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| Belief that the United States was destined to Control the continent. |
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| how the effects of 19th century warfare promoted the growth of industrialism (3 ways) |
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A.) Increased railroads for supplies and soldiers
B.) Had to find ways to mass produce Iron & steel industry, textiles
C.)Increase in coal, rubber for Military supplies, processed foods for soldiers. |
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| patterns of immigration and the causal factors that led to immigration to the United States of America |
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A.) Crop famines in Europe
B.) California gold rush,
C.) European social and political unrest
D.)Religious freedom |
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| Distinguish the differences in assimilation of "old" vs. "new" immigration. |
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Old Immigrants: Came Earlier to America mostly from Northern and Western Europe.
New Immigrants: Came later to America mostly from Southern and Eastern Europe. |
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| Recognize technological and industrial advancements to the era |
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Advancements in mining: 1st undercutting
Farming: Steel Plow, Mechanical Reaper
Ranching: Barbwire, Railroads |
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| Owned a Majority of the railroads |
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| Owned a Majority of Steel production |
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| Invented the Sleeping cart on Trains |
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| Helped with food processing |
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| Founded a gun powder plant. |
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| Invention of the Telephone |
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| Invented a refrigerated train Car |
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| 11.Recognize the economic disparity among farmers, wage earners, immigrants, or racial groups when compared to industrial capitalists |
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| Capitalist lives were awesome the rest stunk. |
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| Sep. 1869, Jim Fisk set up an elaborate scam to corner the gold market through buying up all the gold at the same time to drive up the price led to... |
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| a scandal, exposed in 1875, involving diversion of tax revenues in a conspiracy among government agents, politicians, whiskey distillers, and distributors |
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| Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in controlling New York City politics and helping immigrants, most notably the Irish, rise up in American politics |
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| A system In politics, is a person who wields the power over a particular political region or constituency.Trading for political power/positions. (ambassador to Jamaica Ya) |
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| Guiteau believed he should be awarded a diplomatic post for his vital assistance,expecting rewards for his effort, to no avail.So he...Start of the end of boss system |
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| United States federal law established the United States Civil Service Commission, which placed most federal government employees on the merit system and marked the end of the so-called spoils system. end of boss systemand start of merit system |
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| a series of laws passed in western states of the United States after the American Civil War to regulate grain elevator and railroad freight rates and rebates and to address long- and short-haul discrimination and other railroad abuses against farmers. |
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| a United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices. The Act required that railroads publicize shipping rates and charge no more for short hauling than for long hauling. |
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| Railroad scam, money syphoned off RR taxes to influence congressmen |
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