period 6 Flashcards
(48 cards)
HOw and when was chinese migration eliminated
in 1882 by the chinese exclusion acted that states chinese migration was not allowed for 5 years
What was the homestead act and what followed it
The homestead act allowed for incoming settlers from the east to cheapily obtain 160 acres of land. Soon, even more land was allowed with the conditions of making the land better and more prosperous with trees
What are the three major economic activities in the west in the 1840s-1890s
Mines, ranching, and agriculture
List the three different ways, in chronological order, the government started to weed out the native american tribes
Concentration, elimination, and assimiliation
describe the concentration of native americans
Assigned each tribe their own reservation making them easier to control by splitting tribes apart, pushing them furhter away
Describe elimination of native americans
started with small scale killings and hangings of outraged tribes but then used large scale militia to wipe out native americans
Describe assimilation of native americans
elimination of tribal ownership on reservations, they plots had to now be family or individually owned. They took many Indian children and sent them to boarding schools where they were stripped of their culture and all traces of their tribal clothing/hair
Who was the indian and what did he spark, what were the consequences of his vision? During the time of Indian Assimilation
Wovoka belived that a messiah was coming. He had a vision that became known as the “Ghost Dance” where whites retreated.
whites were scared that this dance meant retribution so they murdered thousands during the massacre at wounded knee south dakota
what was the emancipation proclmation and when was it
Lincoln declared slaves were free in confederate states in 1861
what are the 6 causes of americas industrilization and boom in monopolies
Raw materials
large labor supply
techonological innovations
talented entrepreneurs
federal government support
expanding domestic market
Why was the steel industry based somewhere and where was it based
Pittsburgh Pennslybania becuase it had a large reserve of iron ore and coal to melt into steel
What was a great innovation that sped and lowered prices
the assembly line. sprouted from taylorism which was “small steps of production”
Who was Carnegie?
he was a large verticle inegrator that started with steel where he eventually owned railroads and ore factories
Who is JP morgan
bought carnegies and created one big steel company
who are social darwinists
the idea of “survival of the fittest” to human society, believing that stronger individuals or groups naturally succeed in business, politics, or life, while weaker ones fail. This idea was often used toJUSTIFY INEQUALITY AND COMPETITION
what was the extent of change between 1864 and 1900
People from the 1700’s were more similar, by economy standards, to those in 1864 than in 1900 even though it was a shorter amount of time
what was thomas eddisons biggest cause to the invention system
he changed it from a rich persons past time to a systematic invention process
What is capitalism
an economic system with owning private property to earn a profit
what was the state of capitalism in the industrial boom and when was it and what did it cause
1860’s to 1900’s. It was governmentally unregulated capitalism allowing for a huge gap between wealthy and poor people. It allowed employers to easily manipulate their employees without much retribution
what are the benefits and tensions of the industrial revolution of the 1860’s
commodities have a greater quality and a higher standard of living but
tension between laborers and bosses, compeittion
Who was it that rivaled social darwinists idea of capitalism
Edward Bellamy belied in a government controlled economy where all money was distributed equally and poverty didn’t exist
When was the first strike that considered labor conditions and what happened and what was it called
The great railroad strike
railroad companies cut wages and strikes established which destroyed equipment and riots. Violence broke out and 100 people died. it was in 1877
Describe strike of 1866 and it’s effects
Haymarket Bombing
At a strike of labour promoted by the AFL, someone threw a bomb and many people died. Through an injustice trial, 7 people were sentenced to death for knowing the bomber. This allowed business owners to install fear within the public of AFL members associated with anarchy
Describe strike of 1892 and it’s effects
Homestead Strike
Carnegie and Henry Frick cut wages at a now uneeded steel industry. In strike workers forced stikebreakers out of their town as a temporary success, but the state government sent in troops that sent them back to low wage work
