This document provides a timeline of key events and terms in US history from 1830 to 1931. Some of the highlights include:
- In 1862 the Homestead Act was passed, giving settlers 160 acres of land out west.
- The first transcontinental railroad was under construction in 1863.
- In the late 1800s, many social reforms and workers' unions emerged such as the Grange, Collective Bargaining, and the Cigar Makers Union.
- The Gilded Age followed the Civil War and Reconstruction era in the late 1800s.
- The early 1900s saw many innovations including the Wright Brothers' first flight and George Westinghouse receiving an award for his alternating
The document provides a timeline of important events and developments in U.S. history from 1839 to 1910. Some key events summarized are:
1) In the late 19th century, many Native American tribes faced violence and loss of land as white settlers moved west and the U.S. government pursued a policy of assimilation. Notable events included the Sand Creek Massacre and Wounded Knee.
2) The period from the 1870s to the 1890s saw rapid industrialization, massive immigration, and economic turmoil known as the Gilded Age. New industries transformed cities and working conditions declined as big businesses consolidated power.
3) Labor organizations grew in response to these changes, with groups like the
This document provides a timeline of key events in the United States from 1862 to 1896. It includes the passage of the Homestead Act in 1862, the founding of the Grange organization in 1867, the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876, the Pullman Strike of 1894, and William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech in 1896. The timeline touches on important developments in politics, technology, social movements, and race relations during the period.
The document provides a timeline of key events in US history from 1850 to 1905. It includes events such as the Homestead Act of 1862, battles like Little Big Horn in 1876, and inventions such as the telephone in 1876. The timeline also mentions important figures like Andrew Carnegie, Booker T. Washington, and the Wright brothers. It covers a variety of topics from westward expansion to immigration to the Gilded Age.
The document provides a timeline of key events in US history from 1850 to 1905. It includes the enactment of laws like the Homestead Act and Dawes Act, battles like the Battle of Little Big Horn, and important figures like Sitting Bull, Booker T. Washington, and the Wright brothers. The timeline touches on topics like westward expansion, Native American relations, the Gilded Age, immigration, and civil rights issues in the late 19th century.
The document provides a timeline of key 19th century events in the United States, organized by decade. It includes the establishment of policies like the Homestead Act and Dawes Act, expansion of infrastructure like the transcontinental railroad, conflicts between Native Americans and the US government such as at Wounded Knee, and the growth of industrialization and labor movements led by figures like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and Samuel Gompers. Immigration increased dramatically in the late 19th century, contributing to urbanization and the development of ethnic enclaves in major cities.
1) The document provides information on key historical events and people from the 19th century including the Homestead Act of 1862, Andrew Carnegie, soddy homes, Buffalo Soldiers, and urbanization in the late 19th century.
2) Important figures mentioned include Sitting Bull, Boss Tweed, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and Booker T. Washington.
3) The document also discusses significant events like the Pullman Strike of 1893 and concepts including Jim Crow laws, literacy tests, and monopolies.
1) From 1862 to 1900, nearly 600,000 families took advantage of the Homestead Act and moved west, settling on lands and becoming known as homesteaders.
2) Important figures and events from this time period included Andrew Carnegie, the steel tycoon, and the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 where U.S. troops killed Cheyenne Indians.
3) Inventions and industries that grew included the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell, the expansion of railroads and steel production, and the rise of urbanization as people moved to cities.
The document discusses the history of California from its origins as a mythical island in 1510 to its development in the early 20th century. It notes that Father Kino proved in the late 17th century that Baja California is connected to the mainland, dispelling the myth of it being an island. It then summarizes key aspects of California's geography, seismic activity, agriculture, and the construction of infrastructure like dams, aqueducts, and prisons during its first decades of statehood as it organized its political and economic structures.
The document provides a timeline of important events and developments in U.S. history from 1839 to 1910. Some key events summarized are:
1) In the late 19th century, many Native American tribes faced violence and loss of land as white settlers moved west and the U.S. government pursued a policy of assimilation. Notable events included the Sand Creek Massacre and Wounded Knee.
2) The period from the 1870s to the 1890s saw rapid industrialization, massive immigration, and economic turmoil known as the Gilded Age. New industries transformed cities and working conditions declined as big businesses consolidated power.
3) Labor organizations grew in response to these changes, with groups like the
This document provides a timeline of key events in the United States from 1862 to 1896. It includes the passage of the Homestead Act in 1862, the founding of the Grange organization in 1867, the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876, the Pullman Strike of 1894, and William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech in 1896. The timeline touches on important developments in politics, technology, social movements, and race relations during the period.
The document provides a timeline of key events in US history from 1850 to 1905. It includes events such as the Homestead Act of 1862, battles like Little Big Horn in 1876, and inventions such as the telephone in 1876. The timeline also mentions important figures like Andrew Carnegie, Booker T. Washington, and the Wright brothers. It covers a variety of topics from westward expansion to immigration to the Gilded Age.
The document provides a timeline of key events in US history from 1850 to 1905. It includes the enactment of laws like the Homestead Act and Dawes Act, battles like the Battle of Little Big Horn, and important figures like Sitting Bull, Booker T. Washington, and the Wright brothers. The timeline touches on topics like westward expansion, Native American relations, the Gilded Age, immigration, and civil rights issues in the late 19th century.
