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FINAL MATERIAL chapters 21, 22, 24.
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9th Grade
06/09/2010

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Reservations
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land set aside for Indians
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Sitting Bull
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A sioux spiritual leader who was asked to give up Sioux land
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Geronimo
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an Apache who led a group off the reservation snd evaded capture for years
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Pony Express
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system of messengers on horseback who delivered mail
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The Homestead Act
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gave land to farmers in exchange for their promise to the farm land for 5 years
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The Morrill act
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allowed the creation of land grant colleges
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John D Rockefelller
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Oil leader, founded the standard oil company
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Andrew Carnegie
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steel leaderr
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Mother Jones
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union organizer who organized a WV miners strike
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JAne Adams
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one of the founders of teh Hull House
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Consolidation
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to decrease competition when a large company buys a smaller one
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Monopoly
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exists when a individual or enterprise has control over a particular product or service
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Vertical Integration
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Vertically integrated companies are united through a hierarchy and share a common owner. Usually each member of the heirarchy produces a different product, and the products combine to satisfy a common need.
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Trust
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organization managed by appointed trustees
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yellow jounrnalism
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exagerrated stories
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What was teh cause of the spanish american war
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mexico secceded spain
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William Randolph hearst
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owned New Yorks "journal"
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Joseph Pulitzer
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owned NY's "worD"
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Puerto Rico
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became a territory of the US
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The Phillipines
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were placed under the US control
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Guam
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was placed under the US control
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The Rough Riders
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a cavalry unit in the spanish american war
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What was popular sovereignity
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This doctrine came out during the debate over slavery in the territories. Popular sovereignty said that the people of each territory should be able to decide for themselves if slavery should be allowed in their territory when it became a state.
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Annex
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take (territory) as if by conquest
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