more focussed on helping big industrial businessmen and no longer need to worry about taming the West. The economy itself changed greatly in the post Civil War era. The Industrial Revolution led to a new kind of big business. Now men like Carnegie‚ Rockefeller‚ and Vanderbilt had huge monopolies and trusts‚ making it nearly impossible for the common man to get ahead. Many government officials were bribed to make policies favorable to big business. Also‚ the power of the Presidents was a joke at
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involved; starting points Chapter 16 1. Andrew Carnegie – “Gospel of Wealth”; business tactics; philanthropy; 2. American manufacturers before the Civil War 3. First big business in the U.S. 4. Women and children of the workforce – conditions‚ treatment‚ salary 5. American Federation of Labor – leader 6. Railroads up to 1900s – locations 7. Knights of Labor – differences from other labor unions 8. John D. Rockefeller – major industry; business model he invented
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* What are profits? diff. b/w rev.& expenses * Factors of Production The resources that a country’s businesses use to produce goods are called * A planned economy relies on a centralized government to Control all or most factors of production * Communism and Socialism—2 most basic forms of planned economies are * Capitalism—economic system provides for the private ownership of the factors of production and also encourages entrepreneurship by offering profits as an incentive
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Political: • Businesses benefited from friendly government policies that protected private property‚ subsidized railroads with land grants and loans‚ supported US manufacturers with protective tariffs‚ and refrained from either regulating business operations or heavily taxing corporate profits. • Government policies gave 170 million acres of land to railroad companies for expansion of business. • Land grants and cash loans made poor construction and increased corruption in government. • Since
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Students are expected to have all their work done in a certain period of time. In “Robber Barons and Rebels”‚ A journalist observer of the school stated “The unkindly spirit of the teacher is strikingly apparent; the pupils‚ being completely subjugated to her will‚ are silent and motionless‚ the spiritual atmosphere of the classroom is damp
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One hundred years have passed since the Progressive Era of 1900-1916 and although the world has seen remarkable “progress” for certain causes since then‚ there are many issues that still have not been addressed. Change is not immediate and the Progressive Era’s successes were manifestations of problems first addressed years before gaining wide public attention. Similar to the dilemmas faced one hundred years ago‚ we now face a quandary that has been discussed for around two decades: climate change
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such as many of the great inventors like Thomas Edison‚ Alexander Graham Bell‚ Albert Einstein‚ and many others. These people saw unmet needs in society and met them through their ingenuity and hard work. Other business people like Andrew Carnegie‚ Rockefeller‚ J.P. Morgan‚ and others took advantage of opportunities to grow and develop their businesses into huge corporations. In addition‚ the great political leaders of America utilized their situations to propel themselves forward in their careers
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Here are your three options for the 5 paragraph essay portion of the final worth 30 pts. There will be 2 of these on the exam and you will choose 1 of them. A. To what extent was democracy expanded between the years 1820-1880 to include previously disenfranchised groups in the United States? Evaluate the impact of voting rights for each group selected. B. In what ways did Americans try to improve society? Be sure to examine a variety of reform movements from the 1830s to the early 20th century
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in this time everything was going good with money. Many great fortunes were created‚ Iron‚steel‚lumber‚gold‚sliver increased the demand for improved transportation. It produced a lot of wealth for businessperson like John D. Rockefeller who founded oil and also Andrew Carnegie in steel. 3. There were some reason why immigrants wanted to come to a new country and also leave there country. These are called the Push and Pull factors Immigrants wanted to leave there country because of wars and violence
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a society of city life and factories as well. Monopolists and monopolized industries changed American society. Monopolists had so much control over their industry that they had little or no competition. Andrew Carnegie had a monopoly over the steel business for example. John D. Rockefeller was another monopolist. He formed the Standard Oil Company. Standard Oil monopolized oil and controlled virtually everything since a lot of things depend on oil (Document 3). Businesses could do whatever they wanted
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