Unit 4 Vocabulary
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| Assimilation | the absorption of the people into the dominant culture.
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| civil service | non military government employees.
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| Dawes act | an 1887 federal law distributing land to Individual Indians rather than the tribes,there by encouraging the Indians to become assimilated.
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| Exodusters | African Americans who migrated from the south to the great plains following the civil war.
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| gold standard | a monetary policy requiring that every paper dollar in circulation be backed by a dollars worth of gold in the u.s treasury.
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| home stead act | an 1862 federal law that granted tracts of land called homesteads to western settlers who agreed to work the land and live on it for five years.
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| industralization | the transformation from producing goods by hand to producing goods by machine.
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| labor union | a group of workers organized to protect the interest of its members.
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| philanthropist | a person who gives money to support worthy causes.
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| political machines | an organization consisting of full time politicians whose maim goal was to retain political power and the money and influence that went with it.
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| populism | a political philosophy that favors the commons persons interests over those of wealthy people or business interests.
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| populist party | a political party founded in 1892 calling for policies to help working people,such as government ownership of railroads coinage or silver.
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| reservation | an area of federal land reserved for Indian tribes.
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| social Gospel | a religious movement of the 1800s based on the idea of social reform and Christianity go hand in hand.
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| transcontinental road | a railroad that spans the continent.
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| urbanization | the growth of cities.
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