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10 Cards in this Set
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Protective Tariff
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import tax to protect domestic products from cheap foreign goods.
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Trusts
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legal entity which allowed groups of companies to combine into a single "unit". Gain a near monopoly.
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Gold Standard
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monetary system when a country links the amount of money circulating to the amount of gold in the treasury.
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Greenbacks
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paper money issued in the civil war
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Great American Desert
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name of the drought stricken great plains, permanent indian land by congress
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Exodusters
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african americans who left the deep south and went to the western frontier
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Polygamy
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marriage to multiple partners
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Economies of Scale
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reduction of costs through large scale production
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Assilmilation
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people to adopt white ways
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Severalty
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individual ownership of land
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