Unit 4 Gilded Age

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This Gilded Age invention provided a market for coal and steel in Eastern cities and was the largest employer in the US from 1870 to 1890.

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Railroad

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This invention made it possible to build steel skyscrapers and bridges in Eastern cities

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Bessemer Process

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The idea that government would not interfere with businesses doing whatever they needed to in order to make money

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Laissez-Faire Economics

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Rockefeller created the first one of these in America: Monopoly, Oligopoly, Limited Liability Corporation, Limited Partnership

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Monopoly

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The people's political movement:

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Populism

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Populists wanted these regulated to protect customer deposits: Banks, Railroads, Telegraphs, Commodities Markets

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Banks

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Populists wanted these regulated to keep farmers from being overcharged on freight: Railroads, Banks, Telegraphs, Commodities Markets

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Railroads

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Populists wanted these in all elections so no one could influence your vote: Secret Ballot, Voter ID, Automatic Recount, Independent Election Day Poll Observers

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Secret Ballot

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Workers in cities supported increasing the money supply with silver

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False

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Republican businessmen supported increasing the money supply with silver

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False