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What did Andrew Carnegie believe

The wealthy should repay their debt to society.

That the rich should help the poor

What is a monopoly

A company that controls an entire industry

How did the industrial revolution change working conditions for people

There was very little need for skilled labor

Who were the original knights of labor

Knights of Labor

An important labor union formed in 1869. It supported equal pay for women, an end to child and convict labor, and other improvements for workers..

Which group wanted to stop immigration

Nativist groups wanted to restrict immigration.

Why did many children work

Poor families needed the money.

What problem did the Supreme Court deal with in their decision in the Slaughterhouse cases

Businesses had rights but no responsibilities
businesses had rights but no responsibilities

What did the Supreme Court decision in the Slaughterhouse cases do for American businesses

The decisions showed that businesses have rights.

Which creation of the Second Industrial Revolution negatively affected skilled workers

Machines

What happens when a trust is formed

When a trust is formed, a company or a group of people are able to control many other companies together.

Which of following would not have been an early goal of the knights of labor

To push for temperance.

The following was not important invention of the early 20th century

the cotton gin

Why did immigrants want to come to America in the late 19th and early 20th century

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Most managers wanted their workers to

work fast. apex

Immigrants from which country came to the united States to build the railroads

China

What was not a reason that most members of immigrants families had to get a job apex

Their right to vote was dependent on their jobs

What was one outcome of laissez-fair economic policies

Bad working conditions

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