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11 Cards in this Set
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What type of laws limited the freedoms of African Americans?
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Jim Crow
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What word means to have two metals as the vasis of money?
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Bimetallism
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What is the name for the time period after Reconstruction that refers to a time of corruption in business and politics?
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Gilded Age
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What law tried to make Native Americans accept individual ownership of land instead of tribal ownership?
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Dawes Act
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What was the main form of transportation that helped settle the west during this time?
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railroads
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What political party was in favor of free coinage of silver?
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Populists
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Which labor union was associated with the violence of the Haymarket Square Riot?
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Knights of Labor
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Where were New Immigrants from?
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Southern and Eastern Europe
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What political groups helped New Immigrants find jobs and housing?
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Political machines
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List three main industries of the west?
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Cattle ranching, mining, and farming
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Why were so many Americans against the new Immigrants?
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Competition for jobs and housing, caused pat to drop and rent to rise
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