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The American West
With the railroads to the West completed, the Civil War opened up areas prime for settlement and economic development. Both White's and African Americans care running to mine, ranch, and farm, and with the chinese railroad workers there, the diversity grew. But, as a result of this, the bison population was virtualy wiped-out, and the Native American inhabitants that lived there were forced to be put in reserves by the 1880's. In the 19'th sentry though, the myth of the Cowboy's appeared. -
California: For Health, Pleasure, and Residence
Around 1872, Charles Nordhoff, a journalist who traveled to California, created a guidebook, included in "California As I Saw It." It talked about California's fertile lands and small population. -
Brief Summary
During the time spand of 1876-1900, America grew to beocme an industrial giant. This triggered a new class of the wealthy, and the travel of many new immigrant's looking for work, which caused many of the new workers to join and suport the Labor Force. The Americans born in the 1840's and 50's experienced major technological changes in the way things worked. They would also see the migration of millions of people from rural America to the nation's rapidly growing cities. -
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes was elected. -
James Garfield/Chester A. Arthur
The death of the president after Rutherford B. Hayes. James's Vice President Chester A Arthur takes over. -
Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland's first term starts. -
Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison was elected for president. -
Hitler's Birth
In 1889, Adolf Hitler himself was born into the world. He brainwashed an entire continent against not only the Jewish people, but Catholics, Blacks, the handicapped, Gypsies, Homosexuals and anyone other than PURE whites. He was basically just an extremely racist man. -
City Life in the Late 19th Century
Cities in the United States were growing and expanding at a rapid rate. This quick change had many pros and cons. Some cons were the increase in common traffic jams, noise pollution, air pollution, slums, and heath and sanitation problems. However a pro is new transportation and technology, as well as skyscrapers being built. -
As Some Things Appear On The Plains And Among The Rockies In Mid-Summer
Kenneth Young was a newly married African-American man from South Carolina who decided to tour the West in 1891. He veiwed the West as a charming and intriguing place to visit, and as a place to start anew. He desctibes how teh Wet was a plesent place and "There I was as free as freedom and as white as honesty." -
Grover Cleveland's Second Term
Grover Cleveland re-elected for his second seperate term. -
Summary
This era was important because it was the rise of industries and technology that completely altered the nation. This sparked new ideas for inventions and transportation that also affected the society we have today. Overall, the rise of industrial America was an influencal time period that shaped the nation as a whole. -
Teddy Bear Invented
The Teddy Bear was actually inspired by Theodore Roosevelts act on not shooting a bear. What happened was, Roosevelt was on a hunting trip and never was a single bear. What his guides decided to do was tie a black bear to a tree and suggest he shoot that, but because it was "unsportsmanlike," Roosevelt refused, and thus the Teddy Bear was made, originally being called "Teddy's Bear." -
Wright Brother's First Flight
During the time between 1867 and 1900, the Wright Brother's actually tested their first plane. The plane only stayed in the air for about 12 seconds on the first test, but the fact that it even stayed in the air urged the brother's to continue working on it. -
World War 1 Ends
World War I was finally over. This first global conflict had claimed from 9 million to 13 million lives and caused damage never seen before. Germany had formally surrendered on November 11, 1918, and all nations had agreed to stop fighting while the terms of peace were negotiated. -
Great Depression Begins
In the United States, the Great Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. Over the next several years, consumer spending and investment dropped, causing steep declines in industrial output and rising levels of unemployment as failing companies laid off workers. By 1933, when the Great Depression reached its lowest point, some 13 to 15 million Americans were unemployed and nearly half of the country -
The Ginsbergs
The Ginsbergs owned a candy store on 169th Street and Grant Avenue. It was a hangout for gamblers and the unemployed. Ginsy's, as it was called, was a place for the unemployed to have job opportunites. Many people that went there considered it the place for gossip and optimisim. -
Harry Reece's Story
Harry Reece was a man who live during the Rise of Industrial America era. He first handedly experienced the growth of popularity in new inventions for transportation. His main form of transportation was usually a trolley.
