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18 Cards in this Set
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transcontinental railroad |
A train across the US finished in 1869. |
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homestead act |
free land for anyone who lived and farmed the land for 5 years |
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union pacific starting point immigrants obstacle |
omaha nebraska -irish immigrants -rockies |
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central pacific |
sacremento CA -chinese immigrants -sierra nevada |
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railroad meeting spot |
promontary utah |
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land rush |
oklahoma offered free land that was once indian territory |
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dawes act |
parcels of land begiven not to nations but to individuals. -broke down traditions |
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government boarding schools |
broke down native american culture by teaching white culture |
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horizontal integration |
merger of competing companies in one area of business -rockefeller in oil refining |
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vertical integration |
controlling all aspects of production -carnegie in railroad, iron mines, and steel production |
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john wannamaker |
fixed prices in department stores and displays |
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gustavus swift |
refrigerated railroad car so meat can ship across america |
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F.W. Woolworth |
5 and 10 stores - great Atlantic and pacific ea co. |
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Monroe doctrine |
declared no European nation could establish colony in western hemisphere |
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AFL |
headed by Samuel Gompers and accepted skilled workers and use of strikes |
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Knights of Labor |
accepted all workers -8 hr work day and equal pay |
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manifest destiny |
us was superior and had right to invade |
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spanish american war |
Americans wanted to grant Cuba independence and triggered by sinking of Maine and newspaper stories -ended in armistice and america granted Philippines and Guam |
