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| the total value of goods and services produced by a country during a year |
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| policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy |
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| one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise |
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| a grant of land by the federal government especially for roads, rail roads, or agricultural colleges |
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| an organization that is organized by law to carry on an activity but treated as though it were a single person |
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| the reduction in the cost of a good brought about especially by increased production at a given facility |
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| costs a company must pay regardless of whether or not its operating |
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| costs that occur while running a company |
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| the combining of companies that supply equipment and services needed for a particular industry |
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| the combining of competing firms into one corporation |
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| total control of a type of industry by one person or one company |
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| a combination of firms or corporations formed by a legal agreement, especially to reduce competition |
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| an organization of workers with the same trade or skill |
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| an organization of common laborers and craft workers in a particular industry |
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| a company tool to fight union demands by refusing to allow employees to enter its facilities to work |
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| settling a dispute by agreeing to accept the decision of an impartial outsider |
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| a company agrees to hire only union members |
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| reversed years of declining tariff |
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| life illustrates many of the different factors that lead to industrialism and the rose of businesses of the U.S. |
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| method of extracting mineral ore by hand using simple tools like picks, shovels, and pans |
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| method of extracting minerals involving digging beneath the surface |
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| vast areas of grassland owned by the federal government |
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| a stray calf with not identifying symbols |
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| method of acquiring a U.S. public land by living on and cultivating it |
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| a way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture |
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| a name given to the Great Planes farmer |
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| a large, highly profitable wheat farm |
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| a prospector who staked a claim in 6-mile canyon, Nevada |
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| explored the region with an army expedition in 1819; predicted that the wholly unfit for cultivation |
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| proposed creating 2 large reservations on the Plains |
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| commander of the 7th Cavalry that was with the expedition |
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| alloted to each head of household 160 acres of reservation land for farming |
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| a preference for native born people and a desire to limit immigration |
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| an organization linked to a political party that often controlled local government |
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| the person in control of a political machine |
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| the acquisition of money in dishonest ways; bribing a politician |
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| an aproach to literature, art, and theatre that attempts to accurately portray things as they are and hoopes that society will function best if left to itself |
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| belief that nature can be understood through a specific observation and that society functions best with government regulation |
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| founded by Henry Bowers; committed to stop catholic immigration |
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| American Protection Association |
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| barred Chinese immigration for 10 years and prevented Chinese in U.S. from becoming citizens |
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| his theory of evolution and natural selection was used for human society |
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| combined religious faith and interest in reform nourished growth of christian mission |
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| where middle-class residents lived and helped poor residents, mostly immigrants |
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| where crowds of immigrants filled past doctors for an initial inspection |
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| a barrack to accommodate Asian immigrants |
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| corrupt leader for Tammany Hall; led him to prison in 1874 |
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| when newly wealthy entrepreneurs built spectacular mansions |
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| one of the founder of the settlemnts house movement |
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| organized by Denis Kearney to fight Chinese immigration |
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| idea that no matter how humble their origins, they could rise in society |
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| idea that no matter how humble their origins, they could rise in society |
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| a philosophy with "survival of the fittest" |
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| tried to help industrial workers and urban poor by organizing bible studies |
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| Young Men's Christian Association |
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| drilled the first oil well |
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| created the first lightbulb |
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| became governer of California and later served as U.S. senator after founding Stanford University |
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| people who loot an industry and give nothing back |
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| a new process for making high quality steel |
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| widely distributes through the mail, used attractice illustrations and friendly descriptions for thousands of sales |
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| a decline in the volume of available money or credit that results in lower prices |
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| called for 8 hour work day and government burea of labor statistics |
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| first organization devoted to women's labor |
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| Women's Trade Union League |
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| created the first telephone |
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| provided for the construction of a transcontinental railroad |
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| built the largest steamboat fleat in america |
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| construction company who charged too much for the work done on the railroad |
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| a group of similar stores owned by the same company |
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| the loss of value of money |
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| believed unions should stay out of politics; rejected socialism |
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| American Federation of Labor |
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