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Unit 6

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This court case was based on laws that were intended to limit the power of big business   Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific R.R. v. Illinois (1886)  
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Promoted the idea that stronger businesses would succeed at the expense of weaker businesses   Social Darwinism  
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Leaders of big business gave greatest support to the passage of   higher tariff rates  
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A company that controls or dominates and industry   monopoly  
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Most strikes by unions were unsuccessful because govermnet usually supported   business  
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One factor that furthered industrialization in the US between 1865 adn 1900 was the   epansion of railroads  
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The purpose of forming this is to allow for greater accumulation of investment capital   corporation  
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The purpose of this was to restict the growth of monopolies   Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890  
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The Federal Government helped the transcontinental railroad companies by providing   free land  
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Term used to describe industrialists who sought to eliminate competition and exploiting workers   robber barons  
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A system where investments and profits are controlled by individuals   free-enterprise economic system  
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Corporations such as Standard Oil, AT&T, and Microsoft were prosecuted for violating   antitrust laws  
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What was the major ecomomic trend of business from 1865 to 1900?   to eliminated competition  
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Businesses formed trusts, pools, and holding companies to increase profits by   eliminating competition  
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Railroad strikes, the Haymarket Affair, and the Pullman strike showed that labor unions were willing to use ____ to achieve their goals   force  
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Two philosophies that dominated teh thinking of political and business leaders during the late 19th century in the US   Social Darwinism adn Laissez Faire  
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The basic economic goal of labor unions in the late 19th century was to achieve   a shorter workday and higher wages  
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A major population trend in the late 1800's was the movement of people from   farms to cities  
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The main purpose of antitrust legislation passed by Congress was to   restore competition  
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