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| the Civil War elected President in 1868 |
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| promoted and privately funded the Great Northern Railroad |
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| chief of Nez Perce, led tribe to Canadian border only to be captured |
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| legendary figure born in Bangor,ME |
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| invented chilled-iron plow |
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| found over 300 uses for the peanut |
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| drilled first oil well in US |
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| invented new method of producing low cost steel |
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| What does "Laissez-Faire" mean? |
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| letting business do as it pleases |
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| when business has no competition |
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| an economic system in which individuals are free to follow their economic pursuits as they see fit |
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work as if you're working for God not for man
Colossians 3:23 |
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| a person who manages and organizes a business undertaking |
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| northern politicians looking for opportunities in the South |
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| a tax to pay in order to vote |
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| the president cannot get rid of a civil officer appointed by Congress without approval from Congress |
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| extended citizenship to former slaves |
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| gave blacks the right to vote |
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| stimulated western expansion by giving 160 acres of land to live on & improve |
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| broke up tribal lands, offered 160 acres & citizenship if Indians give up their way of life an adopted the American way of life |
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| federal funds to help high schools provide courses in agriculture |
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| 30,000 acres of land granted to each state for each Sen/Rep to establish a state univeristy |
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| the Pittsburgh of the South |
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| Battle of Little Big Horn |
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| last battle between Indians and Federal troops |
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| favorite route of cowboys driving cattle north |
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| where the Central & Union Pacific met |
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| 3 Factors of American Prosperity in the 19th century |
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| new inventions, natural resources, large labor supply, stimulant of the Civil War, cheap transportation, people of character, economic freedom |
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