Question 1

Whats defention of terms:
-collusion

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a secret agreement between two or more parties, usually for fraudulent, deceitful, or illegal purposes

Question 2

Whats defention of terms:
-grassroots

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groups of people organized at the local level rather than organized by traditional or existing power structures

Question 3

Whats defention of terms:
-gross private investment

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the total dollar amount of spending for plants, equipment, and other items in one year

Question 4

Whats defention of terms:
-sharecropper

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-sharecropper...

Question 5

Whats defention of terms:
-trust

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Question 6

Explain the reasons for the progression from a world of small competitive businesses to a climate controlled by monopolistic giants.
-List and explain three to four reasons for the shift from an agricultural based state to a capitalist one. How did the use of railroads affect national economic growth?

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Question 7

Explain the reasons for the progression from a world of small competitive businesses to a climate controlled by monopolistic giants.
-How did the larger size of firms help to increase productivity?

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Question 8

Explain the reasons for the progression from a world of small competitive businesses to a climate controlled by monopolistic giants.
-What factors in the economic, social, and political atmosphere were conducive to the formation of monopolies? Give at least three examples from the reading.

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Question 9

Identify the questionable behavior of the entrepreneurs of this age and explain how industrial warfare affected the political and social atmosphere.
-Name a few methods used by the robber barons to create monopolies (industrial warfare). How did railroads have an effect on the growth of cities? How did they abuse this power?

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Question 10

Identify the questionable behavior of the entrepreneurs of this age and explain how industrial warfare affected the political and social atmosphere.
-Describe the relationship of many of the large banks and the robber barons. Describe the relationship of many of the large banks and the government.

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Question 11

Identify the questionable behavior of the entrepreneurs of this age and explain how industrial warfare affected the political and social atmosphere.
-How did government regulation actually help business achieve greater profits? Which group did the Sherman Antitrust act have the biggest effect on? Explain.

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Question 12

Identify the questionable behavior of the entrepreneurs of this age and explain how industrial warfare affected the political and social atmosphere.
-Explain how industrial warfare affected the political and social atmosphere of the time.

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Question 13

Explain the role of women and African-Americans, conditions for workers, and the environmental impact during this period of time.
-Explain the economic, social, and political situation most African-Americans were in after being freed from slavery.

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