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| Law: distributed millions of acres of western land to state governments to fund state agricultural colleges. |
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| Law: Gave large land grants to Union/Pacific/Central Pcific railraods [1862, 1864] |
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| Events/Conditions that push/force people somewhere or pull/attract them somewhere. |
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| African American who moved to the west after Civil War. |
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| Person: buys land, sells for a higher price. |
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| Law: Gave 160 acres of land to adult males if they uphold certain conditions [1862] |
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| Law: Gave 160 acres of land to adult males if they uphold certain conditions [1862] |
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| Federal land set aside for Native Americans |
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| Settlers who ran in land races to claim Indian Territory |
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| People who move their homes to follow food. |
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| Process where one culture merges into another |
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| Native American purification ritual |
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| [1889] people who illegaly claimed land by sneaking past the government |
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| Vast grassland between the Mississippi River/Rocky Mountains |
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| [1877] law divided reservation land int private family lots. |
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| Moving of cattle from distant ranges to busy railroad centers that shipped cattle to market. |
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| Overexaggerated/Oversimplified description of reality held by a number of people. |
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| Techniques to raise crops in areas of little water. |
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| Farm controlled by large buisnesses |
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| Mining technique where miners shovel dirt into boxes and pour water over them to seperate the good from the bad. |
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| Theory: Jackson Turner's theory that the frontier played a big part in American Character. |
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| Home whose walls were made from blocks of grass/roots/earth |
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| one who farmed claims under the Homestead Act |
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| [1877] law passed to regulate railroad/interstate buisnesses |
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| Followers of the People's Party (Populist Party) |
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| Currency before 1873 gold/silver coins/US treasure notes used to trade for gold and silver |
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| [1891] Law: Federal Government purchased/coined more silver, causing inflation by money supply |
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| William Jennys Bryan's speech (deomocratic convention) |
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| Fed. Gov. plan for makeup/quantity of the nations money supply |
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| Sherman Silver PUrchase ACt |
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| Law: [1890] Increase amount of silver government had to purchase every month |
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| Unlimited coining of silver dollars |
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| Amount of money in national economy |
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| Organization [1867] helped farmers for cooperatives/pressured state legislatures to regulate buisness on which farmers depended |
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| Doctrine, governemnt shouldn't interfere in private buisnessess |
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| Regulation that prohibited private activites that people thought were immoral. |
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| Supreme court decision [1877] allowed states to regulate certain buisnessess within their borders |
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| Governments non-elected workers |
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| Payment made by government to encourage the developement of certain key industries |
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| Mark Twain's word to describe post-reconstruction era |
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| Pendleton Civil Service Act |
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| Law: [1883] Federal empolyees could not be required to contribute to campain funds or be fired for political reasons |
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| Area where one thnic group/racial group dominates |
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| Large open area beneath a ships deck, used for traevling immigrants |
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| [1907] agreement: restricted Japanese migration |
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| AGreement" to not sell real estate so some people (Jews, African Americans) |
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| Time of isolation to prevent spread of disease |
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| 1882 Law: prevent chinese from entering the country (except for those who were there before this law) |
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| Residential Community surrounding a city |
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| Tenement building that narrowed in the middle (for better ventalation) |
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| Group designed to keep a particular party/person in power, usually headed by a single boss. |
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| Use of one's job to gain profit (source of income for political machines) |
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| Low-cost apartment, bad sanitation, held as many families as possible |
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| Study of how people react w/ one another coined by Auguste Comte |
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| Compaing to eliminate alcohol consumption |
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| Ban of manufacturing/selling alcohol |
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| Favoring native born Americans over immigrants |
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| Social reform movement that taught about Jesus |
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| Community center: provide various services to the urban poor |
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| the ability to read and write |
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| one who gives donations to charities |
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| Group: blacks, full civil liberties, no more racial discrimination, recognition of human brotherhood |
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| Variety show [1870] consisting of comic sketches song/dance routines, magic acts |
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| Sensational news coverage, emphasizing crim/scandal |
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| Music: shifting accents marching band beat, orginated with black musicians |
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| Law that exempts a group of people from obeying the law b/c of certain conditions that were met before the law was made. |
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| Satutes [1890s] required segregation of public services by race |
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| Law: Legal segregation (seperate facilities, equal to both races) |
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| Organization to abolish segregation. (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) |
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| Rural Free Delivery (RFD) |
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| Free delivery from the post office to rural farm families |
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| Printed material; have wide range of things ordered by mail |
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| Large reatil establishment, sells in bulk |
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