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Chapter 12,13,14term

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and Act that tried to Americanize Native Americans Dawes Act
a home in the Great plains made out of grass and mud soddy
inventor of the light bulb Thomas Edison
gave a person of any race, or color the right to become a U.S. citizen 14th Amendment
gave African American men the right to vote 15th Amendment
the last battle that brought a bitter end to the Indian Wars in the Great Plains Battle of Wounded Knee
inventor of the telephone Alexander Graham Bell
African Americans that moved to Kansas after the Civil War in search for a better life. Exodusters
a federal agency set up to help former slaves after the Civil War. Freedman's Bureau
a system in which landowners give farm workers land, tools, and seed in return for a part of the crops they raise. Sharecropping
the period of rebuilding after the Civil War Reconstruction
discriminatory laws passed throughout the South which severely resricted African Americans' lives. black codes
a law that was intemded to "Americanize" Native Americans. Dawes Act
the merging of companies that make similiar products. horizontal integration
a company's taking over its suppliers and distributors and transportation systems to gain total control over the quality and cost of its product. vertical integration
one of the "Big 3" who gained his fortune by rising to the top in the steel industry. He is credited with using vertical and horizontal integration to help gain success. Andrew Carnegie
owner of Standard Oil Company that eventually had a monopoly on the oil industry. John Rockefeller
a U.S. law that provided 160 acres in the WEst to any citizen or head of household that would cultivate the land for years to come. Homestead Act
a railroad line linking the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States transcontinental railroad
a bill that was pocket vetoed by President Lincoln that would have given Congress control of Reconstruction Wade-Davis Bill
a cheap and effiecient process for making steel. Bessemer process
General in charge of Indian Removal in the West. George Custer
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