American History (already know) Flashcards
(22 cards)
Manifest Destiny
Used to justify Westward expansion, Americans thought they were the right way and it was their duty to educate and teach others the “American way”
California
Fertile lands and good for raising spanish cattle
Cattle drive
Cattle from Texas were herded to the north and east to sell.
1881 Presidency
Garfield
Assassinated by Charles Guiteau. (Lawyer he turned down)
Arthur’s Presidency
Was the VP of Garfield, became president after Garfield died
U.s. Expansion and Natives
As The Americans continued to expand, they ran into issues with the Natives who were already mad that they had been relocated. This caused wars to break out.
Battle of the Little Bighorn
1884 Election
Grover Cleveland Won
First democratic President in 28 years
Boss Tweed
Party boss who found jobs and new apartments for immigrants, and gave food to homeless people. In exchange for their votes. Took 65% of building funds.
Thomas Nast
Political Cartoonist who helped bring Tweed down.
Urban Life
Became more filthy as more people moved in.
Push Factors
Things that push you out of your Native country (famine, unemployment, religion, war)
Pull Factors
Things that pull you toward a certain country (economy, jobs, peace)
Ellis Island
About 12 Million immigrants entered the U.S. through this island.
1905-1914
Angel Island
500k mostly Asian immigrants entered the U.S. through the outside of San Francisco to the West Coast.
Jane Addams & Hull House
Led to Social work
Immigrant Life
Many men worked in factories and built canals and railroads
Women also worked in factories as domestic servants and at home
The entire family often worked
Nativism
Movement by Native more american citizens against immigrants
fear of being outbred
blamed immigrants for “slave wages”
Education
Number of public and teacher schools increased
south lagged behind
Yale University- First U.S. graduation School
Morrill Act
Granted public lands for education
Newspaper
Increased due to the increase in Literacy.
used sensationalism (yellow journalism) (cartoons)
Bimetallism
U.S. money would be based on silver and gold
Women’s Suffrage
Women weren’t allowed to vote
