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Assimilation
Assimilation is when someone acquire social as well as psychological characteristics of a group. The first assimilation shown in the United States was shown by European culture being pushed on Native Americans. Key Concept: Conflict
Assimilation is significant to the Conflict section because many didn't want others cultures being pushed on theirs. -
Sweat Shops
Sweat shops are a factory or workshop where employees work long hours for low wages in poor conditions.The first example of sweatshops started in 1820 with seamstresses. Key Concept: Conflict
Sweat Shops are significant to the Conflict section because many of those employed were treated unfairly which will lead to hostility. -
Mail Order Catalogs
A mail order catalog is a publication which contains a list of merchandise from a specific company.The first mail order catalog was by Tiffany's Blue Book in the United States. Key Concept: Progress
Mail order catalogs are significant to the Progress sections because it allowed people to see what a store had to offer without going in person. -
Bessemer Process
The Bessemer Process is the first method, which was inexpensive, that massed produced steel. Key Concept: Progress
The Bessemer Process is significant to Progress because it helped mass produce steel. -
Elevators
Elevators are platforms or compartments housed in a shaft in order to raise people or other things to different floors and levels. Key Concept: Progress
Elevators are significant to the Progress section because it made American lives easier. -
Boomtowns
Boomtowns are areas that experience rapid development in their population as well as economy. Boomtowns originally started due to people looking for wealth from mining in the West a period between the 1860's and the 1890's. Key Concept: Progress
Boomtowns are significant to the Progress section because they led to the American Nation developing even further. -
Sod Houses
Sod houses were built out of strips of sod, which were laid like bricks. Sod was used due to timber being sparse. Key Concept: Progress
Sod Houses are significant to Progress because they gave a cost free way to build shelter. -
Open Range System
The Open Range System were the areas in public space north of Texas where cattle were fattened up to be ready for slaughter. Key Concept: Conflict
The Open Range System is significant to Conflict because the cattle trails went through American Indian territory. -
Transcontinental Railroad
The Transcontinental Railroad is a railroad that runs across the United States. Key Concept: Progress
The Transcontinental Railroad is significant to Progress because it allowed people to travel across the U.S. easily. -
Barbwire
Barbwire is a wire with spikes along it in order to use as a barrier of protection. Joseph Glidden is credited for his patent on his design for barbwire. Unlike Henry Rose's single-stranded barbed wire, Glidden's wire used two wires which were twisted together in order to hold the barbed spurs in place. Key Concept: Progress - Barbwire is significant to the Progress section because the invention allowed anyone to protect their land with the wire. -
Telephone
A telephone is an invention that transforms acoustic vibrations to electrical signals so that sound can be transmitted, usually voices, over a vast distance with a wire or radio. The first telephone call was made by the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, to his assistant Thomas Watson. Key Concept: Progress - The telephone is significant to the Progress section due to it allowing people far away to communicate with each other for the first time rather than writing letters. -
Refrigerator Cars
Refrigerator Cars are boxcars on trains that are used to transport perishable items. Key Concept: Progress
Refrigerator Cars are significant to Progress because of their ability to transport perishables long distances without them going bad. -
Dawes Severalty Act
The Dawes Severalty Act was a law put in place in order to turn American Indians into farmers as well as landowners. Key Concept: Conflict
Dawes Act is significant to Conflict because Native Americans were being forced to basically conform to what the Europeans wanted. -
Electric Trolleys
An electric trolley is a vehicle used by the public that rides on rails.The first electric trolley in America was tested in Richmond, Virginia in 1888. Key Concept: Progress
Electric Trolleys are significant to Progress because they helped people without cars or any means of transportation get to where they were going. -
Oklahoma Land Rush
The Oklahoma Land Rush was the first land rush in the American Nation into unassigned lands. Key Concept: Movement
The Oklahoma Land Rush is significant to Movement because multiple people moved in the unassigned lands to claim land. -
Ellis Island
Ellis Island is an island in the harbor of New York City which was used in immigration to the United States. Key Concept: Movement
Ellis Island is significant to the Movement section because immigrants began moving into the American Nation. -
Homestead Strike
The Homestead Strike or the Homestead Riot was a dispute about labor between the Carnegie Steel Company and their workers. Workers were also locked out of the plant due to refusing to accept new conditions dealing with production demands. Key Concept: Conflict
The Homestead Strike is significant to the Conflict section because is was an industrial dispute between the Carnegie Steel Company and their workers. -
Pullman Strike
The Pullman Strike was a nationwide railroad strike due to George Pullman increasing working hours, cutting wages, and firing employees. Key Concept: Conflict
The Pullman Strike is significant to Conflict because it was an actual conflict between the American Railway Union, the Pullman Company, the main railroads, as well as the federal government. -
Angel Island
Angel Island was used for immigration in San Francisco Bay, California. Here they would detain and interrogate people trying to enter the United States. It was active from January 21, 1910 - November 5, 1940. Key Concept: Movement
Angel Island is significant to Movement because it dealt with the literal movement of immigrants into America. -
Gilded Age
The Gilded Age is a term invented by Mark Twain. It is used to define the period between the Civil War and World War l. During this era America's population and economy grew rapidly. Key Concept: Conflict
The Gilded Age is significant to the Conflict section because during the period there was political corruption, company financial misleading, as well as wealthy people living extravagant lives.
