Post Civil War

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Across
  1. 4. For a small fee a person could obtain 160 acres of land if they met certain conditions
  2. 8. a group of people who did not feel that the two main political parties were doing enough to protect their interests
  3. 13. the setup to provide 160 acres to Indian families so they could become self sufficient
  4. 14. government should not interfere with businesses
  5. 15. a strike against Pullman because he exerted too much control over the lives of his workers
  6. 20. a new way of burning the impurities out of iron producing a lighrer, stronger, more flexible steel
  7. 21. suggested government ownership of businesses and the equal distribution of wealth created by those businesses
  8. 23. federal lands that were set aside specifically for native americans to live on
  9. 27. central railroad company and Union pacific started on opposite ends of the country and met in the middle to create this
  10. 28. as production increases the cost of each item produced is lower
  11. 29. a philosophy that believes in the survival of the fittest
  12. 30. a strike protesting the cut wages at Carnegie steel where the Pinkerton police were called
  13. 31. an attempt by the government to turn Native Americans into the rest of society
Down
  1. 1. when a company is in complete control of a product or service
  2. 2. April 22,1889 thousands of people raced into the Oklahoma territories and laid claim to land parcels for a very small sum
  3. 3. industrialists who were praised for creating jobs, helping the economy to grow and giving generously
  4. 5. how wide a track is (this became standard)
  5. 6. he led the American Federation of labor that only allows skilled workers to join
  6. 7. a department of the government who was in charge of making sure that reservations had enough of all critical supplies so native americans would be taken care of
  7. 9. He tried to organize all workers into unions
  8. 10. people who bought large areas of land in the hope of selling it later for a profit
  9. 11. a loose association of businesses who produce the same product
  10. 12. a strike in support of the eight hour work day
  11. 16. a system of long and short pulses that represented letters of the alphabet
  12. 17. each worker does one step of the production and then the product would move on to the next person
  13. 18. industrialists who were seen as stripping the world of its natural resources and treating workings poor
  14. 19. land parcels were measured, registered, and deeded so you knew exactly what you owned and what you could do with it
  15. 22. people who cheated and went into Oklahoma early and claimed some of the best parcels of land
  16. 24. when a company would drop its prices to a very low level thus driving their competitors out of businesses. Then they would by their competition for a very low price and then raise prices to make a lot of money
  17. 25. gaining control of the many different businesses that make up all phases of a product's development
  18. 26. a way of getting around anti monopoly laws, businesses were controlled but not owned by one company