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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| chinese exclusion act | act prohibited chinese laborers from entering the country |
| pendleton act | classified government jobs and tested applicants fitness for them |
| social gospel movement | sought to apply the gospel of jesus directly to the society |
| muckrakers | a rake or pitch fork used to clean manure and hay out of stables |
| municipal | seeking reform to municipal government came from with in and outside of those government |
| social welfare program | help ensure a minimum standard of living |
| clayton anti trust act | act to strengthen the sherman antitrust act of 1890 |
| trust | bored of trustees managed the companies as a single unit |
| socialism | economic and political philosophythat favors public instead of private control in the means of production |
| social darwinism | extended darwins concept to human society |
| sherman anti trust act | outawed any combination of companies that restrained interstate trade or commerce |
| monopoly | complete control of a product or service |
| productivity | amount of good and services created in a given period of time |
| capitalism | and economic system in which the means of production are priveetly owned and operated for a privet profet |
| gospel of wealth | and essay writen by andrew carnegie in 1889 that describes the responsibility of philanthropy by the new upper class of self made rich |
| colective bargaining | process in which workers negotiate as a group with employes |
| scientific management | an theory of management that analyzed and synthesized workflows |
| progressive party | was american political party formed after a split in the republican party and president william howard taft |
| gilded age | term to describe the post- reconstruction era |
| laissez faire | hands off approach to economic matters |