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Political life during the __________ was shaped by three main factors: the balance of power between Democrats and Republicans, the high level of public participation in everyday politics, and the often corrupt alliance between business and political leaders at all levels of government. 

What years did the Civil War take place?

What gives a corporation (the “trustee”) the legal power to manage another company?

Who invented the light bulb and also influenced the push for inventions?

In the late 1800s, what was one of the most important and impactful methods of transportation that created an interconnected national marketplace?

What demographic mainly worked on railroads?

What “private bargain” did Republicans promise, through the Compromise of 1877, that if this candidate were named president, he would remove all federal troops from the South?

Who was the social philosopher behind “social Darwinism” that argued that human society and its institutions, like the bird and frogs, evolved through natural selection and coined the famous term “survival of the fittest”?

What was the Civil War fought over? 

What did the 14th amendment do?