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wanderer- member of a tribe that moves from place to place
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nomad
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sum of money paid or received every year
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annuity
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cause to be like the people of a nation in customs, viewpoint, and character
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assimilate
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share, part, or portion
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allotment
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move to another location
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relocate
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make sure or certain
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ensure
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about; close to
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approximately
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laws that gave railroads western lands to sell
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Pacific Railway Acts
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gave Eastern states western lands which they could sell to finance universities
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Morrill Land Grant Ads
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(passed in 1862) government gave citizens free or cheap land out west
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Homstead Act
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(Christians; named like Exodus in Bible) group of former black slave settlers who moved to western Kansas
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Exoduster
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buys land and holds it, hoping for land prices to rise so he can sell it for profit (investor)
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land speculator
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settlers who "raced" to get cheap land during OK Land Boom
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boomers
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boomers who cheated; staked claims too soon (hit out and waited)
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sooners
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panning for gold in stream or river
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placer mining
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driving cattle north to a railroad town for shipment back east.
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long drive
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house made mostly of sod
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soddie
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huge farm owned and operated by a corporation
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bonanza farm
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(1890) paper written by Fredrick Jackson Turner that said the frontier made Americans a unique people by encouraging a national character based on self- reliance and integrity
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Turner thesis
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all goods and services generated in a country in a year (buy and sell)
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gros national product
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person who decides to start business
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entrepeneur
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business is free to do business without government, regulations or interference
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laissez faire
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something of value that you can use
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resource
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repetition that leads to effeciency
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practice
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meant to break up trusts and monopolies (rarely used until early 1900s)
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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business with multiple owners that is treated by law as though it were one person (individuals protected make more money)
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corporation
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shares of ownership
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stock
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big companies do things cheaper
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economies of scale
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group of companies that meet informally (unwritten) and agree on prices
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pool
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own every part of process (carnergie)
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vertical integration
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cut prices so low to buy out competitors
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horizontal integration
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one business dominates a market or industry (controls how many people you pay)
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monopoly
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combo of firms and corporations, formed by legal agreement, especially to reduce competition
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trust
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company whose primary business is owning a controlling share of stock in other companies
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holding companies
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take goods and ship to other places
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distribution
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someone who uses or purchases a product
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consumer
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decline in volume of available money for credit that results in lower prices and increases buying power of money (wages cut to keep profits)
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deflation
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list of persons disapproved of or not to be hired
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blacklist
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company tool to fight union demands by refusing to allow employees to enter facilities to work
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lockout
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impartial outsider settles dispute
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arbitration
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court order whereby one is required to do or refrain from doing (prayer)
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injunction
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agreement by which company afrees to hire only union workers
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closed shop
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business structure in which a few large firms dominate market (railroads)
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oligarchy
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cramped quarters on a ship's lower decks for passengers paying the lowest fares
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steerage
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hostility towards immigrants
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nativism
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one who enters a country other than his/ her own to live
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immigrants
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people classed according to common racial, nationalm tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background
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ethnic
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really tall building
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skyscraper
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multifamily apartments usually dark, crowded adn barely meeting minimum living standards
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tenement
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organization linked to a political party that often controlled local government
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political machine
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the person in control of a political machine
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party boss
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the acquisition of money in dishonest ways; as in bribing a politician
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graft
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thought that no matter what a person's background was they could still become successful
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individualism
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based on Charles Darwin's theories of evolution and natural selection, states that humans have developed through competition and natural selection with only the strongest surviving (biological theory they tried to turn into a social theory- rich were rich because they deserved)
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Social Darwinism
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providing money to support humanitarian or social goals
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philanthropy
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institution located in poor neighborhood that provided numerous community services such as medical care, child care, libraries, and English classes
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settlement house
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causing someone to acquire American traits and characteristics
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Americanization
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change over time
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evolution
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make a document available to general public
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publish
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political movement founded in 1890s representing mainly farmers, favoring free cormage of silver and gvt. control of railroads and toehr large industries
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populism
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paper money issued by North during Civil War
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greenbacks
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loss of value of money
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inflation
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decline in volume of available money or credit that results in lower prices and increases value of money
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deflation
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store where farmers buy products from each other; enterprise owned adn operated by those who use its services
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cooperatives
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tax based on net income of an individual of business and which taxes different income levels at different rates
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graduated income tax
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efforts by farmers to unite against big business
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farmers alliance
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third party that arose in 1890s that represented farmers interests
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People's Party
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ran for president in 1896 representing both democratic and populist parties
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William Jennings Bryan
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republican candidate in 1896
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william McKinley
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