H. US history Chapter 4 sections 1-3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Homestead act | Act that took place in 1862 that offered free land with a five year farming contract. |
| 1869 | Year that the transcontinental railroad is built |
| The Spanish | Where did the western apparel and techniques originate from? |
| Nevada | What state had plentiful silver which produced $293 million between the years of 1859-1882 |
| Pacific railroad act | Act that was made in 1862 that authorized union pacific railroad that spread from omaha Nebraska to sacremento. This track would have to cross The Rockies. |
| 1871 | Year that natives lost two of their remaining rights. They could no longer make treaties to protect their land, and they could no longer vote on laws which governed their fate. |
| Dawes Severalty Act | Act which formed in 1887 which decreed that parcels of land be given not to nations but individuals. Left over land would be sold. 20 years after this law is made, natives only owned 20% of their original land. |
| Scotland | Where was Andrew Carnegie born? |
| 1873 | What year did Carnegie begin building his first steal plant? |
| 1865 | Year that the United States became an industrial agent. |
| Railroads | What allowed the US to become a unified marked? |
| 1880 | Year that the meatpacking network comes into play. |
| Refrigerated railroad car | What allowed more food to be transported and sold, but sent the farmers in the direction of their oncoming depression? |
| Big businesses | Only these businesses could survive since they produced in large quantities and could afford machinery to stay afloat in the economy. |
| Merger movement | What movement pushed people to start co-owning businesses? |
| 1867 | What year did the Patrons of Husbandry form? |
| High interest rates | In 1880, the Farmers alliances freed people of bank's ______ _______ _____. |
| Revolt | The depression of 1893 led to ______. |
| Unions | Groups of people formed to protest and stand up for their beliefs in the later 1800s. These groups were called ______. Some examples are the Knights of Labor, the American Federation of Labor. |
| People | What was it that unions did not accept most of which turned out hurting them. |
| Injunction | In 1895, the president gained the right to ____________. |
| Anti-chinese movement | A movement that took place between the 1870s and the 1880s that pushed towards getting rid of another race of people. |
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