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Assimilation
The process by which a person or persons acquire the social and psychological ch
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| assimilation | minority groups adoption of beliefs and way of life dominant culture |
| battle of wounded knee | massacre by U.S. soldiers of 300 unarmed native american's at wounded knee creek |
| bonanza farms | enormous farm which single crop is grown |
| homestead act | U.S. law 1862 provided 160 acres in west to any citizen intended citizen head household cultivate land 5 years |
| horizontal integration | merging of companies that make similar products |
| vertical integration | company's taking over suppliers distributors and transportation systems gain control quality of product |
| transcontinental railroad | railroad line linking atlantic and pacific coasts of U.S. |