Economic Expansion Review

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new ideas about how to do something or the equipment needed to do it

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technology

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Who improved the lightbulb?

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Thomas Edison

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Immigrants took any job they could find and were willing to work for lower wages.

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Caused them to be resented by native born Americans

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Farmers produced more crops which caused the prices to fall. Example of:

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supply and demand

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US gained control of Guam, Puerto Rico, and Philippines

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Results of Spanish American War

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Started the aircraft industry

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Orville and Wilbur Wright

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New methods of mass production helped the Industrial Revolution by

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making products more cheaply and quickly

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A reason why Congress was willing to declare war on Spain

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to show American power

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How did Yellow Journalism affect how Americans felt about the Spanish American war?

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It made people angry at the rule of colonial Spain.

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How did Big Business affect the Industrial Revolution?

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encouraged new technology to be invented