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Manifest Destiny
The belief of American settlers that they were supposed to expand across the continent. -
Automobile
Powered by a internal combustion engine running on fuel gas. -
Boss Tweed
Successful politician, third largest landowner, he promised that his people which were mostly immigrant would be cared for. -
Andrew Carnegie:
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. -
Federal Indian Policy
The relationship the U. S. government had with the Indian Tribes. Because of the Westward Expansion (U. S. wanted to explore westward) Indian tribes were forced to move out of their homeland and relocate and were then confined to their reservations. -
Bessemer Process:
A process for making steel by blasting compressed air through molten iron to burn out extra carbon and waste. -
Settlement of the West
Farmers made up 64% of the population, people started a new life with their families.
There was also the Gold Rush a decade later.
THe cattle industry boomed as well military forts and Native American reservations. -
Urbanization
13% of the population lived in urban areas. -
Eugenics
A science that tries to improve the human race by controlling which people become parents -
Vertical & Horizontal Integration
Economy grew more than 400 %, Titans of Industry built monopolies and revolutionized business practices, Laissez faire ideology called for little or no government regulation of economic affairs. New technonlogy helped agriculture.New stores, new finance. -
The Homestead Act
An indicidual paid a fee of $10 for land. After five years the individual must have made improvement to the land and was then able to own it. It was very hard work but most were incredibly happy to be owners of land. -
Growth of Railroads
Rairoads were one of the most important things about the Industrial Revolution. Railroads drastically changed business, communication and markets. -
Industrialization
Filtration was introduced -
Social Darwinism:
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Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism was the application of Charles Darwin`s scientific theories of evolution and natural selection to contemporary social development. Only the fittest survived—so too in the marketplace. -
John D. Rockefeller:
Built his first oil refinery near Cleveland and in 1870 incorporated the Standard Oil Company. By 1882 he had a near-monopoly of the oil business in the U.S, but his business practices led to the passing of antimonopoly laws. Late in life Rockefeller devoted himself to philanthropy. -
Barbed Wire:
First used in the Spanish-American War -
Labor Unions:
Workers organized the first large American labor unions during the Gilded Age because of the horrible work conditions. they were inhumane. -
Immigration
There was an immense immigration tide in the U. S. -
The American Dream:
Immigrants moved to the U. S. to go after their American Dream which was: economic freedom, opportunities, work, land, and relief from political or religious persecution. -
Haymarket Riot:
A labor protest rally near Chicago’s Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. At least eight people died. Despite a lack of evidence against them, eight radical labor activists were convicted in connection with the bombing. The Haymarket Riot was viewed a setback for the organized labor movement in America, which was fighting for such rights as the eight-hour workday. Participants were viewed as martyrs. -
The Dawes Act
160 acre plots were given to native american individuals. They would be given citizenship in 1924 if they followed the laws of the dawes act. -
Battle of Wounded Knee 2
An 1890 massacre killed 150 Native Americans in the final clash between federal troops and the Sioux. -
Assimilation
A process by which a person or a group’s language and/or culture come to resemble those of another group. Forced assimilation of Native Americans -
Political Machines
A group lead by a boss or head person. In the 1890s, frustrated farmers organized their own party, the PopulistsIn 1896, the Democrats co-opted much of the Populist agenda and the Populists supported Democrat William Jennings Bryan for the presidency; Bryan lost and the Populists faded away. -
Eugene V. Debs:
President of the American Railway Union. His union had a successful strike for higher wages against the Great Northern Railway in 1894. He gained greater renown when he went to jail for his role in leading the Chicago Pullman Palace Car Company strike. He was the Socialist party's presidential candidate in 1900,1908, 1912 and 1920. -
(Urbanization Continued)
40% of the population lived in urban areas. -
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Sanitation -
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Cities develop sewer lines and create sanitation departments. -
Work
84 hour work week was common, 12 hour days 7 days a week, salary about 500 dollars a year,no workers’ compensation for injuries, no health insurance, no social security. -
Americanization
Forcing Native Americans become more like Anglo-Americans. -
Nativism
Anti-Foreign Sentiment. Not liking someone because they are foreign. -
Political Corruption:
The abuse of entrusted power for their own private gain. -
Teddy Roosevelt:
After the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, became the youngest President in the Nation's history. He brought new excitement as he led Congress and the American public toward progressive reforms and a strong foreign policy. Term: 1901-1909. -
Upton Sinclair
Sinclair wrote the novel "The Jungle" which talked about working conditions in meat markets and the lives of immigrants. -
Pure Food and Drug Act:
United States federal law that provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products and poisonous patent medicines. -
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Chlorination -
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The majority of the U.S. population lived in urban areas. -
Assembly Line:
Henry Ford started it for producing an automobile. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
Members of the American Indian Movement occupied Wounded Knee for 71 days to protest about the conditions in their reservation.
