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<u>The signs were cuts in production, rise in unemployment, bank failures, and consumer borrowing. Personal debt weakening economy, etc. .</u>
About 5,000 Slaves served in the continental army, and by 1778 many states slaves who served in the American Revolution were granted their freedom.
A major progressive business reform that President Taft enacted was the "<span>breaking up large monopolies", since these monopolies were seen as being highly detrimental to the economy. </span>