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28 Cards in this Set
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Great Plains |
Grassland prairie region of North America extending from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, in Canada, south to west-central U.S. into Texas |
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Long Drive |
At the end of the war herds of longhorn cattle roamed throughout Texas, people tried to kill them to sell them due to high meat prices in eastern cities |
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Soddy |
English chemist, his work on radioactive disintegration led to the discovery of isotopes, Nobel prize for chemistry in 1921, 1877-1956 |
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Populism |
A belif in the power of regular people and their right to have control of the government rather then politicians |
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Assimilation |
The process by which a person or people acquire the social and psychological characteristics of a group |
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Homestead Act |
A special act of Congress in 1862 that made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment |
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The Grange |
Was founded in 1867 to advance methods of agriculture, as well as promote the social and economic needs of farmers in the U.S. |
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Gold Standard |
The system by which the value of a currency was defined in terms of gold, for which the currency would be exchanged |
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Bessemer Process |
A steel-making process in which carbon, silicon, and other impurities are removed from molten pig iron by oxidation |
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Interstate Commerce Act |
A U.S. federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry mainly in monopolistic practices |
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Monopoly |
The exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service |
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Horizontal Integration |
The process of a country increasing production of goods or services at the same part of the supply chain |
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Union |
A type of labor organization that unites all workers within a particular industry, regardless of craft or specific job |
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Sweatshop |
A factory or workshop, especially in the clothing industry, where manual workers are employed at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions |
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Transcontinental Railroad |
A train route across the U.S. finished in 1869. It was the project of two railroad companies, made from the east and west, meeting in Utah |
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Sherman Antitrust Act |
A federal law passed in 1890 that committed the American government to opposing monopolies. The law prohibits contracts, combinations, and conspiracies |
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Vertical Integration |
The combination in one company of two or more stages of production normally operated by separate companies |
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Social Darwinism |
The theory that individuals, group, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinism laws of natural selection as plants and animals |
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Robber Baron |
An unscrupulous plutocrat, especially in an American capitalist who acquired a fortune in the late nineteenth century by ruthless means |
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Strike |
When a group of workers refuses to work in the hopes of getting better pay, benefits, or working conditions |
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Nativism |
The political position of preserving status for certain established inhabitants of a nation as compared to claims of newcomers or immigrants |
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Chinese Exclusion Act |
A U.S. federal law signed by president Chester A. Arthur in 1882. It was one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in U.S. history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers |
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Graft |
The use of political power to advance the private interest of machine leaders |
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Debt Peonage |
A system where an employer compels a worker to pay off a debt with work. Legally, peonage was was outlawed by Congress in 1867 |
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Melting Pot |
People from various cultures come to America and contribute aspects of their culture to create a new, unique American culture, the result is that the countries are melted together |
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Settlement Houses |
An institution in an inner-city area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to the community |
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Pendleton Civil Service Act |
A U.S. federal law, enacted in 1883, which established that positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation |
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Political Machine |
A political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses, who receive rewards for their efforts |
