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31 Cards in this Set
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Assimilation
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Process by which people of one culture merge into and become part of another culture
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Battle of little big horn
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1876 Sioux victory over army troops led by George Custer
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Bimetallic Standard
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Currency of the U.S., prior to 1873, which consisted of gold or silver coins as well as U.S. treasory notes that could be traded in for gold or silver
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Bland-Allison Act
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1878 law that required the federal government to purchase and coin more silver, increasing the money supply and causing inflation
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Bonanza farm
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Farm controlled by large businesses, men-aged by professionals, and raising massive quantities of single cash crops
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boomers
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settlers who ran in land races to claim land upon the 1889 opening of Indian Territory for settlement
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Cross of Gold Speech
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William Jennings Bryan’s 1896 address at the Democratic Convention; one of the most famous speeches in American history
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Dawes Act
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1887 law that divided reservation land into private family plots
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Deflation
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a drop in the prices of goods
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Dry farming
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techniques used to raise crops in areas that receive little rain; water conservation techniques
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Exoduster
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an African American who migrated to the West after the Civil War
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Free silver
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the unlimited coining of silver dollars
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Ghost Dance
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a Native American purification ritual
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Great Plains
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grassland between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains
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Homestead Act
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1862 law that gave 160 acres of land to citizens that met certain conditions
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Homestedder
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one who farmed claims under the homestead
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Interstate Commerce Act
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1887 law passed to regulate railroad and other interstate business
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Land Speculator
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person who buys up large areas of land in the hope of selling them later for a profit
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Long drive
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: moving of cattle from distant ranges to busy rail road centers that shipped the cattle to the market.
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Massacre at Wounded Knee
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1890 shooting of a group of unarmed Sioux by armed troops
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Monetary policy
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: the federal governments plan for the makeup and quantity of the nations money supply
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Morrill Land-Grant Act
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passed by congress in 1862, this land distributed millions of acres of western lands to state governments in order to fund state agricultural colleges
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Pacific Railway Acts
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law passed in 1862 and 1864 giving large land grants to the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads
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Placer mining
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a mining technique in which miners shovel loose dirt into boxes and then run water over the dirt to separate it from gold or silver particles
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Populist
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follower of the People’s Party (or Populist party) formed in 1891 to advocate a larger money supply and other economic reforms
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Push-pull factors
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events and conditions that either force (push) people to move elsewhere or strongly attract (pull) them to do so
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Reservation
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federal land set aside for Native Americans
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Sherman Silver Purchase Act
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law passed by Congress in 1890 to increase the amount of silver the government was required to purchase every month
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Sooners
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In 1889, people who illegally claimed land by sneaking past government officials before the land races began
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The Grange
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established in 1867 and also known as the Patrons of Husbandry, this organization helped farmers form cooperatives and pressured state legislators to regulate businesses on which farmers depended
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Turner thesis
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1893 theory of Frederick Jackson Turner that claimed that the frontier has played a key role in forming the American character
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