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31 Cards in this Set
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Betty Friedan
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author that took a role in the revival of a women's movement
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Equal Pay Act
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made it illegal to pay women less for the same job
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National Organization for Women
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tried to influence elected officials to ensure economic and social equality for women
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Gloria Steinem
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journalism inspired to activism during the late 1960s
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Dawes General Allotment Act
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required Indian lands to be surveyed and Indian families receive an allotment of 160 acres of reservation land for farming
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sod houses
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buildings made from heavy top soil
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bonanza farm
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a farm with cheap and abundant land with new farm machinery
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homestead Act
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allowed citizens to get title to land after 5 years of owning it
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pacific Railway Act
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gave lands to railroad companies to develop a railroad line linking east to west
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morrill Act
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granted 17 million acres of federal land to the states
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exodusters
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African American soldiers
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Benjamin Singleton
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70 yr old former slave
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US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
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helped farmers adapt to new environments
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Willa Cather
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writer who recorded stories of the Great Plains
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long Drives
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overland treks covered hundreds of miles and lasted several months
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railhead
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a town located along the railroad
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open range
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a wide open plain, free grazing land
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barbed wire
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cheap fencing material
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texas Longhorn
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interbred English and Spanish cattle
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Joseph Glidden
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created barbed wire
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billy sunday
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former ball player
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Frances willard
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head of WCTU
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18th amendment
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barred the selling of alcohol
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WEB Du bios
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African American scholar
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sixteenth amendment
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allowed congress to levy taxes based on income
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payne-Aldrich tariff
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a bill Taft foolishly signed due to lack of political skills
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James Weldon Johnson
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an active supporter of the Harlem Renaissance
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Felix Longoria
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a Mexican soldier killed in World War 2
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League of United Latin America
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group fighting for Hispanic rights
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Ralph Ellison
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African American writer, wrote Invisible Man in 1952
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Reynolds vs. Sims
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created equality in voting booths by affirming the "one person, one vote" principle
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