Across
- 1. a tax on imported goods
- 5. a group of people who did not feel that the two main political parties were doing enough to protect their interests
- 12. signed by the president in 1862
- 13. helps speed up normal day process
- 15. set up to provide 160 acres to indian families so they could become self efficient
- 16. Americas greatest inventor, small inventions every 10 days and major invention every 6 months
- 17. Land parcels that were measured and knew exactly what you owned.
- 21. for most people their life dream was to own land.
- 23. process new way of burning the impurities out of the iron.
- 25. when a company would drop its prices to a very low level
- 27. one of the first labor unions, led by Terence Powderly
- 28. as production increases, the cost of each item is lower
- 29. when a company is in complete control of a product or service
- 30. a loose association of businesses who produce the same product
Down
- 2. an attempt by the government to turn Native Americans into the rest of society
- 3. People who cheated and went to Oklahoma early to claim their land.
- 4. Federal lands that were set aside for the Native americans.
- 6. people had lost everything during the civil war.
- 7. a philosophy that suggested government ownership of businesses and the equal distribution of wealth created by those businesses
- 8. When people raced into the Oklahoma territories to lay their claims on their land.
- 9. indians had been rounded up and put in reservations
- 10. People who bought large areas of land
- 11. connnecting from east to west
- 13. a way of getting around antimonopoly laws
- 14. gaining control of many different businesses
- 18. Splitting up troops to try and find the indians.
- 19. expected to work long hours for very little pay
- 20. gaining control of the many different businesses that make up all of a products development
- 22. proof that the US had taken its place as one of the world powers when it came to hard work and inventiveness
- 24. Black kettle and his force of 700 men killed up to 500 people. Mostly women and children
- 26. a philosphy that believes in the survival of the fittest
