C3B quiz

the total value of all goods and services produced by a country eight times greater that it had been when the civil war ended

people who risk their capital in organizing and running a business in order to manufacture and transport

french idea, "let people do as they choose." supporters believe the government shouldn't interfere

operating vast complexes of factories, warehouses, offices, and distribution facilities

an organization owned by many people but treated by law as though it was a single person

Carnegie began it with the steel industry, owns all of the different businesses on which it depends for operation

successful business leaders also pushed forth, combining many firms engaged in the same type of business into 1 large corporation

when a single company achieves control of an entire market. opponents feared these because they believed a company with one could charge whatever it wanted for its products.

it allows 1 person to manage another person's property

the ideas of Karl Marx, the theory of socialism in which a class struggle would exist until the workers were finally victorious creating a classless society

owners of large corporations particularly opposed. it united all craft workers and common laborers all in a particular industry

the AFL pushed for; companies could hire only union members. membership was a condition for being hired and continued employment

a young Scottish-American inventor who suggested the idea of a telephone

the most famous inventor of the late 1800s, worked tirelessly to invent new products to improve devices

started in 1862 signed by president Abraham Lincoln; it provided for the construction of a transcontinental railroad by 2 corporations

a Scottish immigrant who rose from bobbin boy in a textile factory to the owner of a steel company in Pittsburgh. He began vertical integration of the steel industry

Samuel Gompers was the leader, their goals were to convince companies to recognize unions and agree to collective bargaining.

the AFL's first leader, his approach to labor relations helped unions become accepted in American society

the amount of space that a substance or object occupies or encloses within a container. lower rates because of the volume of goods shipped

a movement to increase farmers' political power and to work for legislation in their interest

a rapid increase in the money supply without an accompanying increase in goods for sale, a decline in the value of money

as the economy expanded, there was an increase in the value of money and a decrease in prices. money increased in value and prices began to fall.

one that taxed higher earnings more heavily. the platform denounced the government's refusal to the coinage of silver.

a tax of a fixed amount per person that had to be paid before the person could vote. requiring all citizens registering to vote pay one

required those voters to be able to read or understand state constitution. expected or expecting to be something particular in the future

some states gave whites a special break with it, allowing any man to vote if he had an ancestor who appeared on voting rolls

in the south, a separation of the races. laws enforced and perpetuated discrimination.

the statutes enforcing segregation

what newspapers called local bosses of Republican political machines

1885 set by congress, set up civil service with appointments of candidates based on examinations

public pressure forced congress to enact creating the interstate commerce commission. the first federal law designed to regulate interstate commerce

in increasing numbers, they joined the first national farm organization. the Patrons of Husbandry tried to create cooperatives

members of the Kansas Alliance formed AKA populists. they nominated candidates to run for congress and state legislature

a strong supporter of silver to back the dollar

fiery young African American woman from Tennessee who launched fearless crusade against lynching in 1892

leader of a new generation of African American activists born after the Civil War