vocab Flashcards
(22 cards)
vigilante
a self appointed enforcer of the law
transcontinental railroad
a railroad that streches across a contitnent from coast to coast
subsidy
a land grant or financil help from the goverment
consolidate
a combine
cattle drive
the herding and moving of cattle, usally to railroad lines
cowtown
a settlement that grew up at the end of a cattle trail
morril acts
the acts passed in 1862 and 1890 that provivded public land for agricultural colleges
sodbuster
a farmer on the great plains in the late 1800s
wholesale
the buying or selling of something in large quantites at lower prices
inflation
a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
tepee
a tent made by streching cow on poles
reservation
a limited area of land set aside for american indians
allotment
an amount of something such as land disturbed to a person
stock
a share of ownership in a corporation
corporation
a business that is owned by invenstors whose risk of loss is limited
dividend
a share of a corporation profit
trust
a group of corporation run by a single board of directors
monopoly
a company or group having contorl of all or nearly all of the business of an industry
capitalism
an economic system based on private ownership of property, a market ecomnomy, and the goal of making a profit, or income, from the use of ones property
sweatshop
workplace where people labor long hours in poor conditions for low pay
strikebreaker
replacement for a striking worker
collective bargaining
a process by which a union reprenting a group of worker negotiates with mangments for a contract
