people are treated as property, and can be owned, bought and sold
100
NATO
North American Treaty Organization
100
Dawes act
Divided Native American tribal land into reservations and forced Indians to assimilate
100
assimilate
absorbed into American culture
100
Open door policy
All countries should be allowed to trade with China
200
rationing
allow each person to have only a fixed amount of a particular commodity
200
Monopolies
Corrupt leaders control large industries
200
Homestead Act (1862)
The government will give you 160 Acre plot of land for $10 in the great plains if you could inhabit it for 5 years.
200
segregation
Separate African Americans from White Americans
200
Dollar Diplomacy
American foreign policy to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries
300
rural
country
300
urbanization
growth of big cities
300
Great plains
Large cattle ranches
300
Labor Unions
Helped workers improve their work enviroment
300
Truman Doctrine
A foreign policy to stop the spread of communism
400
migration
movement of people within the same country
400
dust bowl
a large dust storm swept through the Great Plains destroying everything
400
Settlement houses
All purpose community centers
400
Literacy Exams
People had to be able to pass reading tests to vote.
400
The Jungle
Book written by Upton Sinclair about the horrible conditions of the meat packing industry
500
tenements
dark crowded multifamily apartments
500
immigration
movement from 1 country to another
500
referendum
allowed proposed legislation to deny or remove law