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| This was Thomas Edison's most significant achievement. It was also called the incandescent lamp. | Light bulb
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| He made large fortunes in the shipping business. Putted the NY Central Complex in place and integrated the Lake Shore in 1873. | Cornelius Vanderbilt
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| Forms U.S steel, "world's first billion-dollar corporation." | J.P. Morgan
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| A metal that used to be very expensive until it could be produced by the hundreds by mixing different compounds. | Steel
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| The belief that new immigrants from Eastern Europe were inferior to those who were from Western Europe. | Nativism
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| A philanthropist who published "Gospel Wealth," and also had his own steel company. | Andrew Carnegie
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| Was an American union leader, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World | Eugene Debs
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| Tall apartment buildings that were dingy, dirty, crowded, and disease ridden. | Tenement
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| A combination of national craft unions established in 1886 | American Federation of Labor
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| This act stated that all charges made by railroad "shall be reasonable and just." | Interstate Commerce Act
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| The belief that the activities of people, that is, their business and social relationships were governed by the Darwinian principle, that the fittest will survive. | Social Darwinism
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| Who was the author of "Wealth Against Commonwealth," a book that attacked Standard Oil and applied Darwin's concept of survival of the fittest. | Henry Lloyd
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| These were community centers located in poor districts that provided guidance and services to all who would us them. | Settlement houses
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| __________Age was an era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West | Gilded Age
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| A photographer who used flash on his camera to capture the life of extreme poverty in New York City | Jacob Riis
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| The use of children in industry or business, especially when illegal or considered inhumane. These extreme working conditions were common in the late 1800's in New York City | Child Labor
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| One company controlling an entire market for profit. | Monopoly
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| As a result of industrial expansion, there was a drastic increase in the need of labor. This in turn resulted in.. | New Immigration
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| This act states that the federal government can break up economic enterprises that are so big and powerful they have monopoly. | Sherman Antitrust Act
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| Focus on improving living conditions rather than on saving souls | Social Gospel
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