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John Sherman "Ohio Congressman who sponsored the Sherman Antitrust Act, brother of General Roger Sherman"
 
John Sherman "Ohio Congressman who sponsored the Sherman Antitrust Act, brother of General Roger Sherman"
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Interstate Commerce Act "1887: establishes federal agency or commission to regulate trade among states, espec. the railroads"
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Slavery was no longer an issue from the end of Reconstruction through 1900. With the exception of one politician (Democrat Grover Cleveland, who looked like a Republican because he was from New York, favored the gold standard and opposed unions by sending in troops to put down the Pullman Strike in Chicago in 1894), Republicans controlled the White House. During the Gilded Age, there were business scandals and there were political scandals. But there was also tremendous prosperity.
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"Williamsport, Pennsylvania" late 1800s: wealthiest city in the U.S. because as center of the lumber industry; now hosts Little League
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U.S. v. Knight Co. "1895: weakens power of Sherman Antitrust Act by upholding powerful Sugar Trust, which held 98% of mkt"
    
== Economics ==
 
== Economics ==
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