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Content: so he controlled every level of the industrial process, therefore competing with other companies to keep a hold of every level
Briefly explain one specific example from Rockefellers career that supports his point of view on competition
Rockefeller used the business strategy horizontal integration so he brought former competition under his corporate umbrella and they worked together, like with sharing supplies and resources
Briefly explain one business practice that caused or influence the antitrust movement from 1865 to 1900
One business strategy that caused the antitrust movement was horizontal integration practiced by Rockefeller because he had a monopoly and they didn't like that
Briefly explain one example of an antitrust effort from 1865 to 1900
The Sherman antitrust act was made that prohibited contracts in the form of trusts that restraint trade or commerce, but that didn't work out
Briefly explain one reason why anti-trust efforts were generally unsuccessful before 1900
Government didn't have much power to enforce the stopping of trusts, like with the Supreme Court in "United States versus EC knights CO" when they ruled that the Sherman antitrust act that only apply to commerce not to manufacturing. so the Justice Department was unable to secure many convictions against trust titans
Briefly explain one reason why sorting out classes at the workplace became more evident during the period from 1865 to 1900
Well industrialization made many people millionaires like Rockefeller and Carnegie with their monopolies (90% of wealth with 10% of the population). it also influenced many more jobs in the middle-class, like white-collar workers and then the poor people worked in the factories
Briefly explain one specific cause of the expansion of the middle class during the period from 1865 to 1900
The growth of large corporations required thousands of white-collar workers because of the new jobs opening up in their companies. Therefore more middle-class citizens were created because of the better paying jobs. Briefly explain one specific example of the increased opportunities for working woman during the period from 1865 to 1900
Demand for clerical workers increased due to industrialization. So women were able to step up and take those jobs. Briefly explain one specific example that supports the statement that farmers were "losing ground" during the period from 1865 to 1900
Per capita income in the south declined so due to loss of money and the fact that farm prices were lower they did not have enough money to continue so the farmers lost their farms
Briefly explain one specific example that supports the statement that the farmers are up in arms during the period from 1865 to 1900
Farmers formed the National Alliance, and met in Ocala demanding reforms to help them get out of poverty. they were even close to getting an independent national political party. Briefly explain one change in national or international markets that affected American farmers during the period from 1865 to 1900
Many farmers began raising single cash crops for markets and needed larger more expensive machinery which affected small farmers negatively because they couldn't afford it and we're driven out of business
Briefly explain one significant regional differences in the south that supports the writers view of "A vast and varied union of unlike sections" during the period from 1865 to 1900
In the south different states, due to regional differences, were able to become leading producers in industry. like Birmingham, Alabama became one of the nations leading steel producers and Richmond, Virginia became the capital of the nation's tobacco industry.