The document provides a timeline of key 19th century events in the United States, organized by decade. It includes the establishment of policies like the Homestead Act and Dawes Act, expansion of infrastructure like the transcontinental railroad, conflicts between Native Americans and the US government such as at Wounded Knee, and the growth of industrialization and labor movements led by figures like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and Samuel Gompers. Immigration increased dramatically in the late 19th century, contributing to urbanization and the development of ethnic enclaves in major cities.
1) The document provides information on key historical events and people from the 19th century including the Homestead Act of 1862, Andrew Carnegie, soddy homes, Buffalo Soldiers, and urbanization in the late 19th century.
2) Important figures mentioned include Sitting Bull, Boss Tweed, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and Booker T. Washington.
3) The document also discusses significant events like the Pullman Strike of 1893 and concepts including Jim Crow laws, literacy tests, and monopolies.
1) From 1862 to 1900, nearly 600,000 families took advantage of the Homestead Act and moved west, settling on lands and becoming known as homesteaders.
2) Important figures and events from this time period included Andrew Carnegie, the steel tycoon, and the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 where U.S. troops killed Cheyenne Indians.
3) Inventions and industries that grew included the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell, the expansion of railroads and steel production, and the rise of urbanization as people moved to cities.
The document discusses the history of California from its origins as a mythical island in 1510 to its development in the early 20th century. It notes that Father Kino proved in the late 17th century that Baja California is connected to the mainland, dispelling the myth of it being an island. It then summarizes key aspects of California's geography, seismic activity, agriculture, and the construction of infrastructure like dams, aqueducts, and prisons during its first decades of statehood as it organized its political and economic structures.
The document discusses the history of California from its origins as a mythical island in 1510 to its development in the early 20th century. It notes that Father Kino proved in the late 17th century that Baja California is connected to the mainland, dispelling the myth of it being an island. It then summarizes key geographical, geological, and historical facts about California, including the San Andreas Fault, Death Valley, Mount Whitney, agriculture, earthquakes, Native Americans, the Bear Flag Revolt, and the establishment of cities and institutions in the early statehood period.
The Arapaho tribe lived on the Great Plains of Wyoming and Oklahoma, where they ate buffalo, elk, and deer. They lived in large cone-shaped tepees made from buffalo hides and practiced simple art designs of circles, squares, and triangles. Girls wore long dresses while men wore deer skin, and they used dogsleds and later horses to pull their belongings as their main forms of transportation.
The document analyzes various symbols in George Orwell's Animal Farm. It discusses how the farm, farmhouse, barn, flag, windmill, whip, battles, songs, commandments, skulls, guns and ribbons represented the changing power dynamics and ideals on the farm throughout the story. These symbols track the evolution from the animals' revolution against human oppression to the pigs' consolidation of power and corruption of their principles.
The document analyzes various symbols in George Orwell's Animal Farm. It discusses how the farm, farmhouse, barn, flag, windmill, whip, battles, songs, commandments, skulls, guns and ribbons represented the changing social and political situation on the farm as the animals' revolution is subverted by the pigs. It explains how these symbols track the transition from the ideals of Animalism to a dictatorship run by Napoleon.
The document analyzes various symbols in Animal Farm by George Orwell. It discusses how the farm, farmhouse, barn, flag, and windmill represent the animals' struggle for freedom and independence from human rule over time. It also examines how the changing of songs from "Beasts of England" to "Comrade Napoleon" mirrors the shift from Animalism to Napoleon's dictatorship. Finally, it analyzes how objects like Old Major's skull, the gun, and Molly's ribbons carry symbolic meanings that evolve throughout the story.
The document analyzes various symbols in George Orwell's Animal Farm. It discusses how the farm, farmhouse, barn, flag, windmill, whip, battles, songs, commandments, skulls, guns and ribbons represented the changing power dynamics and ideals on the farm throughout the story. These symbols track the evolution from the animals' rebellion and independence to Napoleon's establishment of a dictatorship that mimicked human oppression.
This document provides a US history timeline from 1850-1910 that highlights several important events, people, and developments. It summarizes the Bessemer Process for cheap steel production in 1859, the Homestead Act of 1862, the Transcontinental Railroad completion in 1869, and John D. Rockefeller founding Standard Oil in 1870. It also mentions Jacob Riis exposing NYC poverty in 1870, Alexander Graham Bell's telephone invention in 1876, and Sitting Bull surrendering to the federal government in 1881.
This document discusses moving towards a more sustainable and equitable society. It outlines how economics currently shapes society in ways that prioritize greed and short-term gain over community and long-term well-being. Alternative measures like Gross National Happiness are presented that value health, education and environmental protection over just GDP. The document proposes a vision for a new society that is energy secure, uses sustainable systems, protects nature, fosters education and strategic planning, encourages individual and corporate responsibility, and rebuilds trust and community.
1) The document discusses the sub-prime mortgage crisis, its causes, and its global impacts. Low interest rates and rising home prices led to risky sub-prime lending in the US.
