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What term describes the individuals hired by employers to take over the jobs of striking workers?
strikebreakers
What announcement by many railroads in July 1877 sparked the first nationwide labor protest?
wage cuts
How did employers use to perceive unions?
conspiracies that disrupted property rights
Define corporation
A corporation is a big company that acts like a single person in legal matters. It can own property, make contracts, and be sued.
While department stores provided a variety of services, chain stores concentrated on offering_____ ________________
Low prices
What is monopoly?
A monopoly is when one company controls everything in a market, with no competition.
How did department stores transform the shopping experience?
by offering a wide variety of products all in one place.
What does laissez-faire typically support?
Laissez-faire generally favors free trade.
what is laissez-faire?
It is an idea that the government should stay out of business and let people trade and operate freely.
How did the railroads enhance the economy of the USA?
By connecting markets that were geographically separated
What did the government offer to each railroad company building the transcontinental railroad?
land
Why did the army promote the killing of buffalo?
he army promoted buffalo hunting to push Native Americans onto reservations.
how did the native american use the buffalo?
Native Americans used every part of the buffalo: they ate its meat, used its hides for clothing and shelter, made tools from its bones, and even used its dung
how did the native american use the buffalo?
