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amer. history sem. 1

1 semester final

TermDefinition
Emancipated The act or process of freeing enslaved people
14 amendment Freed slaves
15 amendment Anyone can vote
Freedmans Bureau To feed & clothe war people in the south
Impeachment Formally charge a public official w/ misconduct in office
Ku K;ux Klan People who terrorized Republican supporters insutitions manners and habbits
Rations Giving out of scarce items on limited bases
Reconstruction Reorganization & rebuilding or former confederate states after the civil war
Suffrage The right to vote
13 amendment Out laws slavery
Homestead method of acquiring a piece of us public land by living & cultivating on it.
Laissez-faire Policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nations econmey
Inflation Loss of value of money
Deflation decline in the volume of available money or credit that results in lower prices & increases buying
Corporation An organization that is authorized by law to carry on an activity but treated as though it were a single person
Labor unions An organization of workers formed for purpose of advancing its members interests
monopoly total control of a type of industry by one person/ country
trust a combo. of firms or corps formed by a legal agreement especially to reduce competition
Horizontal integration The combining of competing firms into one corporation
vertical intergration combo. of companies that supply equipment & services needed for a particular industry
angle island opened a Baraks called _____
assimilate to absorb a group into the cultre of a larger population
Ellis island tiny island in New York harbor
lassez-faire policy that gov should interfere as little as possible in the nations econmey
nativism hospitality towards immigrants
populism political movement that crosse party
tenements multi family apartment, usually dark. crowded & parley meeting minimum living standards.
impearlism the actions used by one nation to excersise political or econmic control over a smaller or weaker nation
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