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Chapter SeVeN!!
Looking to the West
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dry farming | Techniques used to raise crops in areas that recieve little rain. |
| Bonanza farm | Farm controlled by large buisnesses, managed by professionals, and raising massive quantities of single cash crops. |
| bimetallic standard | Currency of the US, prior to 1873, which consisted of gold or sivler coins as well as US treasury notes that could be traded in for gold or silver. |
| Assimilation | Process by which people of one culture merge into and become [art of another culture. |
| Grange | Established in 1867, this organization helped farmers form cooperatives and pressured state legislators to regulate buisnesses on which farmers depended. |
| Morrill land Grant act | Passed by congress in 1862, this law distributed millions of acres of western lands to state governments in order to fund state agricultural colleges. |
| Populist | Fallower of the populist (people's) party formed in 1891 to advocate a larger money supply and other economic reforms. |
| Reservation | Federal land set aside for Native Americans. |
| Turner Thesis | 1893 theory of Fredrick Jackson Turner that claimed the frontier had played a key role in forming the Ameroncan character. |
| Sovern Nation | A nation within a nation. |
| Homestead Act of 1862 | Offered settlers 160 acres of western land. |
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