Unit 6 Final

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The primary function of the Grange movement

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Help farmers create cooperatives.

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Darwin's theory of natural selection and American industrialists

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Used as scientific evidence by wealthy American industrialists in the 19th century to prove they deserved their wealth.

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Decline of "open range" ranching in the West

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Overgrazing and intense competition for land use between ranchers and farmers.

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Dawes Severalty Act

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Forced Native Americans to adopt Western culture and farming practices.

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Ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson

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Separate but equal facilities for different races were constitutional.

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Significant role in the settlement of the Great Plains

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Railroads.

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Author credited with coining the term "Gilded Age"

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Mark Twain.

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Critical factor in the destruction of the Plains Indians

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The destruction of the Buffalo herds.

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Interstate Commerce Act of 1887

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Curbing abusive pricing and hauling policies by the nation’s railroads.

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Tammany Hall

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Political machine in New York City supported by poor immigrants and ethnic communities.