Industrialization & Progressive Reforms

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When the government has a "hands off" approach and does not make laws or rules to limit big business.

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laissez-faire

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Making products quickly and cheaply; the assembly line was an important part of this

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mass production

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Term that is a negative opinion to describe the big businessmen of industrialization

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Robber Baron

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Positive nickname used to refer to big businessmen often because they were philanthropists.

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Captain of Industry

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When one business controls an entire industry

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monopoly

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The rapid growth of cities

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urbanization

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When large amounts of money are given to charity and for the public good

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philanthropy

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The Standard Oil company grew into a monopoly under the leadership of this big businessman

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John D. Rockefeller

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Which muckraker exposed the unsanitary meatpacking industry?

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Upton Sinclair

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Progressives, reformers, and muckrakers shared this common goal:

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wanted to reform society