2) As borrowers defaulted, major financial firms suffered huge losses on mortgage-backed securities, spreading the crisis globally. Billions were lost by banks in Germany, Asia, and elsewhere.
3) While Asia saw some stock market volatility, the impacts were limited due to most Asian banks being locally focused and conservative in their lending and investments. China's economic strength also helped decouple Asia from the crisis spreading from the US.
The Subprime Crisis-almost a Modern FairytaleThomas Wicki
The document tells a story about the subprime crisis as a modern fairytale. It describes a money making system where subprime lenders gave out loans, which were then sold to wholesalers and investment banks. These banks bundled the loans into investment products with high credit ratings. This system profited many parties as long as housing prices increased. However, when prices started falling, it destroyed the system and caused widespread losses. The crisis was worse than expected and shook the foundations of the economy.
The document provides brief biographies of several important figures from the period leading up to and during the American Civil War. It describes key statesmen and politicians like John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, and Henry Clay who attempted to negotiate compromises over the issue of slavery. Abolitionists like Frederick Douglass and John Brown who fought against the expansion of slavery are also mentioned. Several pivotal court cases, battles, campaigns, and leaders from both the Union and Confederacy during the Civil War are summarized as well.
The document summarizes the subprime mortgage crisis and its global impacts. It began with loose lending practices in the US that led to a housing bubble. When housing prices declined and borrowers defaulted, it sparked a financial crisis as risky loans were bundled into securities that spread the risks throughout the global financial system. Major banks and financial institutions collapsed. Credit tightened globally and stock markets plunged significantly. The crisis also impacted economies worldwide through tightening credit, falling markets, and reduced trade and business activity. While government interventions helped stabilize markets, full recovery will take time as the financial systems remain fragile.
The Post provides comprehensive coverage of the financial crisis through its location in Washington D.C. and partnerships with other major news organizations. It analyzes the crisis from its early signs in 2004 through the present day recovery. During the crisis, it covered the effects on markets, housing, jobs and Main Street. It also closely tracked government policies and debates around regulating Wall Street and aiding struggling industries. In the post-crisis period, it has reported on the challenges of economic recovery and how growth has not benefitted all workers.
The document summarizes the key events of the period from 1750-1780s that led to the American Revolution. It describes the crisis on the frontier caused by Pontiac's War and the Proclamation of 1763, which angered colonists and led to their protests against new taxes. This grew into open revolt against Britain, with important early battles at Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill. The colonists formally declared independence in 1776 and fought a long revolutionary war, which included Washington's crossing of the Delaware and crucial victories at Saratoga and Yorktown. This ultimately led to American independence being recognized in the 1783 Treaty of Paris.
The document discusses the causes of the American Civil War between the Union and the Confederacy. Key factors included political disagreements over slavery and states' rights between northern and southern states, Lincoln's election on an anti-slavery platform which led southern states to secede, and economic issues as the South's economy was reliant on slave labor for cotton production while the North was becoming more industrialized.
This document provides a timeline of key events in United States history between 1865-1895. Some highlights include the Homestead Act of 1862 which gave settlers free western land, completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869, Jacob Riis exposing the hardships of New York City's poor in the 1870s, Alexander Graham Bell inventing the telephone in 1876, and the massacre of Lakota Sioux at Wounded Knee in 1890. The timeline shows the industrialization, westward expansion, and social/political changes during the post-Civil War Gilded Age.
The document provides a timeline of key events in US history following the Civil War and Reconstruction era from 1860 to 1913. It describes South Carolina seceding from the Union in 1860 over the issue of slavery, the start of the Civil War at Fort Sumter in 1861, major battles like Antietam and Gettysburg, the Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves, the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse ending the war, Lincoln's assassination, the passage of amendments abolishing slavery and granting citizenship and equal protection under the law, the creation of the Freedmen's Bureau to aid freed slaves, and other events around Reconstruction and its end.
The document provides an analysis of the causes and remedies for the global economic crisis. It argues that the crisis was caused by underlying structural problems including inequality, high oil prices, and globalization rather than just the financial crisis. To restore growth, governments need to address these structural issues, boost aggregate demand through spending, reduce household and government debt, and reform the global financial system. Monetary policy alone is not sufficient given the limits of lowering interest rates further.
The document summarizes the sub-prime mortgage crisis of the late 2000s. It describes how risky sub-prime mortgages were packaged and sold as securities by investment banks, fueling a housing bubble. When borrowers started defaulting, it led to huge losses at major financial institutions, the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, and the acquisition of Merrill Lynch. The crisis spread globally and resulted in the Great Recession, with impacts like millions of foreclosures and a 20% drop in home prices. Governments enacted legislation to regulate derivatives and assist homeowners.
The document discusses the history of California from its origins as a mythical island in 1510 to its development in the early 20th century. It notes that Father Kino proved in the late 17th century that Baja California is connected to the mainland, dispelling the myth of it being an island. It then summarizes key geographical, geological, and historical facts about California, including the San Andreas Fault, Death Valley, Mount Whitney, agriculture, earthquakes, Native Americans, the Bear Flag Revolt, and the establishment of cities and institutions in the early statehood period.
