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- 2. One of the key founders of the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry.
- 3. An American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States.
- 4. A broad expanse of flatland in North America.
- 8. supported legislation for an eight-hour work day, the abolition of child labor and government regulation of business monopolies.
- 9. the combination in one company of two or more stages of production normally operated by separate companies.
- 10. founded in 1867 to advance methods of agriculture, as well as to promote the social and economic needs of farmers in the United States.
- 13. Worldwide recognition in the first third of the twentieth century as a pioneer social worker in America, as a feminist, and as an internationalist.
- 15. a business strategy in which one company grows its operations at the same level in an industry.
- 18. fought for better wages, reasonable hours and safer working conditions
- 19. An American lawyer, orator, and politician. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, running three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States in the 1896, 1900, and the 1908 elections.
- 20. A large-scale black migration from the South to Kansas came to be known as the "Great Exodus," and those participating in it were called "exodusters." The large-scale black migration from the South to Kansas came to be known as the "Great Exodus," and those participating in it were called "exodusters."
- 22. created an Interstate Commerce Commission to oversee the conduct of the railroad industry.
- 26. A British-born American cigar maker, labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history.
- 28. Very large farms established in the western United States during the late nineteenth century. They conducted large-scale operations, mostly cultivating and harvesting wheat.
- 29. are United States statutes that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges in U.S. states using the proceeds from sales of federally-owned land, often obtained from indigenous tribes through treaty, cession, or seizure.
- 30. an informal arrangement between the United States and Japan to ease growing tensions between the two countries, particularly pertaining to immigration.
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- 1. an American agrarian movement during the 1870s and '80s that sought to improve the economic conditions for farmers through the creation of cooperatives and political advocacy
- 5. a "comprehensive charter of economic liberty aimed at preserving free and unfettered competition as the rule of trade."
- 6. known as Mother Jones from 1897 onwards, was an Irish-born American labor organizer, former schoolteacher and dressmaker who became a prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist.
- 7. Provided that federal government jobs be awarded on the basis of merit and that government employees be selected through competitive exams.
- 11. from 1910 to 1940, it processed about half a million immigrants from 80 countries, people coming to and leaving from the U.S., before it closed when a fire broke out.
- 12. a party organization that recruits its members by the use of tangible incentives—money, political jobs—and that is characterized by a high degree of leadership control over member activity.
- 14. a form of late 19th-century and early 20th-century U.S. popular fiction issued in series of inexpensive paperbound editions.
- 16. was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901.
- 17. was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace.
- 21. A Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance against United States government policies.
- 23. an appointed member of a number of boards and commissions, his control over political patronage in New York City through Tammany, and his ability to ensure the loyalty of voters through jobs he could create and dispense on city-related projects.
- 24. Also known as the General Allotment Act, the law authorized the President to break up reservation land, which was held in common by the members of a tribe, into small allotments to be parceled out to individuals.
- 25. an American engineer and industrialist. He designed and manufactured the Pullman sleeping car and founded a company town, Pullman, for the workers who manufactured it.
- 27. was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld the power of state governments to regulate private industries that affect "the common good."