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Westward Exp and Pop

Westward Expansion and Populism US History EOC Review

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Agricultural surplus production that exceeds the needs of the society for which it is being produced, and may be exported or stored for future times.
Business monopolies company and its offerings dominate an industry. "I own all of the property in this classic board game."
Cross of Gold speech given by William Jennings Bryan at the Democratic National Convention in 1896
Dawes Act this allowed the federal government to break up tribal lands.
Farmers Alliance American agrarian movement during the 1870s and '80s that sought to improve the economic conditions for farmers through the creation of cooperatives and political advocacy. Born from the establishment of the grange.
Grange a farmers' association organized in 1867, sponsors social activities, community service, and political lobbying.
Granger laws group of laws enacted by states off Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois in the late 1860s and early 1870s intended to regulate rapidly rising crop transport and storage fees railroads and grain elevator companies charged farmers
Homestead Act (1862) any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land
Industrialization the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale
Interstate Commerce Act (1887) made the railroads the first industry subject to federal regulation. This stopped the railroad from "price gouging"
Populism a political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups
Reservation System was created to keep Native Americans off of lands that European Americans wished to settle.
Westward Expansion the 19th-century movement of settlers into the American West, began with the Louisiana Purchase and was fueled by the Gold Rush, the Oregon Trail and a belief in "manifest destiny."
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