A french phrase meaning "let people do as they choose." SIG: Supporters if this believed that the government should not interfere in the economy other than to protect private property rights and maintain peace
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Rail Roads
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Allows nation to expand westward, allows agriculture to expand into the Great Plains. Allows cities and towns to expand. Provides easy ways to get raw materials to factory then finished goods to market. First big business
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Bessemer Process
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New process of steel manufacturing that eliminates impurities, stronger products, with good efficiency = better product
Andrew Carnegie
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Vertical Integration
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Management control - All companies in the supply train are united through a common owner = better financial growth and efficiency
Andrew Carnegie
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Horizontal Integration
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Combining of factories/businesses into the same business/ one large corporation
J.D. Rockefeller
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Manifest Destiny
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Belief that the US was destined to spread across the Northern American Continent
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Andrew Carnegie
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Invented vertical integrated steel industry, which allowed companies to grow bigger
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J.D. Rockefeller
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Famous industrialist who built oil refineries, Company- Standard Oil
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Imperialism
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Economic and political domination of a strong nation over weaker ones
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Queen Liliuokalani
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Monark of Hawaii, "Hawaii is for Hawaiians'", 1900 Hawaii became part of the US
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William Randolph Hearst
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Owned the New York Journal, reported outrageous stories about how the Spanish treated the Cubans
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Joseph Pulitzer
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Owned The World newspaper, described Cuba as "hell"
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Yellow Journalism
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Exaggeration or making up stories to attract readers
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Jingoism
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Agressive nationalism
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Emilio Aguinaldo
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A Filipino revolutionary leader who had staged an unsuccessful uprising against the Spanish
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President McKinley
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President during Spanish-American War, wanted Spanish to restore order in Cuba/expected it in a diplomatic way, peaceful
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Valariano Weiler
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"The Butcher" - Spanish general sent to Cuba, very violent
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Admiral George Dewey
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US Admiral who fought in Philippines
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Pre-President Roosevelt
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In charge of "Rough Riders" calvary
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The Treaty of Paris
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Cuba was freed from Spanish rule
US gained: Puerto Rico, Guam, and Philippines