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development if morse code and telegraph
-the telegraph allowed people to communicate across great distances
-the new technologies telegraphs led to was fax machines cellphones
-the general route that these lines followed next to the railroads because they would have easy access to work on them -
bessemer steel production
- the mass-production of steel from molten pig iron -captin of the industry andrew carnegie made carnegie steel corp. in 1892 -fuel the great ecomic expansion of the late nineteenth century with wood and iron is replaced by steel
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homestead act
the purpose of the homestead act was to encourage settlement in the west.
many people during this time owned a plot of land 160 acres all with different climates most couldnt grow vegetation due to scarcity of richsoil and rainfall this attracted european immagrants
these were rural areas so population was low this attracted the lifestyle of the name americans greatly because it pushed them out of their homes -
morse code
-a single circuit telegraph that worked by pushing the operator key down to complete the electric circuit of the battery this action sent the electric signal across a wire to a receiver at the other end
telegraph lines normally ran with the rr track since the rr used them 1st and the routes were laid out already
electric telegraphs were to reduce cost of sending a message compared to semaphores and could be used non stop 24 hours a daay independent of the weather or daylight -
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cattle drive era
most cattle trails started in texas and moved as far as nebraska
demand for cattle was high because during the civil war the union cut off calibrate trade routes
railroads and barbed wire began to end the cattle drive era by closing off the open ranges and making transportation more easier -
first transcontinental railroad
made it easier to trade from atlantic and pacific coast it was also cheaper to transport goods
settlers started having battles with native americans because it moved natives into reservations
put rails on rich hunting grounds
easy to transport cattle and goods -
boss tweed
by mid 1860 he had risen to the top position in the organization and formed the tweed ring which openly bought votes encouraged judicial corruption extracted millions from city contracts and dominated new york city politics.
tweed had to flee to us to spain after he broke out of jail for his corruption in politics but was found because of nast cartoons he died in 1878 in prison -
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gilded age and westward expansion
gilded age that the period was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath.
this time period is characterized by economic growth widespread poverty westward expansion and political corruption. -
haymarket riot
strikers during union action at the mccormick harvesting machine company that was part of a national campaign to secure an eight hour workday
-violent confrontation between police and labour protesters
-a bomb was thrown by an individual never positively identified the police responded with random gunfire 7 police officers were killed and 60 other wounded
-became a symbol of the international struggle for workers rights -
hull house opening
purpose aiding american assimilation americanization teaching english and am culture help immigrants find jobs and education
-founded and lead by two women by jane addams and ellen starr -
john d rockefeller
founder of the standerd oil company which dominated the oil industry and was the first great us business trust rockefeller revolutionized the petroleum undustry
-monopoly standerd oil gradually gained almost complete control of oil refining and marketing in the us through horizontal integration.in the kerosene industry standerd oil distribution system with its own vertical system -
great migration
6 million african americans from the ruralsouth move to the citys up north mid west and west for jobs during ww1
-push factor were unsatisfactory economics oppurtunities and harsg segregation laws and jimcrow laws
-pull factors for many african americans family job openings and better living conditions they moved to chicago detroit harlem which caused harlem renissance for blacks to find better opportunitys
