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24 Cards in this Set
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Homestead Act |
For a $10 registration fee an individual could file for a land grant |
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Indian Peace Commission |
Proposed creating two large reservations on the plains |
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Dawes Act |
Allotted to each head of household 160 acres for farming |
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Gross National Product |
The total value of all goods and services produced by a country |
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Laissez Faire |
A French phrase meaning "let people do as they choose" |
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Pacific Railway Act |
Provided for the construction of a transcontinental railroad |
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Monopoly |
When a single company archives control of an entire market |
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Marxism |
The basic force shaping capitalist society was the class struggle between workers and owners |
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American Federation of Labor |
Helped unions become accepted in American society |
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Ellis Island |
A processing center for immigrants in New York City |
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Angel Island |
Barracks in California that housed and processed Asian immigrants |
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Nativism |
A preference for native born people and a desire to limit immigration |
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Chinese Exclusion Act |
A law that barred Chinese immigration for 10 years and prevents them from citizenship |
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Political Machine |
An informal political group designed to gain and keep power |
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Gilded Age |
New inventions city expansion masses of workers |
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Social Darwinism |
Ideas from social Darwinist "servival of the fittest" |
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Americanization |
Becoming knowledgeable about American culture |
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Pendletion Act |
Set up a civil service system with appointments of candidates based on examinations |
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Interstate Commerce Act |
The first federal law designed to regulate interstate commerce |
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Populism |
A movement to increase farmers political power and to work for legislation in their interest |
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People's Party |
A group that nominated candidates to run for Congress and the state legislators |
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Poll Tax |
A tax Missouri past that would help keep African Americans from voting |
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Grandfather Clause |
Allowed any man to vote if he had an ancestor who appeared on voting polls |
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Jim Crow Laws |
Statutes enforcing segregation |
