America. Those factors include natural resources‚ immigration‚ new inventions etc. On May 1862‚ the Homestead Act let any American‚ including freed slaves‚ to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of land. In exchange‚ homesteaders paid a small fee and completed five years of work before receiving complete ownership. This was one of the reasons people migrated to the west. Along with the Homestead Act‚ there was an abundance of natural resources and raw material‚ which included: Lumber‚coal mines
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1. Sitting Bull- Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man who led his people as a tribal chief during years of resistance to United States government policies 2. George A. Custer- United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. 3. Chief Joseph- Leader of Nez Perce. Fled with his tribe to Canada instead of reservations. 4. Geronimo- Apache leader who fought U.S. soldiers to keep his land 5. Helen Hunt Jackson- a writer. Author of the 1881 book
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and keeping your evidence in the context of developing a clear argument that clearly answers the question. 2006 B: For whom and to what extent was the American West a land of opportunity from 1865 to 1890? For Whom? Homesteaders via 1862 Homestead Act Farmers Miners and prospectors Loggers Buffalo Hunters Cowboys and ranchers Mormon settlers and farmers Railroad builders and investors Real estate investors and land speculators Mining‚ ranching‚ and agricultural corporations Unskilled
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Gilded Age to critique the United States in the late nineteenth century. Useful Terms: These terms were covered in class and will provide a basis for preparation for the exam. Western Settlement: Civil war loyalties Expansion‚ 1803-1854 Homestead Act Speculation Transcontinental Railroads Spin-off industries Plains wars Little Big Horn Reservations “Closed” frontier Cities and Workers Centennial Exhibition Urban growth Agriculture Mechanization Internal migration Immigration
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Tariff 5. Mary Elizabeth 6. National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry 7. Frederick Jackson Turner 8. Chief Joseph 9. Black Hills War 10. Helen Hunt Jackson 11. Dawes Severalty Act 12. Mary Baker Eddy 13. Homestead Act 14. Safety Valve Act 15. Richard Hofstadter 16. McKinley Tariff 17. Benjamin Harrison 18. Thomas Reed 19. Dependent and Disability Pensions Act 20. Grover Cleveland 21. Sherman Silver Purchase Act 22. Depression
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as the American Federation of Labor (AFL)‚ which fought to advance the interests and basic human needs of workers through sheer numbers. Akin to the novel‚ these groups of workers took direct action as they participated in events like the Homestead and Pullman strikes. These feats taken by the labor supply demonstrate their motivations and goals‚ as well as the fact of how quickly problems developed for organized labor‚ and how those problems could mean the end for their fight. A two sided battle
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January 13‚ 2013 Chapter 26 Notes (1865-1896) * The Clash Of Cultures on the Plains 1) As the White settlers began to populate the Great West‚ the Indians‚ caught in the middle‚ increasingly turned against each other‚ were infected with White man’s diseases‚ and were stuck battling to hunt the few remaining bison 2) The Sioux‚ displaced by Chippewas from the their ancestral lands at the headwaters of the Mississippi in the late 1700s‚ expanded at the expense of the Crows‚ Kiowas‚ and
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1. Federal land grants- Recognizing that western railroads would lead the way to settlement‚ the federal government provided railroad companies with huge subsidies in the form of loans and land grants. The government expected that the railroad would make every effort to sell the land to new settlers to finance construction. 2. Transcontinental railroad-During the Civil War‚ Congress authorized land grants and loans for the building of the first transcontinental railroad totie California to the
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women in many unions * Blue collar v. white collar‚ skilled v. unskilled‚ and organised labour v. scab labour * Changing requirements increased tension between campaigners * Lack of solidarity Other obstacles: * EMPLOYERS- Homestead‚ Pullman‚ laissez-faire policy before Wilson‚ formation of giant corps‚ welfare capitalism‚ yellow dog contracts. Monopolised industries and focused on profit. * A.A civil rights movement was a distraction to fed. Government. * Introduction of
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construction of “feeder lines” that connected smaller cities to the main “trunk lines” that serviced the big cities. The growth of the railroads also increased steel production‚ coal mining‚ and technological breakthroughs like the air brake and Pullman sleeping car (Hawksworth‚ 2001). Unionization was one of the major social developments of the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Unions were the workers response to big corporations. Early labor leaders pushed for an eight hour work
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