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Andrew Carnegie
Scottish-American industrialist who led the expansion of the American steel industry
Key concept- Progress- changing by expanding the steel industry -
J.P. Morgan
An American financier and banker
Key concept- Progress- because it changed things by him being a financier and banker -
John D Rockefeller
He was an American oil industry business magnate and philanthropist
Key concept- Progress- Things were changed by the American oil industry -
Boomtowns
A community that has sudden rapid population such as economic growth or towns started from scratch
Key concepts- Progress- everything grows greatly economically -
Bessemer process
It was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel
Key concept- Progress- Changing by being the first inexpensive industrial process -
Sod house
A successor to the login cabin during frontier settlement
Key concept- Movement- Changing and moving to the sod house instead of log cabin -
Morrill land grant act
They are US statutes that allowed for the creation of land grant colleges
Key concept- Progress- Things changed by the creation of higher education -
Sand Creek massacre
A massacre in the American Indian wars where a 675-man force of Colorado US volunteer attacked and destroyed a village
Key concept- Conflict- It was a crisis because of the attack and the village that was destroyed -
Gilded age
It was an era or rapid economic growth
Key concept- Progress- at the time things were changing by the economic growth -
Battle of little big horn
Custer fought against the tribe that he thought was smaller than it actually was but it was a bunch of them and he failed
Key concepts- Conflict- There was argument where he fought against them and failed -
Dumbbell Tenements
Tenements built in NYC after the Tenement house act of 1879
Key concept- Progress- they built tenements because it was dark and poorly ventilated -
Chinese exclusion act
A law signed prohibiting all immigration of Chinese labourers.
Key concept- Conflict- Because it was a very big disagreement between white Americans and the chinese -
dawes severalty act
An act that authorized the president of the US to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments
Key concept- Progress- The president made tribal land divided into allotments -
Oklahoma land rush
It was the first land rush into the unassigned lands
Key concepts- Movement- the unassigned land was the best public land and everyone wanted it -
Open range system
Its where cattle roam free
Key concept- American dream- regardless on land owner ship the cattle still got to roam where ever -
Wounded knee
A massacre that was near wounded knee creek.
Key concept- Conflict- It was a crisis where lots of men, women and children got killed -
Homestead strike
It was an industrial lockout and strike
Key concept- Conflict- The event was a huge crisis -
Pullman Strike
It was a railroad strike and a turning point for US labour law.
Key concept- Conflict- It was a notional crisis where it shut down nations freight and passenger traffic -
Ellis island
The gateway location for millions of immigrants to the US
Key concept- American dream- Because it was a place to non Americans to go to and by them going there they get out of where they didn't want to be and they get to live their lives better. -
Woman's suffrage
It is the right for women to vote in elections
Key concept- American dream- because it shows the fight for the right women wanted to have voting rights