How the West Was Won: Forced Assimilation

  • The American Dream

    The American Dream

    National ethos of the United States. It is said that "all men are created equal".
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    How the West Was Won

  • Boss Tweed

    Boss Tweed

    Boss Tweed was a man mostly reffered to as "Boss Tweed". He was an American politician most notable for being the boss of the Tammany Hall.
  • Federal Indian Policy

    Federal Indian Policy

    Was the relationship between the United States Government and the Indian Tribes.
  • Andrew Carnegie

    Andrew Carnegie

    Scottish-American industrialist who led the expansion of the American Steel industry.
  • John D. Rockefeller

    John D. Rockefeller

    Was an American philanthropist and industrialist. DOminated the oil industry when it first came.
  • Bessemer Process

    Bessemer Process

    First industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron.
  • Eugene V. Debbs

    Eugene V. Debbs

    Was an American Union leader and a Candidate of the Socialist Party of America.
  • Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt

    Was the 26th President of the United States.
  • New Inventions

    New Inventions

    The nation was rapidly expanding its economy into new areas, especially heavy industry like factories, railroads, and coal mining.
  • Urbanization

    Urbanization

    The urbanization of the United States during the Gilded Age was not completely positive nor negative.
  • Homestead Act

    Homestead Act

    The purpose was to liberize the homesteading requirements of the Preemption Act of 1841.
  • Settlement of the West

    Settlement of the West

    Group of farms established by Norsemen and Iceland. It was north than west of it's companion.
  • Industrialization

    Industrialization

    Gilded Age industrialization had its roots in the Civil War, which spurred Congress and the northern states to build more railroads and increased demand for a variety of manufactured goods.
  • Labor Unions

    Labor Unions

    Craft-oriented labor unions, such as carpenters, printers, shoemakers and cigar makers, grew steadily in the industrial cities after 1870.
  • Eugenics

    Eugenics

    The theory and practice of improving the genetic quality of the human population.
  • Growth of Railroads

    Growth of Railroads

    The growth of the railroad network. Railroad construction tended to increase dramatically.
  • Manifest Destiny

    Manifest Destiny

    Was a belief that American settlers were destined to expand across the contient.
  • Barbed Wire

    Barbed Wire

    The expansion of railroads and the invention of barbed wire and improvements in windmills.
  • Political Corruption

    Political Corruption

    In spite of the terrible losses during the war, the census of 1870 reported a population of 39 million Americans, up over 25% from the decade before.
  • Social Darwanism

    Social Darwanism

    The application of Darwinism, the concept of survival of the fittest, to everyday social circumstances.
  • Immigration

    Immigration

    Approximately 10 million immigrants came to the United States in what is known as the new immigration.
  • Upton Sinclair

    Upton Sinclair

    American author who wrote to hundreds of books all kinds of genres.
  • Assimilation

    Assimilation

    Expansion into the plains and mountains by miners, ranchers and settlers led to increasing conflicts with the Indians of the West.
  • Nativism

    Nativism

    Nativism typically means opposition to immigration and support of efforts to lower the political or legal status of specific ethnic or cultural groups
  • Haymarket Riot

    Haymarket Riot

    Refers to the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on Tuesday May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square[2] in Chicago.
  • Automobile

    Automobile

    One of the very first inventions during the Gilded Age.
  • Dawes Act

    Dawes Act

    Authorized the President of the U.S. to survey American Indian tribal land.
  • Battle of Wounded Knee

    Battle of Wounded Knee

    The last battle of the Indian Wars.
  • Trusts and anti-trusts

    Trusts and anti-trusts

    Business and industry were undergoing enormous changes in the U.S. during the 1890s.
  • Pure Food and Drug Act

    Was a key of Progression Era legislation.
  • Assembly Line

    Assembly Line

    Manufacturing process. Assembly lines are designed for the sequential organization of workers, tools or machines, and parts.