Across
- 1. People who raced for land in Oklahoma
- 5. helped speed up of the processes of every day life and created new jobs for the US
- 6. means "hands off" or non interference
- 8. Federal land that was set aside for the Indians
- 15. group of people who didn't feel that the 2 main political parties were doing enough to protect their interests and they decided to start their own party
- 17. department of the government who was in charge of making sure that reservations had enough of al critical supplies so Native Americans would be taken care of
- 19. when a company drives their competitors out of business and buy them out for a very low price, then raise prices to make up lost profits
- 22. taxes put on imported goods that were meant to protect American made goods against cheaper or better made products coming in from other countries
- 25. Industrialists that were praised for creating jobs and giving generously to charities
- 27. proof that the US had taken it's place as one of the world powers when it came to hard work and inventiveness
- 28. philosophy that suggested government ownership of businesses and the equal distribution of wealth
- 29. People who cheated and left early for the best land
- 30. a pull factor for most people, it was cheap, and it was most everyone life dream to own this
Down
- 2. when a company is in complete control of a product or service and have eliminated all of their competition
- 3. quit his job and became a full time inventor, worked on how to get an electric light to glow for a long time without overheating and burning up, and he invented the phonograph
- 4. kept money supplies tight because it had to be backed by gold
- 7. loose association of businesses who produce the same product. They limit production to drive up prices
- 9. an attempt by the government to turn Native Americans into the rest of society
- 10. philosophy that believes in the Survival of the Fittest. Government should take a laissez-faire approach
- 11. Gaining control of the businesses that control the phases of a product's development
- 12. a union during the post civil war, they only allowed membership to skilled workers. Lead by Samuel Gompers, they tried to obtain better wages, working hours and working conditions
- 13. a new way of burning impurities out of iron thus producing a lighter, stronger, more flexible steel
- 14. people who bought land cheap and sold it for profit
- 16. connected the east and the west and employed immigrant workers
- 18. land parcels were measured, registered, and deeded, this assured people that it was worth the risk to move out west and become land owners
- 20. As production increases the cost of each item produced is lower
- 21. first labor unions, lead by Terence Powderly, tried to organize all workers into unions, they accepted women, blacks and even unskilled workers, they worked towards reforms like equal pay for equal work, the 8 hour work day, and the end of child labor
- 23. Signed by President Lincoln in 1862, they could buy 160 acres but only if they were 21 or the head of a family, they had to build a house on the land that had to be a certain size, live on the land for at least 6 months, and had to farm it for 5 years in a row
- 24. Industrialists seen as stripping the world of its natural resources, competing ruthlessly to put others out of business and for treating their workers in a cruel and heartless way to increase their profits
- 26. policemen that were called in for protests and strikes