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Industrial Revolution (10:1): the change from an agrarian society to one based on industry which began in Great Britain and spread to the US
brand (18:2): symbol to tell whos cattle were whos
decree (12:2): official order
Californios (12:3): mexicans who lived in California
Conestoga wagons (9:2): sturdy vehicles topped with white canvases used by the settlers
cash crops (17:4): crops that could be sold for money (cotton, tobacco)
disarmament (26:2): giving up military weapons
neutral rights (9:3): the right to sail seas and not take sides
collective bargaining (19:4): unions represent workers in bargaining with management
carpetbaggers (17:3): critics called northerners this because of their bag
mergers (19:3): the combining of companies
clipper ships (13:1): ships with sleek hulls and tall sails
capital (10:1): money
ranchos (12:3): mexcan settlers who bought land from the leftover Native American lands and built lasrge properties on it
public works (25:1): projects such as highways parks and libraries to create new jobs
ratify (16:3): approve
assembly line (19:2): each worker perfoms an assigned task again adna gain in a certain stage in the production fo an automobile
poll tax (17:4): a fee people had to pay before voting
War Hawks (9:3): always wanted to go to war
militarism (23:1): army growth
Forty-Niners (12:4): people who arrived in California in 1949 (gold rush)
seceed (9:2): withdraw
expatriates (24:5): people who choose to live in another country
guerrilla tactics (11:2): making surprise aacks and then retreating back into the forests and swamps
entrenched (16:5): set up in a strong position
philanthropy (19:3): the use of money to benefit the community
border ruffians (15:2): the armd groups of missourians who were proslavery supporters who crossed the border just to vote
socialists (23:4): people who believe industries should be publically owned
bounties (16:4): payments to encourage volunteers
integrated (17:3): included both whites and blacks
convoys (23:3): teams
appeasement (26:1): avoid war by accepting demands
defaulted (25:1): fail to pay loan payment
island hopping (26:5): attacking and capturing certain key islands
vertical integration (19:3): acquiring companies that provided equipment and servces needed
ethnic groups (23:1): people who share the same language and traditions
embargo (9:3): prohibits trade with another country
vaqueros (18:2): spanish cowboys
freedmen (17:1): former enslaved people
commission (17:4): group
nativists (13:2): people opposed to immigrants
sweatshops (19:4): crowded urban factories
discrimination (13:2): unfair treatment of a group
famine (13:2): extreme shortage of food
prohibition (21:2): the passing of laws to prohibit the making or selling of alcohol
radical (17:1): extreme
dry farming (18:2): required to plant seeds deep in the ground so they would sprout
quota system (24:5): an arrangement placing a limit on the number of immigrants from each country
injunction (19:4): court order
Tejanos (12:2): mexicans who claimed Texas as their home
vigilantes (12:4): people who took the law into their own hands
holocaust (26:4): millions and millions of people ruthlessly killed
autocracy (23:2): rule by one person with unlimited power
Manifest Destiny (12:1): to overspread and possess the entire continent
border states (16:1): maryland, missouri, kentucky, delaware
pacifists (23:4): people opposed to the use of violence.
nationalism (23:1): a feeling of intense loyalty to onescountry or group
strikebreakers (19:4): replace the striking workers and federal troops restored to order. hired by the companies
empresarios (12:2): a person who arranged for the settlement of land in Texas in the 1800s
Rebels (16:1): Union (north)
scalawag (17:3): term meaning scoundrel or worthless rascal
reconstruction (17:1): period of time during rebuilding
reservations (18:3): tracts of land set aside for Native Americans
Nationalism (9:3): loyalty to their country
total war (16:5): method of waging war
grandfather clause (17:4): allowed individuals who did not pass the literacy test tovote if their fathers or grandfathers had voted before reconstruction
patent (10:1): gives inventor the sole right to the invention and its profits for a certain period of time
mountain men (12:1): people who spent most of their time in the mountains
front (23:3): line of battle
emigrants (12:1): pioneers who travelled the Oregan Trail
blockade runners (16:2): confederate ships that sailed out of southern ports
flappers (24:4): care free young women of the 1920s
stock exchange (25:1): an organized system for buying and selling shares of stock, or blocks of investments in corporations
alliance system (23:1): defense agreements among nations
entente (23:1): understanding among nations
boomtowns (12:4): communities built almost overnight
capitalism (10:1): individuals put their money into a business with hopes to make a profit
blockade (16:1): close
corruption (17:3): dishonest or illegal action
