became the chief engineer for that project. Dodge took on the responsibility of joining the Union Army in the Civil War. While there his work gave him the benefit of acquiring a promotion to brigadier general and the friendship of William Tecumseh Sherman. By 1865 he was commanding the U.S. plains campaign against the Indians‚ which failed. However he benefitted from that fail. In September 1865 he found a route through which the Union Pacific could go through. In May 1866 he resigned his position
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company used unethical methods like horizontal integration that ultimately hurt the middle working class. Around the time that the Sherman Antitrust act went into effect was the same time that her book was used as evidence in court against the Standard Oil Company. The interview accounts‚ company records‚ and other facts supporting that Rockefeller was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act helped force Standard Oil to break apart. Her work was essential to the Progressive Era because by
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During the late 1800’s and early 1900’s‚ there were a lot of injustices in the United States. The Progressive Movement‚ which began in the late 1800’s attempted to bring about government reforms and correct injustices in America. One example of the problem in the U.S. was over population of the American cities. More and more people began to move cities from rural areas for jobs. As you can see in Document I‚ the cities were overcrowded and the infrastructure could not hold up with the influx of
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things always come to an end. By 1890 they already had legal issues‚ concerning the Sherman Antitrust Act. With this occurring the Standard Oil Trust had to separate into state companies. Although with this conflict occurring‚ this company was still very strong and still held its reputation. Then‚ in 1911‚ after years of litigation‚ the Court found Standard Oil Company of New Jersey in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act because of its excessive
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From the period of 1870 to 1900‚ the United States became one of the world’s strongest and growing industrial nations. An industrial revolution that had begun with the manufacture of cotton and woolen textiles had‚ by the beginning of the 20th‚ transformed the production of most everyday goods. Ranging from food‚ clothing‚ appliances‚ and automobiles‚ the enormous output of industrial production led to the rise of big business as it coordinated methods of distribution and sales to forge an infrastructure
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The Progressive Era was a period of time when mass groups of people pushed for major changes. Some became successful while others weren’t. Many different approaches were used to try and change four areas. They were protecting social welfare‚ promoting moral improvement‚ creating economic reform‚ and fostering efficiency. The Progressives believed in four major principles which are demonstrated in the actions they took to support them. One objective the Progressives enforced was protecting social
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The Progressive era and the gilded age In the Gilded age the people of the united state started to grow industries‚ the production was iron and steel and it grow dramatically then a wave of immigrants came to America and started working. But this immigrants didn’t had the right’s to be free in the streets because they were controlled by the police powers this people from the government that want this immigrant to work hard and to work for hours instead of just 5 hours ‚ they had to work days and
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The antitrust laws were adopted by Congress to outlaw or restrict business practices that were considered to be monopolistic or which restrained interstate commerce. The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 declared illegal "every contract‚ combination or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce" between states or foreign countries. The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914‚ amended by the Robinson-Patman Act of 1936‚ prohibits discrimination among customers through pricing and disallows mergers‚ acquisitions
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DBQ In the time of 1875-1900‚ many capitalists formed the growing of industry in America as highly regarded captains of industry or fraudulent robber barons. The robber barons were industrialists who possessed the majority of wealth in America. This wealth gained was mostly through the expense of others‚ creating a greater space between the fortunate and the less fortunate ones. Captains of industry were industrialists that did the opposite. They assisted the American growth positively whether
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control all aspects relating to the development‚ production‚ marketing‚ and delivery of their products(a monopoly) -Responding to criticisms of the apparent monopolies enjoyed by such companies‚ the U.S. Congress enacted antitrust legislation with the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) and the Clayton Antitrust Act (1914). -A strategy of diversification spurred the formation of many conglomerates in the mid-20th century‚ especially as firms sought to acquire unrelated companies whose products and services might
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