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8 Cards in this Set
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Great Plains |
Grassy prairie region in North America |
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Long Drive |
Cattlemen, hired by entrepreneurs, to go search for them, so they could sell them for high prices in the eastern cities. |
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Soddy |
British chemist who was a pioneer in the study of radioactivity. |
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Populism |
A belief that regular people should have the power and control the government, rather than a small group of political insiders. |
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Assimilation |
A process in which someone or people acquire social and psychological group characteristics. |
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Homestead Act |
Signed by Lincoln on May 20 1862 Encouraged western migration provided 160 acres of land to settlers Homesteaders paid a small filing fee, required to live in a residence for 5 continuous years before getting land. |
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The Grange |
The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry Fraternal organization in the U.S Encouraged families to come together & promote the economic & political well being of the community and agriculture |
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Gold Standard |
A system which the currency value was in terms of gold. Which meant the currency could be exchanged. Abandoned in 1930s because of the Depression. |