League of Nations (23:5): members would help preserve peace and prevent future wars by pledging to respect and protect one anothers territory and political independence
Morse code (13:1): a series of dots and dashes representing the letters of the alphabet
balance of power (23:1): a system that prevents any one country from dominating another
blitzkreig (26:2): "lightening war" Germans offensive way of fighting
sodbusters (18:2): farmes of the Plains
Lendlease act (26:2): allowed america to sell lend or lease arms or other warsupplies to any nation considered "vital to the defense of the US"
segregation (17:4): separation of the races
rendezvous (12:1): meeting/gathering place;; mostly by mountain men
cotton gin (10:1): a simple machine that quickly and efficiently removed the seeds from the cotton fiber
monopoly (19:3): almost total control by a single producer (oil industry)
joint occupation (12:1): people from Britain and the US could settle here
emancipate (16:3): free
shareholders (19:3): partial owners
Rancheros (12:3): ranch owners
reconcilliation (17:4): coming together again
privateers (9:4): armed private ships
greenbacks (16:4): Union money
D-Day (26:4): allied ships landed on the coast of Normandy (june 6, 1944)
mass media (24:5): forms of communication such as newspapers and radio, that reach millions of people
dictators (26:1): leaders who control their nations by force
strikes (13:2): refusing to work in order to put pressure on employers
lyinching (17:4): hanging
habeas corpus (16:4): guaranteed accused individuals the right to a hearing before being jailed
kamikazes (26:5): suicidal pilots
trade unions (13:2): organizations of workers with the same trade or skill
reparations (23:5): payments
corporation (19:3): a company that sells shares of its business to the public
propaganda (23:2): information designed to influence opinion
dissent (23:4): opposition
genocide (26:4): wiping out an entire group of people
stock (19:3): shares
amnesty (17:1): a pardon
telegraph (13:3): an apparatus that used electric signals to transmit messages
open range (18:2): not fenced or divided into lots
anti-semitism (26:1): hatred of jews
frigates (9:4): warships
espionage (23:4): spying
migrant workers (25:3): moving from place to place to harvest fruits and vegetables
relief (25:1): aid for the needy
states' rights (15:4): rights independent of the federal government
interchangeable parts (10:1): identical machine parts that could be quickly put together to make a complete product
on margin (25:1): pay for a fraction of a stock then borrow from the bank (loan)
totalitarian (26:1): a single party and its leader suppress all opposition an control all aspects of peoples lives.
tribute (9:3): protection money
abstain (15:1): not to cast votes
sectionalism (15:1): an exaggerated loyalty to a particular region of the country
sharecropping (17:3): landowner rented land to sharecropper and in return profit was shared
Yankees (16:1): Confederate (south)
armistice (23:3): agreeent to end all fighting
internment camps (26:3): located in desert areas, crowded, uncomfortable, conditions were harsh
dividends (19:3): cash payments from the corporations profits
popular sovereignity (15:2): allowing the people to decide
literacy test (17:4): read and explain parts of the constitution before voting
nomadic (18:3): travel vast distances following their main source of food (buffalo)
prejudice (13:2): an unfair opinon not based on facts
ironclad (16:2): Virginia, Merrimack. this type of warships were undefeatable no winner to battles
horizontal integration (19:3): combining competing firms intoone corporation
technology (10:1): scientific discoveries that simplify work
annex (12:2): take control of
Fourteen Points (23:5): peace plan designed by Wilson.
dust bowl (25:3): serious drought in Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas
suffragist (21:2): men and women who fought for womans suffrage or womens right to vote
inflation (16:4): general increase in prices
ceded (12:3): to give
sabotage (23:4): secret action to damage the war effort
fugitive (15:1): to leave
factory system (10:1): a system bringing manufacturing steps together in one place to increase efficiency
draft (16:4): law that required men between the ages of 18-35 to serve in the army for 3 years
secession (15:4): withdrawal from the Union
mass production (19:2): producing large quantities of goods more quickly
relocate (11:2): move
Offensive (16:1): to go on the attack; southern strategy
trust (19:3): a group of companies managed by the same board of directors
nativism (24:5): the belief that native-born americans are superior to foreigners
facism (26:1): extreme nationalism and racism
rationed (26:3): consumers could buy only a limited number
homestead (18:2): earn ownership of land by selling it
evolution (24:5): the scientific theory that humans evolved over vast periods of time
casualties (16:2): people killed or wounded
mobilization (23:4): gathering of resources and the preparation for war

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