HIST 2057 Chapter : History Rise Of Big Business
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Role of government specifically relationship with business if changed how and why what groups (early progressive) Mid 90"s leading industrial power before were small town country/rural. 1. abolition (of slavery) slavery is detterent to free labor civil war led to standardized clothing > retail small medium and large. 2. profits used to be spent after war rail roads play particular role. Raw materials copper coal iron and petroleum. 5. interchangeable parts production source assembly line division of labor. 1. rail roads work day and night through all weather helps build integraded national market rail roads responsible for time zones . Congress adopted it wanted to know when packages would arrive consuming steel, wood, glass, coal, leather engine helping pull economy. E. labor american population tripled in size immigration created. F. markets primarily domestic primarily throughout history internal market. G. capital always sold more than bought foreign trade.
