US History Gilded Age

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A labor union is...

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a group of workers advocating worker's rights

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Alexander G. Bell

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was the inventor of the telephone.

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Transcontinental Railroad

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...linked the eastern and western part of the US together

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Social Darwinism

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is the belief that evolutionary ideas applied to society.

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Sherman Anti-trust Act

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was signed to outlaw monopolies

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Laissez fair

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...idea that the government should play a small roll in economic affairs

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Robber Barons...

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was the process of running other businesses out of business so that one's own business can prosper

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Monopolies...

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are corporations that gain complete control of the production of a single good or service.

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Bessemer process

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is a way to manufacture steel quickly and cheaply by blasting hot air through melted iron to quickly remove impurities.