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A time period after the Civil War when society looked good on the outside but also experienced many problems
#FakeItTilYouMakeIt |
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| Second Industrial Revolution |
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A time after the Civil War of high industrial growth, large factories, new technology, and big business
#TimeToGrow |
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Man who invented the lightbulb which let factories boost production w/ a night shift
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Had a big hand in the oil industry. Oil became a vital source of energy to fuel industrialization. Rockefeller became the richest American in history
#GetThisOil |
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Man in the steel industry. Carnegie’s steel was vital to the construction of railroads, factories, city buildings, etc.
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Big in the banking industry. Morgan’s investing was vital to financing the growth of many businesses
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applied “survival of the fittest” principles to justify the gap between rich and poor as natural
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wrote novels glorifying getting rich through honesty, morality, and hard work
#GetRichNow! |
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Were thought of as stealing jobs from other workers. Came from many different countries, had different religious beliefs, and spoke different languages
#JobTakers |
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The process of moving a herd of cattle from one place to another, usually moved and herded by cowboys on horses.
#CowMigration |
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Banned Chinese immigration in 1882. nativist law that banned Chinese immigration
#ChineseNotApply |
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City political organizations designed to gain and keep power. They were often corrupt.
#BadPolitics |
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Drew political cartoons criticizing Tammany Hall. Nast’s work led to Tweed being arrested and jailed.
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A "soddy" was an often-used alternative to the log cabin during frontier settlement of the Great Plains of Canada and the United States.
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Congressmen were bribed to let a railroad construction company overcharge taxpayer money
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Required many jobs to be given based on a “civil service” exam and qualification, NOT the spoils system.
#JobRequirements |
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Workers had to promise not to join a union if hired
#NoUnionAllowed |
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A type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strands. Patented by Lucien B. Smith
#SmithśWire |
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| Great Railroad Strike of 1877 |
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The Panic of 1873 caused railroad companies to cut already low worker wages.Over 80,000 railroad workers NATIONWIDE went on strike, affecting 2/3 of the nation’s railroads. Angry workers became violent, destroyed railroads and equipment, and crippled the economy
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Name given to businessmen who took advantage of government policies but hurt the country
#HurtTheGovernment |
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Established sale of cheap land in the West—160 acres for $10
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This was a big living source for people at this time, but when the immigrants came in, they picked off the buffalo. The natives did a dance called the “Ghost Dance” movement—Native Americans performed this ritual, hoping it would cause whites to leave and buffalo to return
#BringBackTheBuffalo |
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helped create agricultural and technical colleges to teach skills needed in the West
#MoreColleges |
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authorized building a transcontinental railroad
#MoreRailroads |
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Reservations — small areas of land Native Americans were forced to move to, usually with few natural resources. Reservations rules and resources were controlled by (often corrupt) government officials
Purpose: Reservations segregated Native Americans from settlers and encouraged them to adopt American culture
#NativeHousing |
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a major Sioux leader that led people off reservations to hunt buffalo
#SaveTheBuffalo |
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a major Nez Perce leader that resisted being placed on a reservation in Idaho
#NoReservationForMe |
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Location: Montana
Results: Native American victory
The battle was the most significant victory for Native Americans over the United States military
The United States government increased military efforts to crush resistance
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this law offered INDIVIDUAL Native Americans 160 acre homesteads for farming. The law intended to break up tribes and encourage Native Americans to assimilate
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this essay evaluated the role of the western frontier on the United States
#RoleOfTheFrontier |
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Location: South Dakota
Results: Native American defeat
The Wounded Knee Massacre marked the last significant resistance of Native Americans during the Plains Indians Wars
#NoNativesAllowed |
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A book that criticized the history of broken treaties with and violence against Native Americans
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