Autocracy-
government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others; the government or power of an absolute monarch.
The owner was John Jacob Astor.
AT&T held a monopoly in the US and Canada, throughout most of the 20th century. AT&T was the owner of the Bell System, a network of telecommunications companies which included Western Union Telegraph. For many years the slogan of the company was "One Policy, One System, Universal Service."
However antitrust regulators were not happy with AT&T and in 1974, the United States Justice Department opened a case against the company, arguing they were violating the antitrust law. This case was settled in 1982, and the company was order to break up. Hence AT&T was divided into seven Regional Bell Operating Companies.
The Siege of Vicksburg was a major union victory because it allowed the Union forces to control the Mississippi River and had the effect to cut the Confederate forces in half by isolation.
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Chicago was the focal point of the dairy and meat market of the United States. It was a railroad center serving all areas of the nation and was near the Great Plains. Its South Side rail yards were the site of the celebrated Chicago Stockyards, where dairy cattle were penned before shipment somewhere else. A portion of the breeds still meandered the fields openly, originally of European stock brought over by the Spanish in the 1500s.</span>
