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Is this finished?

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totally and entirely yes. congrats me :D

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Did you read the textbook?

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If not go do that because this is just a general review. Honestly if you can’t read the textbook just do the quizlet because I’m becoming more convinced reading the textbook in a rush is actually pointless

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Who coined the term “Gilded age”

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Mark twain

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what were some things that resulted from the civil war

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tremendous increasing wealth for some people, increasing industrialization and urbanization

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who was the republican nominee for the election of 1868

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ulysses s grant

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who was the democrat nominee of the election of 1868

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Horatio seymour

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who was horatio seymour

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governor of NY who was recently involved with draft riots from the civil war

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Who won the election of 1868

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grant

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why did grant win the election of 1868

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he had the support of union soldiers and newly enfranchised blacks

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who was grant’s vp

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schuyler colfax

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who was that one corrupt guy who operated a grafting ring from public treasury

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boss tweed

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what did boss tweed’s group practice

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political patronage, money laundering

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who was the cartoonist who published defaming comics of tweed

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thomas nast

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what is graft

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uncouth business practice usually by big politicians harming small businesses

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who were the two involved in the scheme to corner gold market

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fisk and jay

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when was the gold scandal

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1869

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what were fisk and jay’s plan to corner the gold market

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bid up the price for gold and make fortune by using in trading

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how was the gold scandal solved

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gold was released into circulation by the us treasury

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who was blamed for the gold scandal

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grant

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when was the credit mobilier scandal

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1872

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who was involved in the credit mobilier scandal

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founders of the union pacific railroad and government

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how did the credit mobilier scandal work

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basically the upr (union pacific railroad) created their fake financing firm that they would put money into

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who was one of the main founders of credit mobilier

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Thomas Durant

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Why did thomas durant create credit mobilier

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to help build the transcontinental railroad

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who was screwed over by the credit mobilier scandal

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the average american taxpayer

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who was a congressman from massachusetts involved in funding the transcontinental railroad through means of the credit mobilier scandal

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oakes ames

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how did oakes ames make money using credit mobilier

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in trading

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what were the results of the credit mobilier scandal

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congress decided congress wasn’t in wrong, Ames took blame cause he was leaving congress and Grant took blame cause people were unhappy with corrupt government

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what did people want in the election of 1872

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reform in the corrupt federal government

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who was the republican nominees for the election of 1872

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Horace greely and grant

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who did the democrats back for the election of 1872

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horace greely

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who was horace greely

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editor of the new york tribune magazine who had no political experience, “man of the ppl”

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why did democrats back greely in the election of 1872

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they just wanted to oppose grant

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who won the election of 1872

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grant

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what did many democrats do in the election of 1872 because they didn’t like any of the candidates

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not vote

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what does the financial panic of 1873 refer to

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economy expanded really fast, bubble was created where economy improved for awhile until the bubble popped and everything went to shit

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what hurt grant greatly in his second term in 1873

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financial panic of 1873

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what company went under during the financial panic of 1873

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freedmen’s savings and trust company

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what did the treasury do during the civil war that screwed a bunch of people and itself over

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print a whole bunch of “greenbacks” that had no value

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when did the treasury get rid of its paper money to solve the problem it created

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1868

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who was for the printing of more money

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debtors

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who was against the printing of more money

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bankers/ ppl who gave out loans

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what act pledged the government to redeem all greenbacks at face value in gold

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resumption act of 1875

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when would the resumption act of 1875 begin to taek place

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1879

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what did some republican members consider doing in relation to grant in teh election of 1876

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re-elect grant for the third time

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who did the republicans nominate for the elecition of 1876

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rutherfordo b hayes

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where was rutherford b hayes from

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ohio

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who did the democrats nominate as their candidate in the election fo 1876

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samuel tilden

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where was samuel tilden from

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ny, attorney

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who won the election of 1876

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rutherford b hayes by one electoral vote

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what act did congress pass in 1877 that commissioned fifteen men from congress to settle disputes concerning the south’s double ballots

