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Bridging the Gap-Voc
Question | Answer |
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Trust | a group of separate companies that are placed under the control of a single managing board. |
Sherman Antitrust | outlawed any combination of companies that restrained interstate trade or commerce. It was largely a failure because it was rarely enforced. |
Clayton Antitrust | Spelled out specific acts companies could not do. Stated workers’ strikes were legal as long as they were peaceful. |
Cartels | loose association of businesses that make the same product. |
Homestead Riot 1894 | Pinkerton security used by Carnegie Steel |
interchangeable parts | Interchangeable parts are parts that are, for practical purposes, identical. |
Laissez-Faire | government policy of not interfering with private business. |
Monopolies | complete control of a product or service. |
Social Darwinism: | derived from Darwin’s theory of natural selection, that society should do as little as possible to interfere with people’s pursuit of success. Let the strong survive. |
Eli Whitney | was an American inventor, widely known for inventing the cotton gin, one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution that shaped the economy of the Antebellum South |
Sixteenth Amendment | Gave Congress the power to levy an income tax |
Eighteenth Amendment | Prohibition.(Repealed in 1933) |
black codes | laws aimed at keeping African Americans subservient. |
referendum | citizens can demand via petition that a law passed by the legislature be “referred” to the voters for their approval or rejection. |
initiative | citizens can propose laws. |
Seventeenth Amendment | Provided for direct election of Senators |
Plessy vs. Ferguson | plessy v. Ferguson: Supreme Court case that justified segregation and established that facilities could be “separate but equal” |
Recall | remove public officials from office before next election. direct primaries, |
Nineteenth Amendment | Women Suffrage. Women now have right too vote. |