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Unit 4 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Assimilation | the absorption of the people into the dominant culture. |
civil service | non military government employees. |
Dawes act | an 1887 federal law distributing land to Individual Indians rather than the tribes,there by encouraging the Indians to become assimilated. |
Exodusters | African Americans who migrated from the south to the great plains following the civil war. |
gold standard | a monetary policy requiring that every paper dollar in circulation be backed by a dollars worth of gold in the u.s treasury. |
home stead act | an 1862 federal law that granted tracts of land called homesteads to western settlers who agreed to work the land and live on it for five years. |
industralization | the transformation from producing goods by hand to producing goods by machine. |
labor union | a group of workers organized to protect the interest of its members. |
philanthropist | a person who gives money to support worthy causes. |
political machines | an organization consisting of full time politicians whose maim goal was to retain political power and the money and influence that went with it. |
populism | a political philosophy that favors the commons persons interests over those of wealthy people or business interests. |
populist party | a political party founded in 1892 calling for policies to help working people,such as government ownership of railroads coinage or silver. |
reservation | an area of federal land reserved for Indian tribes. |
social Gospel | a religious movement of the 1800s based on the idea of social reform and Christianity go hand in hand. |
transcontinental road | a railroad that spans the continent. |
urbanization | the growth of cities. |