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| What legislation did Congress pass in 1890 to try to stop the formation of trusts? |
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| What term denotes an economy in which businesses are owned by private citizens who are free to make profits on their investments? |
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| What great American inventor developed many important electrical devices but is perhaps most remembered for his light bulb? |
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| What important invention resulted from the work of Alexander Graham Bell? |
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| Name two natural resources that aided America's industrial growth in the 1800s. |
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| mineral deposits (gold, silver, copper, iron ore), petroleum, coal, water power, or timber |
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| One right that labor unions were eager to acquire was... |
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| To regulate railroad rates, Congress passed the... |
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| Laissez-faire policies are closely associated with... |
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| Under pure capitalism all of the following conditions occur except that... |
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| businesses are totally regulated by government |
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| The first transcontinental railroad was completed when the last spike was driven in the line at... |
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| The first transcontinental railroad linked the Union Pacific line with which other line? |
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| Consolidation was an important process in... |
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| Cornelius Vanderbilt was known for... |
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| The Exclusion Act of 1883 was passed because of the large influx of immigrants from... |
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