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How successful were the identities at achieving the American Dream during this time of US expansion?

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How successful were the identities at achieving the American Dream during this time of US expansion?

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The american dream to the businessmen were easy to accomplish due to the fact they were so wealthy and had successful business. Like rockefeller was able to achieve the dream and due to his oil company.

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What were the issues for the identities?

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What were the issues for the identities?

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Their were three main issues that came up in the business world. The first problem was  resources, the question that came up was how to get resources to manufacture, which leads to the second problem which was manufactured, the question was to see how to get cheap labor work to help manufacture the products. The last problem was distributing/ shipping, they want faster shipping for quicker distribution to the population. (pg242

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Was populism an effective response to the problems of the age?

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Was populism an effective response to the problems of the age?

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How does your identity feel about the economy?

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How does your identity feel about the economy?

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Rockefeller and “Robber Barons” invested in the economy.  In 1870 Rockefeller's standard oil company of Ohio processed two or three percent of the country's crude oil.

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How does your identity feel about the government?

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How does your identity feel about the government?

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In 1870, he established Standard Oil, which by the early 1880s controlled some 90 percent of U.S. refineries and pipelines. Critics accuse Rockefeller of engaging in unethical practices, such as predatory pricing and colluding with railroads to eliminate his competitors, in order to gain a monopoly in the industry.

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What conditions does this identity face?

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What conditions does this identity face?

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Businessmen face cash, borrowing, and resource management,

increased selection and competition marketing and customer loyalty,uncertainty,and regulation. In return, the companies were entitled to dividends on  profits earned by the trust. Trust were not legal mergers, however. Rockefeller used a trust to gain total control of the oil industry in America.

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What are the main issues your identity faces?

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What are the main issues your identity faces?

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Populists watched as the two major political parties became deeply divided in a struggle between different regions and economic interests. Business owners and bankers of the industrialized northeast were republican; the farmers and labors of the agrarian south and west were democrats. (page 222)

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The ideal by which equality of opportunity is available to any American, allowing the highest aspirations and goals to be achieved.

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A political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups. Demanded an increase of the circulating currency, a graduated income tax, government ownership of the railroads, and a tariff for revenue only.