US HISTORY MIDTERM EXAM

MIDTERM EXAM FOR HISTORY REVIEW: 2012

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Cards In This Set

Front Back
COMSTOCK LODE
1ST MAJOR DISCOVERY OF SILVER ORE
HOMESTEAD ACT
GAVE 160 ACRES TO ANYONE WHO CULTIVATED/LIVED ON LAND FOR MORE THAN 5 YEARS
DAWS ACT
"AMERICANIZE": N.AM. BY DISTIBUTING RESERVATION LAND TO INDIVIDUAL OWNERS
LAISSEZ FAIRE
POLICY OF NON-INTERFEARENCE IN TRADE
VERTICAL INTEGRATION (BUSINESS)
COMPANYS TAKE OVER SUPPLIERS & DISTRIBUTORS TO GAIN CONTROL
GOSPEL OF WEALTH
ESSAY WRITTEN BY ANDREW CARNIGIE, HIS BELIFE THAT THE WEALTHY SHOULD HELP THE POOR
ELLIS ISLAND
NEW YORK IMMIGRATION CENTER FOR CONTROLLING WHO COMES IN OR NOT. (EAST COAST)
ANGEL ISLAND
CALIFORNIA IMMIGRATION CENTER FOR CONTROLLING IMMIGRANTS. (WEST COAST) ASIANS
NATIVISTS
FAVORING NATIVE BORN PEOPLE OVER FOREIGN BORN PEOPLE
INDIVIDUALISM
ON THEIR OWN, OWN IDEAS
PENDLETON ACT
STOPPED PATRONAGE
POPULIST PARTY
PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THEY SHOULD HAVE A SAY IN GOVERNMENT
BLACKLIST
LIST OF 500 ACTORS, WRITERS, PROUCERS...THAT WERE NOT ALLOWED TO WORK ON FILMS B/C COMMUNIST CONNECTIONS
DOLLAR DIPLOMACY
U.S. POLICY USING ECONOMIC POWER TO EXERT INFLUENCE OVER OTHER COUNTRIES (TAFT)
PLATT AMENDMENT
ALLOWED U.S. TO INTERVEAR IN CUBAN AFFAIRS WITH MILITARY. OWN GOVERNMENT BUT MUST HAVE PERMISSON FROM U.S.