The Arapaho tribe lived on the Great Plains of Wyoming and Oklahoma, where they ate buffalo, elk, and deer. They lived in large cone-shaped tepees made from buffalo hides and practiced simple art designs of circles, squares, and triangles. Girls wore long dresses while men wore deer skin, and they used dogsleds and later horses to pull their belongings as their main forms of transportation.
The document analyzes various symbols in George Orwell's Animal Farm. It discusses how the farm, farmhouse, barn, flag, windmill, whip, battles, songs, commandments, skulls, guns and ribbons represented the changing power dynamics and ideals on the farm throughout the story. These symbols track the evolution from the animals' revolution against human oppression to the pigs' consolidation of power and corruption of their principles.
The document analyzes various symbols in George Orwell's Animal Farm. It discusses how the farm, farmhouse, barn, flag, windmill, whip, battles, songs, commandments, skulls, guns and ribbons represented the changing social and political situation on the farm as the animals' revolution is subverted by the pigs. It explains how these symbols track the transition from the ideals of Animalism to a dictatorship run by Napoleon.
The document analyzes various symbols in Animal Farm by George Orwell. It discusses how the farm, farmhouse, barn, flag, and windmill represent the animals' struggle for freedom and independence from human rule over time. It also examines how the changing of songs from "Beasts of England" to "Comrade Napoleon" mirrors the shift from Animalism to Napoleon's dictatorship. Finally, it analyzes how objects like Old Major's skull, the gun, and Molly's ribbons carry symbolic meanings that evolve throughout the story.
The document analyzes various symbols in George Orwell's Animal Farm. It discusses how the farm, farmhouse, barn, flag, windmill, whip, battles, songs, commandments, skulls, guns and ribbons represented the changing power dynamics and ideals on the farm throughout the story. These symbols track the evolution from the animals' rebellion and independence to Napoleon's establishment of a dictatorship that mimicked human oppression.
This document provides a US history timeline from 1850-1910 that highlights several important events, people, and developments. It summarizes the Bessemer Process for cheap steel production in 1859, the Homestead Act of 1862, the Transcontinental Railroad completion in 1869, and John D. Rockefeller founding Standard Oil in 1870. It also mentions Jacob Riis exposing NYC poverty in 1870, Alexander Graham Bell's telephone invention in 1876, and Sitting Bull surrendering to the federal government in 1881.
This document discusses moving towards a more sustainable and equitable society. It outlines how economics currently shapes society in ways that prioritize greed and short-term gain over community and long-term well-being. Alternative measures like Gross National Happiness are presented that value health, education and environmental protection over just GDP. The document proposes a vision for a new society that is energy secure, uses sustainable systems, protects nature, fosters education and strategic planning, encourages individual and corporate responsibility, and rebuilds trust and community.
1) The document discusses the sub-prime mortgage crisis, its causes, and its global impacts. Low interest rates and rising home prices led to risky sub-prime lending in the US.
2) As borrowers defaulted, major financial firms suffered huge losses on mortgage-backed securities, spreading the crisis globally. Billions were lost by banks in Germany, Asia, and elsewhere.
3) While Asia saw some stock market volatility, the impacts were limited due to most Asian banks being locally focused and conservative in their lending and investments. China's economic strength also helped decouple Asia from the crisis spreading from the US.
The Subprime Crisis-almost a Modern FairytaleThomas Wicki
The document tells a story about the subprime crisis as a modern fairytale. It describes a money making system where subprime lenders gave out loans, which were then sold to wholesalers and investment banks. These banks bundled the loans into investment products with high credit ratings. This system profited many parties as long as housing prices increased. However, when prices started falling, it destroyed the system and caused widespread losses. The crisis was worse than expected and shook the foundations of the economy.
The document provides brief biographies of several important figures from the period leading up to and during the American Civil War. It describes key statesmen and politicians like John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, and Henry Clay who attempted to negotiate compromises over the issue of slavery. Abolitionists like Frederick Douglass and John Brown who fought against the expansion of slavery are also mentioned. Several pivotal court cases, battles, campaigns, and leaders from both the Union and Confederacy during the Civil War are summarized as well.
The document summarizes the subprime mortgage crisis and its global impacts. It began with loose lending practices in the US that led to a housing bubble. When housing prices declined and borrowers defaulted, it sparked a financial crisis as risky loans were bundled into securities that spread the risks throughout the global financial system. Major banks and financial institutions collapsed. Credit tightened globally and stock markets plunged significantly. The crisis also impacted economies worldwide through tightening credit, falling markets, and reduced trade and business activity. While government interventions helped stabilize markets, full recovery will take time as the financial systems remain fragile.
The Post provides comprehensive coverage of the financial crisis through its location in Washington D.C. and partnerships with other major news organizations. It analyzes the crisis from its early signs in 2004 through the present day recovery. During the crisis, it covered the effects on markets, housing, jobs and Main Street. It also closely tracked government policies and debates around regulating Wall Street and aiding struggling industries. In the post-crisis period, it has reported on the challenges of economic recovery and how growth has not benefitted all workers.
