Chapter 12-13 Vocab

Question 0

Chisholm trail

Answer 0

A trail started in 1867 drove longhorns drove San Antonio,TX to Abilene KA

Question 1

Vaqueros

Answer 1

Mexican cowboys that started many Mexican customs

Question 2

Transcontinental railroad

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A railroad that span tan entire continent

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Lobbyist

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Someone who pushes for a bill to be passed in congress

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Reservation

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An area of federal land reserved for an Indian tribe

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Assimilation

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Absorption of a type of person into the dominant culture in that area

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Dawes act

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In 1887 congress passed this in which a tribe could no longer resist reservation lands as a group

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Homestead act

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Designed to provide tracts of lands called homesteads to settlers in the west

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Exodusters

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Migrants that organized a postwar migration to Kansas and beyond

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Populism

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A political policy that favors the common persons interests over wealthy business interests

Question 10

Monetary policy

Answer 10

Controlled the supply and value of a country’s currency

Question 11

Gold standard

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Every paper dollar was backed up by one dollars worth of gold

Question 12

Populist party

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The peoples policy, that put the peoples opinion first

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Capitalism

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An economic system in which factories, equipment, and other means of production are controlled by the government

Question 14

Bessemer process

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In 1855 Henry Bessemer patented a new method of making steel

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Factors of production

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Land, labor, and capital

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Capital

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An asset that can be used to produce goods

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Monopoly

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A company that completely dominates a particular industry

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Trusts

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A set of companies that are managed by a small group known as trustees

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Horizontal integration

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The joining together as many firms from the same industry as possible

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Vertical integration

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Involved taking control of each step in the production and distribution of a product by accruing raw materials to manufacture, package, and ship

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Laissez-Faire

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This doctrine held that the market, through supply and demand, would regulate itself if the govt. did not interfere

Question 22

Social Darwinism

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The idea of survival of he fittest and evolution

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Sherman antitrust act

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Outlawed trusts, monopolies, and other forms of business that restricted trade

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Entrepreneurs

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Bold risk takers that establish a new business

Question 25

Philanthropist

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Person who gives large sums of money to support worthy causes