Industrialization And Immigration 9 History

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cartel

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loose association of businnesses that make the same products

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socialism

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an economic and political philosophy that favors public control of property

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Homestead Strike

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Strike where workers wages were cut by Henry Frick

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Jacob Coxey

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quarry owner that demanded the gov give the unemployed jobs

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graft

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the use of one's job to gain profits

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settlement houses

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a type of community center that offers social services

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economics of sale

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as production increases, cost decreases

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Samuel L. Gompers

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Leader of the American Federation of Labor

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political machines

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an unofficial city organization that keeps a political party in power

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subsides

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a payment made by the government to encourage the development of certain key industries

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Munn. Vs Illinois

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court decision that regulated certain businesses within their borders

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Knights of Labor

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nonskilled workers union

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civil service

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the governments non elected workers

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Eugene Debs

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man that helped workers out during the Pullman Strike

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Piecework

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where the fastest worker was the one who made the most money

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George Pullman

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Man who made sleeper cars, but got shut down because of strike, lower wages, but not prices

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Social Darwinists

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theory that society should do as less as possible to interfere with a person's success

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Restrictive Covanents

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agreements among homeowners not to sell real estate to certain groups of people

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Blue Laws

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laws that prohibited certain immoral private activities

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Social Gospel Movement

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a social reform that sought to teach the gospels of jesus directly to society

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Sherman Antitrust act

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Law that outlawed any combination of companies that restrained interstate trade or commerce

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philantropists

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a person that gives donations to worthy causes

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American Federation of Labor

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Union by samuel gompers that only allowed skilled workers

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Interstate commerce act

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law passed that regulated railroads and other interstate businesses

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temperance movement

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An organized campaign to end alcohol comsumption

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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Act where chinese could not enter the country

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Gentlemen's Agreement

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Compromise in where Japanese would stop sending workers over, so Japanese kids will not be segregated