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- 2. George Armstrong Custer went put to Montana to round up the Sioux nation to put them on reservations.
- 3. was an agrarian-populist political party in the United States. For a few years, 1892–96, it played a major role as a left-wing force in American politics.
- 4. in a loose association of businesses who produce the same product.
- 8. is encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land.
- 10. production increases the cost of each item produce is lower.
- 13. Federal lands that were set aside specifically for Native Americans to live on.
- 14. People who cheated and went into Oklahoma early and claimed some of the best parcels of land.
- 17. is a legal designation for the ownership of property by non-governmental legal entities.Private property is distinguishable from public property, which is owned by a state entity; and from collective property, which is owned by a group of non-governmental entities.Private property is further distinguished from personal property, which refers to property for personal use and consumption. Private property is a legal concept defined and enforced by a country's political system.
- 20. was proof that the U.S had taken it's place as one of the world powers went it came to hard work and inventiveness.
- 21. as steel rails replaced iron rails,track gauges became standard,and time zones were implemented railroad began to flourish.
- 22. a new way of burning the impurities out of iron thus producing a lighter,stronger,more flexible steel. This is made it easier to mass produce steel thus ushering in a new era of construction in the US.
- 23. are those factors which either forcefully push people into migration or attract them. A push factor is forceful, and a factor which relates to the country from which a person migrates. It is generally some problem which results in people wanting to migrate.
- 24. He believed he could turn out a small invention every 10 days and a major invention every 6 months.He and others worked on how to get an electric light to glow for a long time without overheating and burning up.
- 26. was a massacre in the American Indian Wars that occurred on November 29, 1864, when a 675-man force of Colorado U.S. Volunteer Cavalry attacked and destroyed a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho in southeastern Colorado Territory, killing and mutilating an estimated 70–163 Native Americans, about two-thirds of whom were women and children. The location has been designated the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site and is administered by the National Park Service.
- 28. Workers went out on strike in support of the eight hour work day.
- 29. An attempt by the government to turn Native Americans into the rest of society.
- 30. was a nationwide railroad strike in the United States on May 11, 1894 and a turning point for US labor law. It pitted the American Railway Union (ARU) against the Pullman Company, the main railroads, and the federal government of the United States under President Grover Cleveland.
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- 1. is a philosophy that believes in the survival of the fittest.
- 5. is a financial activity that involves the purchase of real estate with the hope that the price will increase. Most land purchases can be better referred to as real estate investment, since land tends to appreciate in value over time due to factors such as scarcity.
- 6. Gaining control of the many different businesses that make up all phases of product's development. Carnegie Steel used this to became the leader in Steel production.
- 7. is an agency of the federal government of the United States within the U.S. Department of the Interior. ... The BIA's responsibilities once included providing health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives.
- 9. One of the first labor unions, is lead by Terence Powderly, tried to organize all workers into unions.
- 11. labor was another union at this time.
- 12. a way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by individual people and companies.
- 15. when a company would drop it's prices to a very low level thus driving their competitors out of businesses.
- 16. April 22,1889 thousands of people raced into the Oklahoma territories and laid claim to land parcels for a very small sum.
- 18. is when a company is in complete control of a product or service.
- 19. was an industrial lockout and strike which began on June 30, 1892, culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents on July 6, 1892.[3] The battle was one of the most serious disputes in U.S. labor history, third behind the Ludlow Massacre and the Battle of Blair Mountain. The dispute occurred at the Homestead Steel Works in the Pittsburgh area town of Homestead, Pennsylvania, between the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers (the AA) and the Carnegie Steel Company. The final result was a major defeat for the union and a setback for their efforts to unionize steelworkers.
- 25. was a way of getting around anti monopoly laws.
- 27. Was set up to provide 160 acres to Indian families so they could become self sufficient.