Business and Industry 1865-1900

I.  Growth of the U.S. Economy 1865-1900

II.  Indications that the U.S. economic system was not entirely one of "free enterprise"

A.  Tariff
B.  Railroads
C.  Steel industry and other trusts
D.  Oil

III.  Loss of economic freedom for laborers

A.  U.S. labor patterns before 1865
B.  Problems faced by workers

IV.  Labor organizations and their suppression

A.  Knights of Labor
B.  Haymarket Riot
C.  AFL
D.  Homestead Strike
E.  Pullman Strike

V.  The Sherman Anti-Trust Act and its misapplication
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