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| Proposed in 1893 in the Turners paper; Shapes the American Character |
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| cheap lands that were key to drawing immigrants to America and to the West |
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| 1864 led by Terrance Powderly; gives the Unions focus; open to all levels of labor, skilled and unskilled; women and blacks may join;700,000+ members; push for 8 hour work day |
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| policy of protecting native-born interests and people against those of immigrants |
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| Encouraged movement westward, 160 acres of land were given at $1.25 an acre. Within 5 years an improvement had to have been made |
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| Radical Reformers. As they got out of their meeting, police came in and a bomb went off, killing several police officers |
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| 1870-1900- Expensive covering over a common metal |
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| Giving political jobs to friends when elected to office |
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| Helps break up some trusts in 1890 |
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| Meant to be a social organization, they started writing laws, such as the regulation of railroads, which were later declared unconstitutional |
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| 1887-Helped regulate railroads |
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| Shift from handmade to machine made products |
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| Taxes placed on imported goods in order to support American-made goods |
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| American Federation of Labor- Originally a Cigar Rollers Union. They discussed bread and butter issues such as wages,hours, and working conditions; knew how to effectively use strikes |
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| Movement of a group to a new area, usually to find work |
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| Creates separate reservations for each tribe |
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| Act made by one or more people that boycott their workplace in order to get something from the business |
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| A very efficient political organization that holds onto power by handing out favors |
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| Sets up a civil service system- 10% of jobs are based on a competitive exam |
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| Discovered by a reporter, congress became aware of the overcharges of the Credit-Moblier Comapny that built the Trans Continental Railroad |
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| Created by Eli Whitney; produced for the need to get seeds out of cotton buds faster and easier than by hand |
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| Grants of money given by the government |
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| Create monopolies; control given to one business in an industry allowing it to control other similar businesses |
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| Movement of non-natives in to a country in order to settle there |
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| development of towns and cities |
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| housing complex 21' x 50' split into 4 apartments with a staircase and two to three public restrooms |
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| An infection of the small intestine created by having bad water |
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| Belief that big business should operate without government interference |
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| The thought that compares "the people" against "the elite", and urges social and political system changes |
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| Created by James Monroe in 1820, the doctrine stated that the Western Hemisphere is closed to further colonization; U.S. will not interfere in existing colonies; U.S. will not interfere in the affairs of Europe |
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| Designed to promote higher commodity prices through collective action by groups of individual farmers |
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