![]() ![]() Most residents were blacks, Latinos, and immigrants who settled in ethnic neighborhoods.Poverty rose as higher classes moved out of the city (largely due to improvements in mass transportation).Cities were filled with crime and disease and dealt with substandard housing and an expanding population.Manufacturers focused on cutting costs and maximizing profits.Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 forbid combinations or conspiracies in the restraint of trade.Public resentment increased and the government responded with laws to restrict monopolies.Monopolies created a class of titans of industry, whose interests clashed with those of society, at large.Rapid growth required money which businessmen borrowed.Problems were created by this consolidation of power: ![]()
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