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The Gilded Age Flashcards

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Urbanization

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City populations grow rapidly, factories provide jobs.

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Railroads

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Connect East and West coats, easy to ship lots of goods.

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New Inventions

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Seemingly endless supply of stuff. Electric Lights (Edison 1879) Telephone (bell 1876)

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“Free Market System”

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  • Freedom
  • Profit motive
  • Choice
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Laissez Faire Economics

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American government policy towards business

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Social Darwinism

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  • Encouraged Laissez Faire
  • Government doesn’t protect workers
  • Only people in business will proceed
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Sole Propreitorship

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One person owns business

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Partnership

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2 people own business

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Corporation

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Sells stocks

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