History TOPIC 10!! Flashcards
a self-appointed enforcer of the law
vigilante
a railroad that stretches across a continent from coast to coast
transcontinental railroad
a land grant or other financial help from the government
subsidy
a Spanish explorer who claimed lands in America for Spain
consolidate
the herding and moving of cattle, usually to railroad lines
cattle drive
a settlement that grew up at the end of a cattle trail
cowtown
the acts passed in 1862 and 1890 that provided public land for agricultural colleges
Morrill acts
a farmer on the Great Plains in the late 1800s
sodbuster
the buying or selling of something in large quantities at lower prices
wholesale
a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
inflation
a tent made by stretching buffalo skins on tall poles
tepee
a limited area of land set aside for Native Americans
reservation
allotment
an amount of something, such as land, distributed to a person
a share of ownership in a corporation
stock
business that is owned by investors whose risk of loss is limited
corporation
share of a corporation’s profit
dividends
group of corporations run by a single board of directors
trust
a company or group having control of all or nearly all of the business of an industry
monopoly
an economic system based on private ownership of property, a market economy, and the goal of making a profit, or income, from the use of one’s property
capitalism
workplace where people labor long hours in poor conditions for low pay
sweatshop
replacement for a striking worker
strikebreaker
a process by which a union representing a group of workers negotiates with management for a contract
collective bargaining
license for a new invention
patent
association of workers in a specific trade, or line of work, formed to gain higher wages and better working conditions
trade union
crossing or spanning the Atlantic Ocean
translantic
