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Beginning of North River Steam Boat
Trade-rapid transportation of goods
Transportation-the wealthy would use it as form to travel in rivers
Environment-farmers grew grew crops along the river b/c it was easy to get them to markets near river fonks and rapids. -
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Age Of Steam Steamboat
Trade-rapid transportation of goods
Transportation-the wealthy would use it as form to travel in rivers
Environment-farmers grew crops along the river bc it was easy to get them to markets near river foncs & rapids -
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New Migration
-Irish:Religious freedom
economic condition
-German:religious background difficulties
political differences
-Chinese:need work
gold rush
-most migrants lived mostly by the west coast.
-migrants worked in mines, railroads, indutries -
Morse Code
-Samuel Morse invented the Morse code
-it made communication faster, you can send a message from coast to coast in mere minutes
-it lead to telephone fax machine and the internet
-built along rr tracks due to free land and use heavy use by the rr companies -
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William M Tweed
they used dishonest politicians to gain control of new York city government.
-support neighborhoods of new immigrants by giving them help & jobs
Immigrants in return whit votes how Boss Tweed wanted
-wanted democratic party in New York city. -
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Cattle Drive Era
-cattle drives in Taxes ended in the Midwest(Kansan or Nebraska)@the RR lines
-more beef was needed in the east coast due to the growing population in big cities like Chicago and NY
- new technology ended the cattle drive it was called barb wire -
Home Stead Act
-Opened up settlement in the western US. allowing Americans & slaves to claim up to 160 free acres of federal land
-Created a war w/ Natives Americans to protect their tribal land from white settlement. -
First Transcontinental Railroad
-1st time american could travel freely from coast to coast
-Market expanded+cheaper distributions
-people moved to the east
-forced Indians off their land
-ended long cattle drives
-farmers had quick access to markets -
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Rise Of Labor Unions
Purpose
-fought for wages and safer working conditions
-it stopped child labor
-gave health benefits and provide did to workers who were injured or retired actions
unions rely on strike and boycott against Co.
sometime the strikes led to violence
-1st time African Americans were de-segregate and allowed to join union -
Nast cartoon about boss tweet
-Boss tweed suspected of stealing millions of $$$ from city of N.Y.
-Nast used his characters to help prosecute boss tweed from fraud
-before public out range turned against him -
Standard oil company
-founded by john d. Rockefeller whit associates
-after making major progress whit his company, made his own transportation
once retired, invested in able endeavors a respected philanthropist
-invested $300 million to help create the university of Chicago and the Rockefeller institute of medical research -
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Glided Age and Westward Expansion
-the Glided age was an era of rapid economic growth, especially in the north and west. american wages, were much higher than in Europe, which attracted millions of immigrants.
-railroads were the major industry, but the factory system, mining, and finance increased.
-labor unions became important in industrial areas.
-''this time period is characterized by economic growth, widespread poverty,westward expansion, and political corruption. -
Bessemer steel process
-The removal of impurities f/iron.
-The Bessemer Process revolutionized steel production, decreasing cost.
-The process made steel ten times stronger than iron.
-RR went further, building grew high due to strength and low cost of steel. -
chinese exclusionary act
1st and only major legislation to suspend immigration of s certain nationality
in 1892 was renewed for another 10 years in 1902 the b an became permanent
american people were scared to fight for their jobs
caused segregation of Asians from Americans and china towns -
Chinese exclusionary act
-1st and only major legislation to suspended immigration of a certain nationality
-in 1892 was renewed for another 10 yrs in 1902 the ban became permanent
-american ppl were scared to fight for their jobs
-caused segregation of Asians from American and china towns -
Hay market riot
CAUSE
-low wages
-dangerous working conditions
WHAT HAPPENED
-labor protest near Chicago hay market square, rally turned into riot after someone threw a bomb at the police
RESULT
gov, imposed death sentence on 7 men and 8 were sentenced to 15 yrs in prison & 4 man were hanged -
event andrew carnegie
-the Carnegie argument about the gospels of wealth is that rich people should be allowed to use their money to help fit people
-he created Bessemer process steel making his fortune in the steel industry, controlling the most extensive integrated iron -
Hull House
-located in Chicago Illinois
-leaders- Jane Addams & Ellen Gates Starr
purpose- aid the needy immigrants to assimilate to american customs
-unique in this time period, because they were woman -
andrew carnegie
-the Carnegie argument about the gospel -
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Ellis island
-some of the groups/nationalities that arrived were southern Europeans
-immigrants had to perform physical and mental exams to ensure there admittance
-doctors would check the immigrants for health problems -
Pull Man Strike
Cause
-manufacture of railroad cars
-cut the already low wages of its workers abt. 25%, but did NOT introduce corresponding reduction intrets and other chargers
Happened
-american railroad way union striking
-small group, 260,00 joined
-refuse to hitch cars
-refused to handle Pullmans car
Result
-federal injunction
-strikes and violent reaction ruined his rep. -
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Great Migration
pull factors to north america
-job opportunities
-voting was a right push factor
violence of hate
-work to survive/no jobs
Migration of new job opportunities, blacks moved north to escape from oppressive conditions of the south like lynching, unfair legal system, inequality of education. -
Americanization day
-created to bring together new and old immigrants
-Americans viewed immigrants as a threat to Americans way of life
-Immigrants were worried they wouldn't be accepted as American citizens -
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Angel Island
-is in San Francisco bay, immigrants processed one million Asian immigrants
-Chinese+Japanese immigrants
-requirements many Chinese immigrants were forced to prove they had husband or father+were goo in health
-many Chinese when they got there were sent to jail bc she or hes country was weak or poor