The document summarizes the key events of the period from 1750-1780s that led to the American Revolution. It describes the crisis on the frontier caused by Pontiac's War and the Proclamation of 1763, which angered colonists and led to their protests against new taxes. This grew into open revolt against Britain, with important early battles at Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill. The colonists formally declared independence in 1776 and fought a long revolutionary war, which included Washington's crossing of the Delaware and crucial victories at Saratoga and Yorktown. This ultimately led to American independence being recognized in the 1783 Treaty of Paris.
The document discusses the causes of the American Civil War between the Union and the Confederacy. Key factors included political disagreements over slavery and states' rights between northern and southern states, Lincoln's election on an anti-slavery platform which led southern states to secede, and economic issues as the South's economy was reliant on slave labor for cotton production while the North was becoming more industrialized.
This document provides a timeline of key events in United States history between 1865-1895. Some highlights include the Homestead Act of 1862 which gave settlers free western land, completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869, Jacob Riis exposing the hardships of New York City's poor in the 1870s, Alexander Graham Bell inventing the telephone in 1876, and the massacre of Lakota Sioux at Wounded Knee in 1890. The timeline shows the industrialization, westward expansion, and social/political changes during the post-Civil War Gilded Age.
The document provides a timeline of key events in US history following the Civil War and Reconstruction era from 1860 to 1913. It describes South Carolina seceding from the Union in 1860 over the issue of slavery, the start of the Civil War at Fort Sumter in 1861, major battles like Antietam and Gettysburg, the Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves, the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse ending the war, Lincoln's assassination, the passage of amendments abolishing slavery and granting citizenship and equal protection under the law, the creation of the Freedmen's Bureau to aid freed slaves, and other events around Reconstruction and its end.
The document provides an analysis of the causes and remedies for the global economic crisis. It argues that the crisis was caused by underlying structural problems including inequality, high oil prices, and globalization rather than just the financial crisis. To restore growth, governments need to address these structural issues, boost aggregate demand through spending, reduce household and government debt, and reform the global financial system. Monetary policy alone is not sufficient given the limits of lowering interest rates further.
The document summarizes the sub-prime mortgage crisis of the late 2000s. It describes how risky sub-prime mortgages were packaged and sold as securities by investment banks, fueling a housing bubble. When borrowers started defaulting, it led to huge losses at major financial institutions, the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, and the acquisition of Merrill Lynch. The crisis spread globally and resulted in the Great Recession, with impacts like millions of foreclosures and a 20% drop in home prices. Governments enacted legislation to regulate derivatives and assist homeowners.
The document outlines 10 steps for analyzing public expenditure programs: 1) identifying the need for the program, 2) the market failure addressed, 3) alternatives to the program, 4) design features and eligibility standards, 5) private sector responses, 6) efficiency consequences like substitution and income effects, 7) distributional consequences and who benefits, 8) equity-efficiency tradeoffs, 9) other public policy objectives, and 10) considering how the political process shaped the program. It provides examples to illustrate several steps, such as how subsidies may crowd out private support or how price controls can impact supply.
Lehman Brothers - Collapse and BankruptcyFatih Aydogdu
The document summarizes the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. It provides background on Lehman Brothers and describes how the company grew in the 1990s-2000s through real estate lending. It then explains how the bursting of the real estate bubble in the late 2000s led to increased mortgage defaults that Lehman Brothers was unable to cover, ultimately forcing it to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on September 15, 2008, with $691 billion in assets. The collapse had major global impacts and significantly exacerbated the late-2000s financial crisis.
The document summarizes the East Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998. It provides background on the economic growth and policies of East Asian countries prior to the crisis. It then discusses some of the key factors that contributed to the crisis, including faulty macroeconomic policies, excessive foreign borrowing and risk-taking, and poor lending practices. The crisis began in Thailand and then spread to other countries through financial contagion and loss of investor confidence. The IMF intervened to stabilize currencies and reform banking systems.
The document discusses the causes and impacts of the subprime mortgage crisis that began in 2008. It describes how loose lending practices led to many borrowers taking out loans they could not afford, resulting in mass foreclosures when borrowers defaulted. This undermined the mortgage industry and global credit markets. The crisis significantly impacted the US and European economies through loss of home equity and wealth, rising unemployment, and declining GDP.
The passage contrasts the Cowboy West and Industrial East during the late 19th century in the United States. It provides a timeline from 1857-1890s highlighting key events, people, and developments that characterized the changing landscape and society in these two regions during this period of expansion and industrialization. Major topics covered include westward expansion, the transcontinental railroad, industrialization and the rise of big business, conflicts with Native Americans, the labor movement, and social/political issues surrounding voting rights.
- Legislator focused on social development and the military between 1865-1895. Key events included the Exoduses of African Americans moving from the post-reconstruction South to Kansas, the establishment of the Buffalo Soldiers cavalry regiment in 1866, and the Sand Creek Massacre of Cheyenne tribespeople in Colorado in 1864.
- Important economic and social developments included the Homestead Act of 1862, providing free land to settlers, the Bessemer steel manufacturing process, and the rise of agricultural organizations like the Grange in the 1870s.
