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33 Cards in this Set
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what are push-pull factors?
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events and conditions that either force people to move elsewhere or strongly attract them to do so.
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What are the Pacific Railway Acts?
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in 1862 and 64, the government gave large land grants to the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads.
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Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1862
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It gave state governments millions of acres of western lands which the states could then sell to raise money for the creation of "lad grant" golleges specializing in agriculture and mechanical arts
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Land Speculators
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People who bought ip large areas of land in the hope of selling it later for a profit
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Homestead Act
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President Lincoln gave 160 acres of land to white men in 1862
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Exodusters
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Blacks who traveled north or west to escape opression and the Jim Crow Laws
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Great Plains
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The vast frassland between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains
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Nomads
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These are people who travel from place to place, usually following available food sources instead of living in one location
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Reservations
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federal lands set aside for Native Americans
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Battle of Little Bighorn
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aka "Custer's Last Stand"
a bunch of army people were killed by a lot more indians (Suix) |
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Ghost Dance
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a titual in which people joined hands and whirled in a circle
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Massacre at Wounded Knee
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200 Suix indians that had just surrendered are killed
The last major episode of violence in the Indian wars |
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Dawes Act
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Devided reservation land into individual plots. Each Native American Man recieved 160 acres
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Boomers
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Tens of thousands of homesteaders that claimed 2 million acres on April 22, 1889
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Sooners
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People who had sneaked past the government officials early to mark their claims before Boomers
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Placer Mining
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Miners sholed loose dirt into boxes and then ran water over the dirt to separate it from gold or silver particles
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Long Drive
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the hearding of thousands of cattle to railway centers scattered across the plains
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Homesteaders
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Those who farmed claims under the Homestead Act
they experianced a difficult life |
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soddie
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sod home built by homsteaders
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Bonanza Farms
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operations controlled by large businesses, managed by profesionals, and raising massive quiantities of single cash crops
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Turner Thesis
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The belief that the frontier played a key role in forming the American character
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Stereotypes
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exaggerated or oversimplified descriptions of reality
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Money Supply
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The amount of money in the national economy
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Deflation
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a drop in the prices on goods
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Monetary Policy
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The Federal government's plan for the makeup and quantity of the nation's money supply
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Bimetallic Standard
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Currency consisted of gold or silver coins or US treasury notes that could be traded for gold or silver
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Free Silver
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the unlimited coining of silver dollars to increase the money supply
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Bland-Allison Act of 1878
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This act required the federal government to purchase and coin more silver, increasing the money supply and causing inflation
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Sherman Silver Purchase Act
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It increased the amount of silver the government we required to purchase every month
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The Grange
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Helped farmers form cooperatives, through which they bought goods in large quantities at lower prices
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Interstate Commerce Act
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It regulated the prices that railroads charged to moves freight between states, requiring the rates to be porportional to the distance traveled
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Populist
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Wanted an increased circulation of money, the unlimited minting of silver, a progressive income tax, and government ownership of railroads
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Cross of Gold Speech
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Populist William Bryan gave this powerfull speech
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