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U.S. History Goal 4 Critical Concepts
Goal 4
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History
11th Grade
05/12/2011

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Americanization
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-Attempts to assimilate people into the American Culture; during the Gilded Age, Americanization occurred with the Native American and immigrant populations.
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Barbed Wire
Definition
-Invented in 1876 by Joseph, prevented animals from freely roaming the Great plains, altered the economy of the American West.
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Transcontinental Railroad
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-Railroad that met in Promontory Point, UT in 1869; increased the economic trade between the western and eastern portion of the United States.
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Bi-metalism
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-Supporting American currency with silver and gold, instead of just using gold; goal of Populism.
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