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chap 19
chap 19
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History
7th Grade
03/31/2009

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what is wages paid after military retirement
Definition
pensions
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what is monopoly
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exclusive control

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who is a vigilante
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a person who punishes others without the benefit of law
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what is the freedom of business to operater without gobernment interference
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free enterpriceprise
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what is the antitrust law
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it forbids companies joining together to fiz prices or limi production
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what is sufferage
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the right to vote
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a railroad connected from one part of texas to another

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intrastate
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who is a middleman
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someone who works between the producer of goods and the consumer
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a combination of companies formed by agreement to reduce competition
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trust
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what is a building and equipment for purifying raw products
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refinery
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interstate is what
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connecting or existing between 2 or more states by railroads or roads
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The farmers of this new constitution did not deal with what issue
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grant suffrage
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after reconstruction to wich party did most elected officials in texas belong
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democrats
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who was norris wrght cuney
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leading republican, national commitery men, african american influencer
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why did the state government cut pensions , or money paid after retirement, for veterans and funds for schools
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reduced states debt and balanced budget
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when did the women of texas gain the right to bote in primary elections
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1918
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what was the most important profession open to women during the early 1900s
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teaching
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how did the poor transportation system slow the development of texas
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many merchants and farmers couldnt market thir products profitably
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how were some communities affected by railroads
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some became ghost towns and some became busy cities of commerce
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what was the most important industry in texas by 1900

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lumbering
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businesses that controlled an industry could pay                     for materials and charge                   for the goods they sold

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low prices and hight prices
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the people's, or               , party gained much of its support from poor farmers
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populist
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when and where did the first meat packing plant get started
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1868 in victioria
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what happened to cotton and other farm products between 1875 and 1900
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the price of the crop generally went down
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what was the  form of transpirtation in the city
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street cars wich appeared in the 1870s
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what were the city of commerce
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houston,dallas,fort worth, and other cities
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where were the ghost towns
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tasosa and estacado
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who is santos benavides
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represenitive of Laredo
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where, who set it up, and when was the texas equal rights association

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dallas by rebeca henry hays in 1893
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why did the delegates object to the constitution of 1869
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because it was written by the radical repuplicans
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how many times has the texas constitution been amended sense 1876
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400 many times
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what happened in texas in the late 1800s
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growth and expansion
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