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5216791008Laissez-FaireGovernment is hands off and lets the marketplace determine prices and wages0
5216795366Jim Crow Era1870-1960s South, where African Americans and whites are segregated1
5217149955Social DarwinismThe belief that businesses also have a "survival of the fittest", the best will survive, the others will fail2
5217158031MonopolyWhen ONE company controls an entire industry and limit competition3
5217159974Business TrustSimilar to monopoly, when a FEW companies control an entire industry4
5217171610Unrestricted ImmigrationFactories that needed many unskilled factory workers led to...5
5217181893NativistSomeone who believes that immigration should be restricted6
5217196141Cultural PluralismAmerica is like a salad bowl with many cultures being represented7
5217199861Labor UnionsGroups of workers that unite to improve their working conditions8
5217203675MuckrakersInvestigated journalists that exposed the problems of Gilded Age society9
5217208714Gilded AgeEra of extremes of wealth and poverty during the late 1800s10
5217220319Graduated Income TaxTax that increased with income, the rich pay higher percentage in taxes than the poor11
5217230068Antitrust LawsLaws that prevent monopolies and trusts from forming and break up those that too12
5217236007Women's Right MovementFocused on gaining suffrage (the right to vote)13
5217240383ProgressivesGroup of reformers that work to make positive changes and fix the problems of the Gilded Age14
7758874593SocialRelating to society, how people live and their interactions with each other15
7758884441PoliticalRelating government, laws, and leaders16
7758887614EconomicRelating to the economy, taxes, and business17

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