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electoral count act

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why was the electoral count act kinda screwed up

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fifteen means more republicans than democrats, every decision in republican’s favor

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when do the democrats finally agree to let hayes be president

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republicans agree to pull federal troops out of Louisiana and florida and give southern transcont railroad

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what year did reconstruction end

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1877

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who was the republican candidate for the election fo 1880

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garfield

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where was prez garfield from

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ohio

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who was garfield’s vp

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arthur

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who was the democrat candidate for the election of 1880

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hancock

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who was hancock from the election fo 1880

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civil war hero

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who won the election of 1880

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garfield

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who was garfield ensnared in political conflict with for the election fo 1880

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blaine and conkling

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who killed prez garfield in 1881

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guiteau

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who took office after garfield died in 1881

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arthur, his vp

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what act was passed in response to president garfield’s death from political dissatisfaction

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pendleton act of 1883

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what did the pendleton act of 1883 stipulate

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civil service exams to stop people from being crazies/corrupt in office

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who was the republicain candidate for the election of 1884

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blaine

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where was blaine from

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maine (corrupt politician

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who hated blaine

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reform republicans

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who was the democrat candidate for the election fo 1884

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cleveland

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where was cleveland from

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ny

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what was used against cleveland during his campaigning

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his rumors of affair which turned out to be true

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who won the election of 1884

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cleveland

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what did cleveland have to confront during his term in 1884

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tariff money issues, the government had a lot of money they took from people to cause reforms that they weren’t using to cause reforms

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Who was the republican candidate for the election of 1888

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benjamin harrison

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who was the democrat candidate for the election of 1888

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cleveland

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why was cleveland kinda okay as president

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he was reckless but effective

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who won the election of 1888

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Harrison

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what tariff act passed in 1890 relating to cleveland’s actions concerning the tariff

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McKinley tariff act of 1890

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what did the mcKinley tariff act of 1890 stipulate

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high tariff on imported goods

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who was teh mckinley tariff act of 1890 great for

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manufacturers/city folk who weren’t involved in importing things

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who was the mckinley tariff act of 1890 really bad for

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debtors/farmers/agriculture

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what did people want in the election of 1892

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a clean up of the corrupt federal government

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who was the weakest after teh congressional elections of 1890

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republicans, had very few seats compared to democrats

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who was the 3rd party protest group that held 9 seats in congress

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Farmer’s alliance

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Who was the 3rd party political group that even semi-successfully ran somebody as a president candidate

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the people’s party (populists)

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who was the republican candidate for the election of 1892

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benjamin harrison (again x2)

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who was the democrat candidate for the election of 1892

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cleveland (again x3)

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who were two of the leaders of the populists

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mary elizabeth lease and jerry simpson

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who was mary elizabeth lease

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prominent leader in the populist movement that trained as an attorney

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what were the demands of the populist party

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graduated income tax, silver coins (1/16 gold), governmetn ownership of big companies, direct election, 1 term limit, shorter work day, immigration restrictions

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which populist leader was heavily involved in congress

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jerry simpson

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when was jerry simpson relevant

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1842

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what was jerry simpson known for

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mocking people for their fancy stockings while he had no socks to make himself out to be a man of the people

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who was the guy who fought for the union and joined the american freed and accepted masons after the war

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S.P. Dismoor

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what did dismoor do later in his life

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join order against monopolies and create a “garden of eden” where cement structures were erected containing populist ideas (e.g. labor crucified)

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Which beeg industrialist was from Scotland and did beeg things with beeg steel

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andrew carnegie (not carnie. actually, maybe carnie)

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what was carnegie’s family situation like?

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not well after tech harmed father’s weaving job

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why did carnegie purchase his first steel plant

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“it was the future” he thought it was a good investment

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When was carnegie relevant?

