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History Test 10/14 Flashcards

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Placer Mining

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to extract the shallow deposits of ore largely by hand

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Quartz Mining

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to dig deep beneath the surface

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Dry Farming

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to plant deep beneath the ground, new plows make feasible

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Homestead Act

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provided 160 acres of land to anyone who would farm it

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Open Range

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cattle roam freely regardless of land ownership

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Long Drive

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the long herding distance to the trains

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Indian Peace Commission

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group formed to establish peace w/ hostile tribes

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Assimilation

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to absorb

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Gross National Product

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the total value of all goods and services produced by a country

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Entrepreneur

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people who risk their capital in organizing and running a business

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Corporation

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an organization owned by many ppl but treated by law as though it were a single person

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Monopoly

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when a single company achieves control of an entire market

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Trust

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allows one person to manage another’s property

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Holding Company

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hold stock of other companies which produce goods

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Trade Union

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specialized skills workers have representation to negotiate w/ employers

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Industrial Union

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unite all workers in a particular industry (craft and common labors)

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Marxism

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the ideas of Karl Marx where were very influential in Europe

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Anarchism

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no gov. needed

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Closed Shop

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companies that would only hire union members

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Steerage

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the most basic and cheapest accommodations on a steamship

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Ellis Island

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an immigration station where Europeans would go

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Angel Island

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often stuck in detention barracks. Asians would come here

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Nativism

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anti-immigration

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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this law barred Chinese immigration for 10yrs and prevented existing Chinese already in the country from becoming citizens. Permanent in 1902

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Gilded Age

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the late 1800s

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Tenements

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dark and crowded multi-family apartments

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Political Machine

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an informal political group designed to gain & keep power

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Party Bosses

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run the political machines

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Individualism

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no matter the origins of ppl. can rise through society based on work ethic and talents

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Social Darwinism

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catchphrase for the name of Herbert Spencer’s belief that society only became better b/c only the fittest ppl. survived

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Philanthropy

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using their great fortunes to further social progress

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Social Gospel

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biblical ideas through charity & justice

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Americanization

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to gather kids into schools to learn about American culture

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Realism

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art and literature that portrays realistically instead of idealizing them

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Settlement Houses

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when middle class residents lived w/ poorer people (usually immigrants) to help & support them

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Pendleton Act

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set up a civil service system w/ appointments of candidates based on examinations (away from spoils system)

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Interstate Commerce Act

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federal gov’t regulates interstate commerce

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Populism

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farmers in economic crisis this independent political movement

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Inflation

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a decline in the value of money

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Deflation

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an increase in the value of money

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Graduated Income Tax

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one that taxed higher earnings more heavily

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Poll Tax

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a tax levied as a fixed sum on every liable individual

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Poll Tax

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a tax levied as a fixed sum on every liable individual

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Segregation

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separation of the races

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Jim Crow Laws

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enforce segregation

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Henry Comstock

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a prospector who stalked a claim in Six-Mile Canyon, Nevada

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Alexander Graham Bell

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suggest the idea of a telephone and created it in 1876

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Thomas Edison

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created the phonograph in 1877

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