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Carnegie (Railroads, possible philanthropist - vertical integration)
Rockefeller (Standard oil monopoly - horizontal integration )
J.P. Morgan (banker of bankers)
Vanderbilt (Railroads)
Predatory Pricing
Lassaiz faire (sp) economics
Supply-side economics
Sherman Anti-trust act (no enforcement)
Interstate commerce act (protected monopolies by not allowing states to regulate interstate commerce)
Commerce Clause of the Constitution - Governemtn can tell you what NOT to buy, but cant mandate to you what you buy.
Transcontinental Railroad
Corruption in politics (esp. Grant administration)
Boss Tweed - patronage
3 scandals During Grant's administration
-Credit Mobilier (scandal of immense profits and bribery in the gvnt to keep it silent)
- Whiskey Ring (whiskey excise tax)
- Belknap bribes (bribery for liscense to build on Indian land)
"Forgettable presidents"
-Ruther"fraud" Hayes
-Garfield (and his assassination)
-Arthur (Stalwart)
Mugwumps
Economic conditions (depression into the industrialization)
Democrats and Republican ideals varied little.
Democrats got support from corporations and urban centers, Republicans got support from rural regions primarily.
Effects of railroads, bessemer-kelly process.
Inventions such as...
telephone
lightbulb
etc...
Steel, ore, oil, and kerosene were not exported in large amounts.

I think thats most of it. Hope i can remember it all. *sigh*
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