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27 Cards in this Set
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cartel
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loose association of businnesses that make the same products
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socialism
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an economic and political philosophy that favors public control of property
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Homestead Strike
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Strike where workers wages were cut by Henry Frick
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Jacob Coxey
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quarry owner that demanded the gov give the unemployed jobs
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graft
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the use of one's job to gain profits
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settlement houses
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a type of community center that offers social services
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economics of sale
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as production increases, cost decreases
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Samuel L. Gompers
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Leader of the American Federation of Labor
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political machines
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an unofficial city organization that keeps a political party in power
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subsides
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a payment made by the government to encourage the development of certain key industries
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Munn. Vs Illinois
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court decision that regulated certain businesses within their borders
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Knights of Labor
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nonskilled workers union
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civil service
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the governments non elected workers
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Eugene Debs
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man that helped workers out during the Pullman Strike
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Piecework
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where the fastest worker was the one who made the most money
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George Pullman
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Man who made sleeper cars, but got shut down because of strike, lower wages, but not prices
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Social Darwinists
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theory that society should do as less as possible to interfere with a person's success
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Restrictive Covanents
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agreements among homeowners not to sell real estate to certain groups of people
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Blue Laws
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laws that prohibited certain immoral private activities
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Social Gospel Movement
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a social reform that sought to teach the gospels of jesus directly to society
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Sherman Antitrust act
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Law that outlawed any combination of companies that restrained interstate trade or commerce
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philantropists
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a person that gives donations to worthy causes
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American Federation of Labor
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Union by samuel gompers that only allowed skilled workers
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Interstate commerce act
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law passed that regulated railroads and other interstate businesses
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temperance movement
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An organized campaign to end alcohol comsumption
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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Act where chinese could not enter the country
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Gentlemen's Agreement
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Compromise in where Japanese would stop sending workers over, so Japanese kids will not be segregated
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