- Industrialists like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and Thomas Edison built business empires in steel, oil, and electricity during this period. Social movements also emerged,
1) In the 1850s-1870s, several important developments occurred including the Bessemer Process, sweat shops, Central Park, Social Darwinism, the Homestead Act, and the Sand Creek Massacre.
2) The 1860s saw the formation of the Buffalo Soldiers and Grange as well as the Transcontinental Railroad's completion in 1869.
3) The 1870s brought Jacob Riis reporting on NYC slums, Fredrick Law Olmstead's landscape designs, and Andrew Carnegie entering the steel business after visiting a British mill.
This document provides context and background information on various events, people, and developments that occurred between 1850 and 1876 in the United States. It describes topics like social Darwinism, influential families and industrialists, westward expansion events like the transcontinental railroad and gold rush, political machines in New York City, and inventions like the telephone. The document uses brief paragraphs to summarize key people and developments during this time period in American history.
The document summarizes key events and developments in the United States between 1850 and 1876 related to industrialization, transportation, communication, politics, and social issues. Some highlights include the Bessemer Process revolutionizing steel production, the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, the invention of the telephone by Bell and Watson, and the beginning of Jim Crow laws to enforce racial segregation in the South.
This document provides a timeline of key events from 1862 to 1904 relating to Native Americans, African Americans, and westward expansion in the United States. It touches on topics like the Homestead Act of 1862, Buffalo Soldiers, battles like Little Bighorn and Wounded Knee, and the Dawes Act which broke up Native American reservations.
The document provides an overview of key events and developments between 1865-1895. Some highlights include the Bessemer process revolutionizing steel production in the 1850s, the Homestead Act of 1862 encouraging western expansion, the transcontinental railroad being completed in 1869, the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876, and the Pullman Strike of 1894 involving labor unrest. Overall the period saw major industrialization, westward migration, and social/political tensions around labor issues and treatment of Native Americans.
The document summarizes key events and developments in the United States between 1850 and 1876 related to industrialization, transportation, communication, politics, and social issues. Some highlights include the Bessemer Process revolutionizing steel production, the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, the invention of the telephone by Bell and Watson, and the beginning of Jim Crow laws to enforce racial segregation in the South.
c. 1850-1900Prior to the discovery of gold, much of TawnaDelatorrejs
c. 1850-1900
Prior to the discovery of gold, much of the West was considered a wasteland & much was part of North MexicoDuring the last decades of the 1800s, the U.S. was segmented into 1) an industrialized society and 2) a frontierThe 1890 census was the first to record that the frontier had been settledAdditionally, by 1890 the US surpassed Great Britain in iron and steel productionSettlement in the West was powered by industry
Mexico was under Spanish domination until 1821.
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By the 1860s, agricultural settlement reached the western margins of the tall grass prairies
Ecology-60 million years ago, the Rocky Mountains rose out of the sea and covered western North AmericaWith no outlet, the shallow inland sea dried upA hard pan was leftSediment washed down from the mountains over time to form a loose, featureless surface
Ecology-The climate suffered from cycles of drought because moist winds from the Pacific ocean delivered rain on the western slope of the Sierras Only drought-resistant grasses and plants could survive in this climateThe ecosystem could support certain plants and animals, but had not nurtured very much human settlement
About 100,000 Native American groups lived on the plains in 1850They were very diverseThey have been categorized across six linguistic families and 30 “tribal” groupsMandan, Arikara, Pawnee
~lived in permanent villages
~planted corn & beans
~however, smallpox & measles ravaged settled groups
Kiowa, Comanche, Arapaho, Cheyenne, “Blackfeet,” “Crow,” & SiouxWere dispersed in hunting groupsFirst arrived on the plains in the 1600sHunted buffaloMoved from lake country in northern Minnesota when fish and game dwindled
Kiowa, Comanche, Arapaho, Cheyenne, “Blackfeet,” “Crow,” & SiouxBecame nomadicLived in portable skin teepeesAcquired horses from southwestern groupsCame to claim the entire Great Plains North of the Arkansas RiverDrove out or subjugated longer-settled groups
One notable group of Plains Native American Indians were the Lakota SiouxThey had strict gender rolesWomen were more subordinate than in other groupsSaw God as a series of powers pervading the universeThe Sun Dance was one form of religious worship for them
Image of Sun Dance from http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/2/lectures/lakota/sundance.detail.jpg.
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The Lakota Sioux were not a self-contained group of peopleThey traded with others, including whitesPelts and buffalo robes were traded for kettles, knives, blankets, & guns, which the Lakota came to rely upon
Again, prior to the 1840s gold rush, land in the west was seen as only worthy of Native American Indian settlement and useIn 1834, congress formally designated the Great Plains as permanent Indian countryThe army constructed border forts from Lake Superior to Fort Worth TexasThey were made of stone because they would be in place “forever”“Mainstream” Americans would theoretically trade with the Native Americans, but not settle the west
What changed these per ...
The document provides information about key events and people from 1862 to 1884 relating to westward expansion, Native American history, industrialization, and social reforms. It notes the passage of the Homestead Act in 1862, the founding of the Grange organization in 1867 by Oliver Kelley, and the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864. Later events include the rise of trusts in the 1870s, inventions like the telephone, and policies like assimilation for Native Americans in the 1880s.
