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North River Steam Boat
Trade= Rapid transportation of goods
Transportation= wealthy would use it as form to travel in rivers
Environment= farmers grew crops along river b/c it was easy to get them to markets
Marine Diesel Engine -
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New Migration
-Irish: religious freedom economic condition
-German: religious background difficulties political differences
-Chinese: need work
-Most immigrants lived mostly by the coast -
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Gilded Age and Westward Expansion
-Rapid economic growth especially in North and West
-Railroads were the major industry but the factory system, mining, and finance increased -
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 + i phones
-Built along RR tracks due to free land + heavy use by the RR company -
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William M Tweed
-They used dishonest politicians to gain control of New York city government
-Support neighborhood of new immigrants by giving them help & jobs
-immigrants in return with votes how Boss Tweed wanted
-Democratic party in New York City -
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Cattle Drive Era
-Cattle drive started in Texas ended in the mid-West @ the RR lines
-More beef was needed in the east coast due to the growing population in big cities like Chicago
-New technology end the cattle drive it was called barb wire -
Homestead Act
-The us gov wanted homesteaders to move out to the plains so that they could achieve manifest destiny
-Great plains, flat land + grassland
-Ppl had the drive to own their own land the american dream
-Native Americans had 3 choices they could -
Chinese exclusionary act
1st & major legislation to suspend immigration of certain nationality in 1892 was renewed for another 10 years in 1902 the ban became permanent American people were scared to fight for their jobs caused segregation of Asians from Americans and china towns -
Nast cartoon
-Boss Tweed suspected of stealing millions of dollars from the city of N.Y
-Nast used his character to prosecute Boss Tweed for fraud
-Before public outrage turned against him -
Standard Oil Company
-Founded by John D Rockefeller with associates
-After making major process with his company made made his own transportation
-Once retived invested in choritable endeavors becoming a respected
-Invested $300 million to hide cleat the university of Chicago and the rockefeller institute of medical research -
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Raise Of Labor Unions
purpose fought for wages & safer working conditions
it stopped child labor
gave health benefits & provide aid to workers who were injured or retired actions
unions rely on strike and boycott against co. sometime the strikes led to violence
1st African Americans were desecrate & allowed to join union -
Bessemer Steel Process
-The removal of impurities f/ iron
-The Bessemer process revolutionized steel production de-creasing
-The process made steel 10x stronger
-RR went further building grew high due to strength & low cost of steel -
Haymarket Riot
-Dangerous working conditions
-low wages
-labor protest near Chicago's haymarket square
-rally turned to riot after someone threw a bomb @ police
-gov imposed death sentence on 5 men & 8 were sentenced to 15 years in prison & 4 men were hanged -
Andrew Carnegie
the Carnegie argument about to the gospel of wealth is that rich people should be allowed to use their money to helpless 'fit people' lie created Bessemer process steel making his fortune in the steel industry the most extensive -
Hull House
To provide higher civic and seal life located in Chicago Illinois founded by Ellen G Starr Jane Addams Both their leadership made women more politically influenced had more power among me -
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Ellis Island
-Some of the group/nationalities that arrived there were souther europeans
-The immigrants had to be inspected and were at times treated fairly
-Immigrants had to preform physical and mental exam to ensure there admittance -
Homestead Strike
-frick sent 300 Pinkerton and men 10,000 strikers a gun fight broke out till the national guard came to stop them
-Carniage wanted to break the union frick began locking the workers out of the plant
-government supported monopolist -
Pull Man Strike
Causes
-Manufacture of railroads cars
-Cut the already low wages of its workers Abt 25/ , But did NOT introduce corresponding reduction interest& other charges
Happened
-American railroad way union striking small group 260,000 joined
-refused to hitch cars
-refused to handle pull mans car
Results
-federal injunction strikes & violent reaction his rep -
First Transcontinental Railroad
-1st time Americans could travel freely from coast to coast
-markets expanded & cheaper distributions
-ppl moved to the east
-forced indications off their land
-ended long cattle drives
-farmers had quick access to market -
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Angle 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 a husband or father + were in good health
-Many Chinese when they get there were sent to jail b/c his or she country was weak and poor -
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Great Migration
pull factors to north
job opportunities
voting was a right
push factors from south
violence of hate
work to survive/no jobs
moved to Chicago,Detroit,New York,Pittsburgh
migrating of new job opportunities blacks moved north to escape from oppressive conditions of the south
like lynching,unfair legal system,inequality in education -
Americanization Day
-created to bring together new + old immigrants
-Americans viewed immigrants as a threat to Americans way to life
-immigrants were worried they wouldn't be accepted as American Citizens