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26th president; brought about anti-trust lawsuits

he also set rates and regulations for the presidency.

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Author of "The Shame of the Cities" He exposed the political corruption aka the political machines and corrupt politicians

Resulted in the passing of the 17th amendment

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Author of "How The Other Half Lives" He described the poverty, disease,and crime that afflicted many immigrant neighborhoods.

Settlement houses and housing regulations were made as a result.

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Author of "The Jungle"

Opened the eyes of the public in the treatment of workers

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Major political machine

He would bribe and blackmail people so they would vote for him

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Created the first labor union; The American Federation of Labor

There are many labor unions today.

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Perfected the assembly line

Produced affordable cars fast.

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Engineer that created alternating currents (AC)

Alternating currents is the main current we use today

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Thomas Edison created direct currents (DC)

Thomas Edison didnt want Tesla to win, to prove his point, Edison electrocuted an elephant using AC

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Built railroads

He was a self made millionaire

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Banker; born into wealth

Used influence to stabilize US financial markets

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Expanded the steel industry

Author of "The Gospel of Wealth"

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Had a monopoly through his oil company.

He donated millions to charity

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Women's right to vote

Few states allowed women to vote before the amendment passed.

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Prohibition of alcohol

Women believed that alcohol was the cause of all the problems

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Direct election of senators

This lessens corruption

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Allows congress to charge an income tax

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banned any formations that would restrict trade, not distinguishing between bad and good trusts.

Taft would later decide that all trusts/monopolies are bad

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Protected children's rights.

Made sure no kid was getting abused when working

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The government set rates for using the trains.

The train companies would overcharge farmers simply because farmers NEEDED to use the trains for work.

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An act passed after "The Jungle" showed the public what goes into their food.

People were so concerned after hearing what the workers did with their meats

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A journalist that exposes the corrupt corporations

Muckrakers' work helped society make new laws for the protection of workers and citizens.

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The goal was to end problems caused by urbanization, industrialization, immigration, and the corrupt government.

They opposed social darwinism.

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Christians wanted  to improve the economic, moral and social conditions of the urban working class.

Protestant ministers believed that people should emulate the life of Jesus

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A book written by Andrew Carnegie

Emphasizes that the rich should give back to the poor.

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A party made by the Farmer's Alliance.

Populists favored a larger role of government in American Society and direct democracy.

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A movement that tried to teach immigrants certain skills for them to be more "American"

Many immigrants did not want to lose their traditions

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A belief that people and their social standards are related to evolution.

People used to believe that they were not rich because they have not evolved into it.

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An era in which all the corruption and bad things were covered with "thin gold"

There was a large urban boom.

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"Natives" aka Americans believing it is okay to be hostile toward immigrants.

Nativists created political parties to try and limit the rights of immigrants.

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Certain areas in the city that had a majority of a certain race.

Little Italy, China Town, Olvera Street, etc., are all examples of ethnic enclaves.

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An over-crowded living place.

Many impoverished families lived here.

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An immigrant inspection station - found in New York

Over 12 million immigrants went through Ellis Island

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When a political organization bribes people with jobs, money, homes, etc., in exchange for their votes.

Political machines would win using this tactic.

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When a corporation buys the materials they need from multiple companies

Companies can expand into new territories without starting from scratch. They can buy resources from multiple businesses, so its unlikely to run out of resources.

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When a corporation owns all the levels of production

The corporation is able to sell the product for cheaper but products are limited to the amount of resources the company has.

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A person that got rich using ruthless business tactics.

Robber barons did not care who was affected by their actions, just as long as they got their money.

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A trust is a form of monopoly -  instead of one corporation being the one in control of their supply/trade, one corporation buys out all the other smaller businesses.

Trusts was the loophole found when monopolies became illegal.

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"Hands off" economics - Government is not involved in business

This allowed businesses to set their own working conditions