to argue in favor of something

the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

large-scale or important financial or commercial activity.

term describing the buying and selling of cattle which were driven from Texas to Kansas in order to load them up onto trains in order to ship them to consumers in the East

the group of people whose job it is to carry out the work of the government

the process by which racial or ethnic groups are absorbed into the dominant group by adopting the dominant group's culture

a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country

the act of controlling business behavior through a set of rules or laws

When land was given away for a small fee and it had to be farmed for 5 years.

Movement of individuals into a population

Due to efforts to assimilate Native Americans, including the Dawes Act (1887), the traditions of Native Americans disappeared as they were removed from their homelands, isolated on reservations, and forced to abandon their rituals.

the process of developing machine production of goods

Organizations of workers who, together, put pressure on the employers in an industry to improve working conditions and wages.

Policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy.

A movement from one country or region to another

Companies that control all production of a good or service.

A policy of favoring native-born individuals over foreign-born ones

A party organization that recruits voter loyalty with tangible incentives and is characterized by a high degree of control over member activity

a limited or fixed number or amount of people or things, in particular.

a track or set of tracks made of steel rails along which passenger and freight trains run.

Living in the countryside or outside the city

A group of corporations run by a single board of directors

the growth of cities