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american history s
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| mass production | assembly line process |
| corporation | group ownership of a buisness formed to raise capital |
| limited liability | stockholders financial responsablility in case of a corperation's failure |
| monopoly | trusts domination of a industry |
| trunk lines | major rail lines that link seaports with the great lakes |
| dividend | portion of a companys yearly profits recieved by the companys shareholders |
| dawes act | law that ended tribal ownership of land |
| nativism | anti-immagarant attitude |
| american federation of labor | founders wanted to seperate union for every skill |
| pendleton act | legislation that attempted to reform the cival service |
| sherman anti trust act | decleared combination, trust, and conspericy illegal |
| grange | founded by farmers to voice there concerns |
| knights of labor | included male and female, skilled or unskilled |
| tenture of office act | barred the presidant from removing office holders without the consent of the senate |
| compromise of 1887 | provided the withdrawl of federal troops from the south |
| 15th amendment | prohibited any state from limiting the vote because of race |
| 13th amendment | abolished slavery |
| 14th amendment | decreed that all native born or naturalized males were US citizens |
| crop lien system | enabled poor farmers to pledge thier future crops against loans |
| sharecropping | enabled farmers to rent a peice of land for a portion of the yield |
| black codes | regulated the lives of former slaves in the former confederate statues |
| enforcement act | authorized the use of the army in fighting terrorist groups |
| henry david thoreau | protested the mexican war by not paying taxes |
| william Lloyd garrison | promoted abolition in the liberator |
| stephen F. austin | led early american settlers to texas |
| jefferson davis | governed the confederate states of america |
| Eli Whitney | invented the cotten gin |
| brigham young | led mormans to what is now utah |
| Horace mann | created the model of tax supported schools |
| dred scott | sued his owner for freedom |