1) Andrew Carnegie came to America at age 12 and worked his way up to become a steel tycoon, founding the Carnegie Steel Company which became the largest steel producer in the world by 1899.
2) Settlement houses were established in the 1800s as community centers in slum neighborhoods to provide assistance to local people.
3) The Bessemer Process, developed in the 1860s, was an early method of mass-producing steel that involved blowing air through molten pig iron to burn out impurities.
This document provides a timeline of key political, social, and economic events in U.S. history from 1850-1910. It includes the development of important technologies like the Bessemer steel process and the telephone. Significant people are also noted such as Frederick Law Olmstead, Charles Darwin, and Booker T. Washington. Events covered include the Civil War, westward expansion, the Gold Rush, and issues around immigration, labor unions, and racial segregation.
The document provides historical context from 1780 to 1886 including:
- Key events, ideas, and people such as the Melting Pot concept in 1780, the Bessemer Process in 1857, and the Haymarket Affair in 1886.
- Social movements and economic trends including urbanization in the 1860s, the Gilded Age following the Civil War, and the growth of industrialization and big business leaders like Rockefeller and Carnegie.
- Important acts, laws, and policies like the Homestead Act of 1862 and the rise of Jim Crow laws in the 1870s.
- The development of new technologies and infrastructure like the transcontinental railroad completed in 1869 and Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone in the 1870
The years from 1865-1895 saw many important developments in America following the Civil War. Some key events included the Bessemer process revolutionizing steel production, the publication of Darwin's theory of evolution, the establishment of the Buffalo Soldiers regiment, and the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad connecting the country. During this time period, many African Americans moved west in the Exodusters movement seeking freedom and land, while Native Americans faced increasing pressure to leave traditional lands. Industrialization and urbanization accelerated, leading to challenges like the rise of political machines, monopolies, trusts, and labor issues. Inventions like the telephone and portable cameras emerged, as did influential leaders like Booker T. Washington who sought economic opportunities for African Americans
The years from 1865-1895 saw many important developments in the United States, including the Bessemer process which made steel production more efficient, the rise of social Darwinism and its influence on business, and the establishment of the Buffalo Soldiers regiment in 1866. Key events also included the Homestead Act which offered free land, the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869, and the massacre of Cheyenne at Sand Creek in 1864. Inventors and businessmen like Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Andrew Carnegie, and John D. Rockefeller also rose to prominence during this period, helping to industrialize the nation.
The summary provides the key events and developments between 1850-1870:
- The Bessemer Process revolutionized steel production in the 1850s. In the 1860s, the Transcontinental Railroad connected the east and west coasts of the US for the first time. The Homestead Act of 1862 offered free land to citizens.
- Social Darwinism emerged from Darwin's theory of evolution in 1859. The Credit Mobilier scandal involved corruption related to the Union Pacific Railroad construction in the 1860s. Andrew Carnegie's steel company dominated production in the late 1860s.
- The Gilded Age brought rapid economic growth fueled by industries like railroads, factories, and oil in the late 1860s-1870
- In the late 1880s, George Eastman developed flexible film and the Kodak camera, making photography more convenient and accessible.
- Jane Addams founded Hull House in Chicago in 1889, pioneering social work to help immigrants and the poor. She later won the Nobel Peace Prize.
- On December 28, 1890, around 350 starving and freezing Sioux Indians were rounded up by the 7th Cavalry and taken to a camp at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota. The next day, violence erupted and over 150 Sioux men, women, and children were killed by the soldiers in the Wounded Knee Massacre.
The document summarizes the settlement of the American West in the late 1800s. It describes how the Transcontinental Railroad was built between 1865-1869 to link the eastern and western United States, making travel west quicker. The railroad stimulated western expansion by enabling settlers, farmers, and ranchers to access eastern markets. It also discusses how settlers moved west for reasons like seeking land, gold, and religion. Life for early settlers and railroad workers was difficult with dangers from weather, injuries, and lack of resources. The document also summarizes the importance of the buffalo to Plains Indians and how their decline impacted Native American cultures and livelihoods.
1) The document provides historical context on key events and innovations from the 1850s to early 1900s, including the development of steel production, transcontinental railroad, invention of the telephone, and Wright brothers' first flight.
2) It discusses political machines like Tammany Hall in New York City and the rise of farmers alliances in the late 1800s advocating for farmers' rights.
3) The document also mentions voting restrictions targeting African Americans in the South post-Reconstruction like poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses that were used to limit black voting and enfranchisement.
This document provides a timeline of key events and developments in American history from 1862 to 1931. It highlights major political, social, and technological changes including the Homestead Act, establishment of the Buffalo Soldiers regiment, completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, Wounded Knee massacre, and immigration through Ellis Island. Many entries focus on the changing relationship between the U.S. government and Native American tribes over land and cultural assimilation.
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Homesteader, name
given to somebody
that took congresses
offer.