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early to mid 1800s

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who was the guy carnegie went to because he was a big supplier of c o k e (not coke as in the drug, coke as in processed coal. Get your head out of the gutter)

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Henry Clay Frick

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What did carnegie do once he realized frick was actually pretty competent albeit kinda annoying

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promote the guy until he was directly under carnegie

102
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what was kinda fricked about frick’s attitude toward workers?

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he did not negotiate with workers’ unions, which is a big no no

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what was the name of the place that had workers unions but carnegie didn’t know that because he just knew the place was a steel mill that just went out of business

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Homestead steel works

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What did Carnegie steel do once they realized Homestead steel works had a big community around workers’ unions and they just acquired it

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make an entire policy stating the company would not recognize unions

105
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why did the workers of the homestead steel works mill revolt against carnegie steel

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frick was pushing the workers to work more for less far too much

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What did carnegie steel do about all the striking workers from homestead steel works

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dismiss them and then send pinkertons after them

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when did the homestead steel works workers eventually relinquish their hold on the steel mill

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the government called the local militia, also it was nearing fall, the big time to prepare for winter

108
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what unfortunate event befell frick because he was such an unlikable guy

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he got shot and stabbed by a radical socialist. granted he did beat the attempted murderer within an inch of his life before his death so that’s kinda cool though. And he survived so that’s even cooler.

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what fate eventually befell frick that wasn’t murder

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he was dismissed from Carnegie steel.

110
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What would carnegie eventually do with carnegie steel

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sold it to jp morgan and became the richest in the friggin world (well, at least america) for a short while

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who was the cofounder and eventual president of the central pacific railroad. also the governor of california in the mid 1800s

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leland stanford

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what were the notable things about central pacific railroad

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partner of the transcontinental railroad that utilized steel rails similarly to vanderbilt

113
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what made leland stanford significant?

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he actually wasn’t a corrupt guy

114
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who was the leader of the big four

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leland stanford

115
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who was the environmentalist that created the great northern railway

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James J Hill

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what was significant about the great northern railway

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never declared bankrupt despite never receiving government subsidy

117
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where did Hill’s trains run to and from with the great northern railway

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Minnesota to washington

118
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which industrialist was the big railroad man

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vanderbilt

119
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what was significant about vanderbilt?

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ready to abandon everything to pick up an opportunity

120
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which ventures did vanderbilt invest in

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boats as transport and then trains as transport (goods/people). also french fries because he’d offer free transport and let them buy french fries. He literally built himself an empire on french fries. what a G

121
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when was vanderbilt relevant?

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idk he lived like 80 years which is a long time so just know 1850 he made his big transportation company

122
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what did vanderbilt make the most money off of

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other transportation people literally gave him money to make him stop working. He made money off of doing nothing because him doing something was driving them out of business.

123
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who was the oily man

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rockefeller

124
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what was the name of the oil company rockefeller made

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standard oil company. this is a really boring name literally why this

125
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what did congress have to say about rockefeller’s standard oil company

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hey wait don’t unite the entirety of the oil business under one company man come on

126
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what was the name of the act which made rockefeller dissolve his oil company

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Sherman antitrust act

127
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what kinda guy was rockefeller

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super chill guy, would literally give out large sums of money to children so they could get themselves some treats.

128
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which industrialist was the son of a wealthy banker and the creator of many large corporations like US Steel

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j p morgan

129
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what was the social idea justifying the riches of the rising industrial giants

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gospel of wealth

130
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who was a meat processor in post civil war america

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gustavus swift

131
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which region of the us took industrialization awhile to start up and take hold

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the south

132
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which artist tried to create an idealized “woman” of the industrial age (idk this sounds stupid and why is woman in quotations. these questions are from the matching paper he gave us)

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charles gibson

133
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what was the site of a large labor uprising that resulted in a number of deaths

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haymarket square

134
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which jewish immigrant was responsible for establishing a powerful labor union

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samuel gompers

135
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who was the founder of the american foundation of labor

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samuel gompers

136
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why was samuel gompers against immigration into america

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it “lowered the value of labor”.

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