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a self-appointed enforcer of the law
vigilante
the herding and moving of cattle, usually to railroad lines
cattle drive
a railroad that stretches across a continent from coast to coast
transcontinental railroad
a land grant or other financial help from the government
subsidy
to combine
consolidate
a settlement that grew up at the end of a cattle trail
cowtown
the acts passed in 1862 and 1890 that provided public land for agricultural colleges
Morrill acts
the buying or selling of something in large quantities at lower prices
wholesale
a farmer on the Great Plains in the late 1800s
sodbuster
a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
inflation
a limited area of land set aside for Native Americans
reservation
an amount of something, such as land, distributed to a person
allotment
a tent made by stretching buffalo skins on tall poles
tepee
a share of ownership in a corporation
stock
business that is owned by investors whose risk of loss is limited
corporation
share of a corporation’s profit
dividends
group of corporations run by a single board of directors
trust
a company or group having control of all or nearly all of the business of an industry
monopoly
an economic system based on private ownership of property, a market economy, and the goal of making a profit, or income, from the use of one’s property
capitalism
workplace where people labor long hours in poor conditions for low pay
sweatshop
replacement for a striking worker
strikebreaker
a process by which a union representing a group of workers negotiates with management for a contract
collective bargaining
icense for a new invention
patent
association of workers in a specific trade, or line of work, formed to gain higher wages and better working conditions
trade union
