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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| political cartton | used by muckrakers to portray problems in society |
| propaganda | using half truths and half lies |
| geopolitics | how the geography of a country affect what happens to the country |
| ethnocentrism | the belief that you culture is better an any other |
| primary source | an original document from history |
| segregation | to separate the races |
| carpet bagger | a name for northerns who moved to the west in hope of getting rich |
| sharecroppers | a farmer that works on land owned by someone else |
| homestead act | a law pass to encourage people to settle west |
| Transcontinental railroad | a railroad that stretches across the country |
| manifest destiny | idea in the 1800s that the US should stretch across the continent from the Atlantic to the pacific oceans |
| 13th amendment | banned slavery |