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| - Originally, an agricultural college established as a result of the 1862 Morrill Act that gave states large amounts of federal land that could be sold to raise money for education |
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| American who has come to the United States from or is descended from people who came from Latin America or Spain |
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| To hand over property in return for rent |
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| High walls or an embankment to prevent flooding in low-lying areas |
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| A method used to prevent African Americans from voting by requiring prospective voters to read and write at a specified level |
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| The herding of cattle for 1,000 miles or more to meet the railroad |
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| Putting to death a person by the illegal action of a mob |
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| The law applied by military forces in occupied territory or in an emergency |
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| Types of communication that reach large numbers of people, such as newspapers, radio, and television |
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| The production of large quantities of goods using machinery and often an assembly line |
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| Attaching too much importance to physical possessions and comforts |
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| A social program that gives the states money to help those who cannot afford to pay for their hospital bills |
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| a social program that helps pay for the elderly |
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| The combining of two or more businesses into one |
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| A person who moves from place to place to find work harvesting fruits and vegetables |
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| A building up of military strength within a country |
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| Gathering resources and preparing for war |
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| America's first mass production car made by the Ford Motor Company |
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| Total control of a type of industry by one person or one company |
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| A journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in a society |
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| An explosive material dropped from planes during the Vietnam |
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| The first farmers’ organization in the United States |
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| Intense loyalty to one’s nation or group and promotion of its interests above all others |
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| National Self-Determination |
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| The right of people to decide how they should be governed |
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| The belief that those born in a country are superior to immigrants |
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| market in which a few large companies control prices for an industry |
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| To return or defeat, as a bill proposed in congress |
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