Heading West
when cowboys would round up wild cattle herds and move them to towns where railroads would transport them back east
Cattle Drives
a process of making someone considered an outsider fit in with the dominant culture
assimilation
relating to the home or family
Domestic
the time period of growth in America after the Civil War, also had a dark side to it
Gilded Age
Favorite Color
Blue
a piece of land that a person settled by improving it in some way
Homestead
a cultural act of the Lakota that told of a messiah that would deliver them from the violence of the American government
Ghost Dance
to engage in business or trade, intending to make a profit
Commercial
dishonest behavior by someone in power, usually involving bribery
Corruption
First Car
Chevy Truck
a system for transmitting message from a distance along a wire—the wires ran along the railroad lines
telegraph
agreements that involved payments to the tribes to move to other locations
Settlement
a government license to protect an idea or innovation by an inventor
Patent
convincing someone to act in a way you want by paying them
Bribery
How Many Kids
3
the government approval for people to go west and purchase 160 acres of land for a small fee if they improved it within five years
Homestead Act of 1862
a piece of land set aside for Native Americans to live
Reservations
taking something that exists and improving it
Innovation
when a business buys other businesses just like it
horizontal integration
Favorite type of Music
Alternative Rock or Country Rock
African Americans fleeing the racism of the south and the east and going west, mostly to farm the land
Exodusters
the process of forcing Native American children to leave their families and adopt "American" ways of speaking, dressing, and behaving
Americanizations
the principles of scientific management that simplify detailed processes
Taylorism
when one business holds all the power in that area of business
Monopoly
How Many different Places have I lived or visited outside of the U.S.
7
Japan, Korea, South Africa, Ascension Island. Puerto Rico, Italy, Guam.