitement
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passion
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Passion, excitement
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zealot:
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a fanatic
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fanatic
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a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)
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prodigality:
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excessive or reckless spending
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precipitous:
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very steep
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precipice:
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a steep cliff
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placid:
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tolerant, calm
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implacable:
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unable to be made peaceful
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lucidity:
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clarity
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lucent:
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glowing with light
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fervent:
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enthusiastic
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fervor:
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passion/strong feeling or emotion
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Erudition:
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extensive knowldege or learning
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Equivocal:
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undecided, trying to deceive
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Equivocation:
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the act or state of equivocating/to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
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anomalous:
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deviating from what is normal
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perplexity
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A puzzle, a mystery; the state of being bewildered or puzzled
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