be a country that consisted of puritan societies is now the largest industrial center of the world. Between 1870 and 1900 the impact of big business affected the economy (Agriculture v. Mass production)‚ politics (Monopolies v. Labor unions)‚ and even the American people (employment opportunities v. Discrimination). Railroads controlled almost everything‚ including the economy. The railroad president “can fix the price of freights‚ and thus command the food” supplies of the nation (Doc B). Improved
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the Civil War. 3. A weapon that was used to put Boss Tweed‚ leader of New York City’s infamous Tweed Ring‚ in jail was the cartoons of the political satirist Thomas Nast. 4. The Credit Mobilier scandal involved railroad construction kickbacks involving the Union Pacific Railroad. 5. One cause of the Panic of 1873 was the construction of more factories than the market could bear. 6. As a solution
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synonymous with black‚ colored‚ or Negro in the vocabulary of many whites; and by the end of the century acts of racial discrimination toward blacks were often referred to as Jim Crow laws and practices. Although "Jim Crow Cars" on some northern railroad lines--meaning segregated cars--pre-dated the Civil War‚ in general the Jim Crow era in American history dates from the late 1890s‚ when southern states began systematically to codify (or strengthen) in law and state constitutional provisions the
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of his background. As his first job he worked in a Pittsburgh cotton factory in which he rose to the position of division superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1859. While he was working on the railroad he invested in different daring risks like oil and steel companies. By the time he was 30 he made his first fortune. Around the 1870s he entered the steel business and over the next two decades became a dominant force in the steel industry for America. In 1901 Carnegie sold the Carnegie Steel
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California‚ with the rest scattered across the West‚ the South‚ and New England. Those in California tried their hand at mining for gold. Eventually‚ protest rose from white miners to eliminate the growing competition from foreign miners. From 1852 to 1870(when the Civil Rights Act was passed)‚ the California legislature enforced a series of taxes aimed at foreign miners who were not U.S. citizens. Given that the Chinese were ineligible for citizenship at that time and constituted the largest percentage
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Hale County‚ Alabama: From Slavery to Freedom in a Black Belt Community. The Politics of Reconstruction The Civil War was bloodiest war in American history (600‚000 soldiers died). It began as way to preserve Union but evolved into a struggle for African American freedom‚ resulting in the death of slavery in the United States and the unification of the states under a stronger central government. The Defeated South South destroyed after defeat: towns ruined‚ slavery (means of labor in cotton fields)
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example of big business is railroads. Railroads were America’s first big business and it did much to advance industrialization. The impact of big business on the economy‚ politics‚ and the American people were positive in changing the way of American life and America as a developing country. The growth of big business was fueled by innovations in energy‚ transportation‚ communications‚ manufacturing‚ and business strategies. An innovation in transportation was railroads‚ which made the country smaller
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Chinese Immigration Every person who lives in America is either an immigrant or a descendant of an immigrant. Though we may not consider it‚ it is a fact that everyone here has come from some other place. The majority of immigrants have come to America voluntarily. Seeking a change they envisioned America as country thriving with different opportunities. For the immigrants it was a chance at a better life‚ not only for themselves‚ but for their children. It is estimated that over sixty million
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the railroad which was decades after the Civil War. Andrew Carnegie‚ Jay Gould‚ John D. Rockefeller‚ and other businesses initiated many strategies to seize markets and take combine the power. This period that was gleaming on the outside yet corrupt underneath is known as the “Gilded Age‚” according to Mark Twain.
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negatively impacting farmers were the appreciating dollar‚ the overproduction or surplus of food (for example wheat‚ corn and cotton) and the railroads. The effects of the appreciating dollar on the farmer can be seen in the following areas. The appreciating dollar had a significant impact on prices and the farmers’ costs to do business. For example‚ in the years 1870-1873 the market cost of wheat was $106.7 and from 1894-1897 the market cost of wheat was $63.3 (Document A). This decrease in prices kept
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