The Gilded Age Flashcards

1
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Industrialization

A

entrepreneurship, new opportunities + inventions, bad working conditions

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2
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Growth of Big Businesses

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everyone wanted the new tech, investing ($ from gold out W), businesses protected (land grants, tariffs)

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3
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Laissez-faire

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Government stays out of economy
Good: more $ comes in, quality of products may improve bc or competition
Bad: working conditions, unfair wages

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4
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Growth of Cities

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W closed as land of opportunity-now opportunity was in cities (factories, more jobs), especially NE + the Great Lakes

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