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Businesses that seek to have sole control over an industry
What are monopolies?
100
An economic philosophy that justified the success of the wealthy, often referred to as “survival of the fittest.”
What is Social Darwinism?
100
This method of transportation, built by Irish and Chinese immigrants, was a main reason for westward growth
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
100
This person was a Civil War veteran and a president who is widely for his corrupt administration
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
100
This court case decided separate but equal
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
200
Groups that fought for improved working conditions and better pay for workers
What are unions?
200
A term that describes large business men in the late 1800s coined because they were often considered ruthless 
What is a robber barron?
200
This precursor to the telephone was often linked with railroads and helped create new markets in the US post Civil War
What are telegraph lines?
200
A political party that sought to limit immigrants and keep Catholics from holding office.
What is the Know-Nothing Party?
200

The result of the ban of slavery that continued the cycle of slavery where landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on their portion of land, but the tenant just goes farther and farther in debt with no escape 

What is sharecropping?
300
A combination of large companies that form an alliance to squeeze out competition 
What are trusts?
300
A dominant economic philosophy that called for very little government regulation of industries.
What is Leissez-Faire?
300
This vertical grain transportation system made it easier to store and transport crops
What is a grain elevator?
300
This term was popularized by political corruption in New York with people such as Boss Tweed
What is a political machine?
300
The Hull House run by Jane Addams was one of these
What is a settlement house?
400
A union that accepted both skilled and unskilled workers (including African Americans and women).
What are the Knights of Labor?
400
This robber baron turned philanthropist argued that the wealthy should give back to society.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
400
John Deere was a major producer of this technology that helped farmers rely less on animals for labor
What is a tractor?
400
This term refers to when people do things in exchange for political favors
What is patronage?
400
During the Grant administration, this group of officials were importing whiskey and using their offices to aviod punishment
What is the Whiskey Ring?
500
A widespread railroad strike that severely disrupted rail traffic, particularly in the Midwest.
What is the Pullman strike?
500
The prolific author who coined the term “Gilded Age.”
Who is Mark Twain?
500
A policy pioneered by Frederick Taylor that was focused on improving effiency in production through timed and specific tasks.
What is Taylorism?
500
This political party believed that the government should have a stronger role in the economic system 
What are the Populists?
500
This president was the only president to have two non consecutive terms of office
Who is Grover Cleveland?