1) Vertical Integration is when a company controls every step of its business from the production of its own supplies to the distribution of its product which the company avoids a middlemen. On the other hand, Horizontal Combination is when one company buys competing companies in the same industry. 2) The Dawes Act divided the land of almost all tribes into small portions that were distributed to Indian families who would adopt habits of civilized life to become American citizens. The remaining land was sold off to white purchasers. Even though the act resulted to the destruction of Indian cultural traditions and the loss of some tribal land, it enormously benefited the whites. The Dawes Act purpose was to attack tribalism by encouraging …show more content…
Interstate Commerce Act was meant to regulate economic activity but was not effective because it did not have much power to establish its own rates. 5) The liberal reformers were a group of professionals and editors that aparted from the Republican Party back in 1872. They helped to change the northern opinion about reconstruction. Liberal reformers believed that voting should be only for property owners, democracy is turning into a threat towards property rights and individual liberty, and that the lower class people use the government to benefit their interests. 6) The Protestant Moral Reform was a movement done by protestant preachers who focused in attacking individual sins by promoting political solutions to the problems caused by the threats to religion, city growth, and labor conflict. They were supported by southerners who played a role for moral legislation and helped earn reputation as the Bible Belt for the region. On the other hand, the Social Gospel insisted that the equalization of power and wealth was required for spiritual self-development and freedom. The movement was an effort that originated to reform Protestant churches by making them more appealing to poor urban neighborhoods and making them alert about the social problems of the era. Relief programs and missions were placed in urban areas to construct better homes for the working class, get rid of child labor and poverty, and to demand safety and health