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18 Cards in this Set
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John L. O'Sullivan
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Writer who coined thet term "Manifest Destiny"
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Frederick Jackson Turner
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Author who wrote the "Fronteir Thesis". Argued that movement west was what made America great and uniquely American
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Oregon Trail
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Trail used to move westward, began in St.Louis and went to Eugene, Oregon
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Mormon Pioneer Trail
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Used by Mormons (many using handcarts) to get to Utah to escape religious persecution
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Homestead Act
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Promised each person 160 acres if they improved upon the land
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Populism
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People's Party- ran on the Omaha Platform- asked for eight hour work day, government ownership of railroads, referndum, recall, initiative
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Colored Farmer's National Alliance
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Created by Populists to attract black farmers
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Free Silver
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Idea that dollars should equate silver instead of gold. This would make the dollar cheaper and allow farmers to pay back their debts more easily.
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Cross of Gold Speech
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William Jennings Bryan's speech on free silver
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Dingley Tariff
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High tariff passed to cover American debts
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Dry farming
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Farming that began in the West using the top soil in otherwise worthless land...eventually caused the Dust Bowl
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Frontier Line
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Census argued that by the late 1800s, the frontier was gone, broken up by areas of total settlement
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Sooners
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People who moved to Oklahoma to take land before they were allowed, often from Indians
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Fifty Niners
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Those who moved to Colorado upon discovery of gold
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Long Drive
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Cattle drive from Texas to railroads in Chicago
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Agrarian Revolution
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Invention of combine, thresher, and twine binder. Smaller farmers are pushed out of business
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Grange Laws
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Laws that involved government intervention on behalf of farmers and workers
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Bryanism v Imperialism
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Election of 1900...people had to choose between free silver and anti imperialism or gold standard and imperialism.
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