Turn of the Century Vocab

At the turn of the century, cows were being sold for far more money in the Northeast of the United States than they were in Texas. Cattle farmers decided to try to get their cows to the Northeast to sell them instead of selling them in Texas. This is an example of what?

• Price Incentive

• Supply Chain Management

• Market Regulation

• Consumer Demand

A document that warned Europe to stay out of the affairs of the Americas. It said it should not interfere with the new independent countries in the Western Hemisphere, and that if they ignored the warning the US would consider it an act of aggression and intervene.

• Monroe Doctrine

• Treaty of Paris

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Declaration of Independence

This immigration station was on the east coast and was open from 1892-1954. Most European immigrants entered the United States through this immigration station.

• Ellis Island

• Angel Island

• Liberty Island

• Alcatraz Island

A new idea, improvement, or method

• Invention

• Innovation

• Modification

• Revolution

A farmer who lived and worked on land owned by someone else in exchange for part of the profit when crops were harvested and sold. These farmers rented animals, equipment, and supplies from the landowners.

• Tenant farmer

• Sharecropper

• Landlord

• Agricultural laborer

To stop someone from proceeding

• Detain

• Release

• Encourage

• Ignore

These farmers owned their own animals, equipment, and supplies but rented land from a landowner. They paid them back by giving them a portion of the crops they harvested.

• Tenant Farmer

• Sharecropper

• Landlord

• Agricultural Laborer

An area of the United States located between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. It is a treeless, flat land that gradually rises from east to west.

• Great Plains

• Appalachian Mountains

• Sierra Nevada

• Gulf Coast

A reason to leave a place

• Pull Factor

• Push Factor

• Stay Factor

• Move Factor

To move to a foreign country and take up residence there

• Emigrate

• Immigrate

• Migrate

• Refugee