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Federal Indian Policy
The Federal Indian Policy was the relationship between the U.S. and the Native Americans. This included wars, allotments, reform, and relocation. The beginning of the relationship between the two was the Nonintercourse act, which would regulate commerce between the two sides. -
Assimilation, Americanization, and Nativism
This was when the U.S. would force Native American children into going to bording schools where they would learn everything school across the country were, not be able to speak in their native language, be given American names, and be treated as scum -
Assembley Line (No exact Date)
The assembley line was a creation to make the prcess of production move faster. The assembley line dates back to B.C. but during the 20th Century the invention was used much more. Companies such as Ford and Olds used the assembley line for mass production of automobiles. -
Andrew Carnegie
A man known for his work in the Steel Industry, making mass production of it. His business was also the most used due to the need of locomotives and other needs. -
John D. Rockefeller
Most famous for the Standard Oil Company. He revolutionized the Petrolium Industry for years to come. -
Manifest Destiny and Settlement of the West
A newspaper editor by the name of John O'Sullivan made the term "Manifest Destiny" to describe the essence of moving west for settlement.This idea can also be misconstruded for the American Dream, "moving out West, making a good living, and starting a family. -
Bessemer Process
The Bessemer Process was the first inexpensive way to mass produce steel. It made the process faster and cheaper, this process made it easier to make carriages and vehicles. -
Teddy Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt is very famous man in American History. He was the 26th President of the United States and one of the only three Presidents to have achieved the Nobel Peace Prize. He is also the Youngest President to be sworn in. -
Eugenics
The belief in the practice of making qualites of human life better. This was manly rooted to America and Europe in the 1860s, trying to improvement of human genetic traits through the promotion of higher reproduction of people with desired traits. -
The Homestead Act and Immigration
The Homestead Act allowed people to have ownership of land, this encouraged many people to immigrate to the United States and move to the West. -
Labor Unions (No specific date)
Labor Unions are basically representatives for workers, they usally work on collective bargaining over wages, benefits, and working conditions, they are basically like lawyers. -
Growth of Railroads
In the Gilded Age, the use of Railroads was booming. They were increasingly used for the transportation of goods, ranging from farm products to steel and wood. The use of railroads increased Urbanization and Industrialization, helping the spread of agriculture and discovery. -
Boss Tweed
William M. Tweed, a.k.a. "Boss Tweed", was the boss of Tammany Hall. He caused corruption bribing Republicans and Democrats for election and passing of bills. -
Urbanization and Industrialization in the GIlded Age
This was process of making cities more up to date, bringing in new industires and companies. It expanded cities further, creating new job opportunities and ideas for innovation and invention. It was more of an era than a specific date. It lasted for years and industiralization is continuing to increase across the world as well. -
New Inventions
During the Gilded Age there were many inventions that benefited the United States. The teleophone by Alexander Graham Bell, the typewriter, rotary press, and the linotype composing machine. -
Upton Cinclair
Most famous for his book "The Jungle". It exposed the meat packing industry causing the Pure Food and Drug Act. It was to protect consumers of harmful substances in foods. -
Social Darwinism
The idea of "survival of the fitest" used in everyday activities. -
Haymarket Riot
This riot started as a Labor Protest Rally which later turned when someone threw a bomb at police. This event was very influentional to the Labor Movements across the country. -
The Dawes Act
It basically allowed the U.S. to divide up Native land into allotments for individual Native Americans -
Battle at Wounded Knee
This battle was more of a massacre. The main objective of the 7th Calvary was to disarm the Lakota. When one man wouldn't a shot was fired which resulted in the 7th Calvary firing on Native Americans. -
Eugene V. Debbs
He was a man who is known for many things. He was one of the key founders of the "Industrial Workers of the World" and "American Railroad Union". He was also noted for his speech denouncing American participation in World War I which led to an arrest afterwards. -
Political Machines
A policital machine is basically a leader that has control of support from a corps and businesses. These were used all across New England and the Midewest. This caused political corruption through out the states -
Automobile
Before the gilded age a couple differenct automobiles have been created but the first mass production automobile was the Model T by Ford Motor Company, expanding and innovating the automobile industry.