In 1862 congress The first Sand Creek Massacre,
Sweat Shop, the passed the Homestead Transcontinental in 1864 over 150
practices of small and Act. This gave the Railroad was under helpless women and
dangerous work head of the household construction. The children were killed
rooms. the opportunity to get 1776 mile long track when the US Army
160 acres of land out was now under attacked the tribe.
west. Many African construction in 1863
Americans took this
offer post war.
1830 1862 1863 1864
Exoduster, name given
to African Americans
that took congresses
offer, which gave
them 160 acres of land
out west.
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3. Gorge Pullman invents
the sleeping car for a
train.
Name given to Oliver
Kelley organization.
They were called
Grange.
Oliver Kelley started
1866 cowboys would the Patrons of
transport large Husbandry. The
The era of amounts of animal, or
Urbanization. When organization fought
cattle over land. The for reforms in
people start to move trips would last up to 3
from villages to live in education for farm
months. families.
cities.
1865 1866 1867
Buffalo Soldiers are Grange, this was a
men apart of the 10th name given to oliver
Calvary at fort organization that
Leavenworth. wanted reform for
education for farm
families.
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The term Monopoly
was given to John D.
Rockefeller oil
company.
In 1868, Sitting bull, In 1870, John D.
the leader of the Rockefellers oil
Hunkpapa Sioux, company processed
agreed to move to a 2% of the countries
reserve along the oil, with in 10 year
Missouri river. they controlled 90%
1868 1869 1870
Jacob Riis moves to
America to start his
life of social reform
for the slums of
America.
Social Darwinism
emerges in the USA in
1890.
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5. A system were citizens
get paper money
instead of coins.
1871 1872 1873
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Southern Alliance is
started to get rangers
to support and help The invention of the
each other herd telephone expands the
animals. world of
communication.
1874 1875 1876
Alexander Graham
Bell patent his
invention of the
telephone.
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The Gilded Age, the
period of time after the
end of the civil war
and reconstruction
Nez perce, in 1877 the
conflict of the fight of
non treaty.
Socialism, the socialist Dumbbell tenements
labor party of America were being set. The
Thomas Edison tenements changed
was founded in 1877. formed the Edison
spreading the idea of regulations for
Electrical Light apartments sizes
socialism to America Company.
1877 1878 1879
The Northern Alliance
is started to fight for
reform in rail road
transportation system.
Chief Joseph leader of
the Nez perce during
the Nez Perce War.
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1880 the process of
assimilation was
started to be used to
adopt Native
Americans into
American Culture.
1880 is when the
legacy of Wild Bill
Hicklok began. After
1880 he began to
travel around and
performing with
Buffalo Bills Wild
West.
1880 1881 1882
Settlement Houses
was a social reform
that tried to get the
rich and poor more
closely related.
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During the 1884
election many
Republicans were
given the name
Joseph Pulitzer, an Mugwumps for
immigrant that bought supporting the
the New York World. Democratic candidate.
1883 1884 1885
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In 1886 the colored
farmers alliance was
started to help each
other with the rising
cost of farming.
The Soddy Houses.
In 1886, Samuel These houses where
Grover lead the Cigar In 1887, the Dawes build out of blocks and
Makers Union. They Act was passed. The turf. They were small
fought for better goal of the act was to fireproof houses that
hours, pay, and try and Americanize were build out west
conditions. the Native Americans. where no trees were
around to use.
1886 1887 1888
Collective Bargaining,
used to negotiate
better work
conditions, pay, and
hours.
Haymarket Affairs,
refers to the bombings
in chicago.
11. 1890 a ritual where
Native Americans
would do a dance that
they believed would
resurrect dead
warriors.
The Vanderbilt Family In 1890, the us army
builds the Biltmore attacked a group of
house in NC. native Americans and
murdered over 300
women and children.
1889 1890 1891
Grandfather clause, In 1890, Sherman
applies to someone Antitrust Act, the act
that fail the literacy made it legal to make
test. trust that interfered
with the free trade act.
12. 1892 the Omaha
Platform adopted the
formative convention
of the populist party.
1892 Scabs, people Eugene V. Debs, tried
hired to keep the to start to form a union
factories that were that would combine
dealing with union unskilled and skilled
running. They would works.
protect the factory.
1892 1893 1894
Ellis Island opens. The Pullman Strike,
island runs immigrant workers fright when
through a test to get in they got a pay reduce.
to America
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In 1896 the “cross of
gold” speech was
given by William
Bryan.
William McKinley ran
for the presidency in
1896.The republican Ragtime, mix of
party nominated him African American
W.E.B Dubuis, the because of his views spirituals and
first African American on the gold standard. European culture, lead
to receive a doctorate to the Jazz age.
form Harvrd .
1895 1896 1897
William J. Bryan in
1896 gave a speech at
the cross of gold
convention.
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Melting Pot, the term Eugene V. Debs, tried
referring to America to start to form a union
as one big Melting Pot that would combine
Andrew Carnegie sold The wright brothers was generally used in unskilled and skilled
his steel company foe have there first 1908. works.
$480 million. successful flight.
1901 1903 1908 1910
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George Westinghouse
recived the AIEE
Edison Medal for the Jane Adams was the
alternating current first women to be
system. awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize.
1911 1931 Year