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Chapter 19
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Comstock Lode | Silver strike in the Sierra Nevadas |
| Boom town | Town that quickly grew up at a gold strike |
| Ghost town | Boom towns after the gold was gone |
| Problems in Mines | Pollution, Native Americans pushed off their land, foreign miners treated poorly |
| Transcontinental Railroad | Could travel by rail across the United States Attracted Chinese immigrants Brought rapid growth – economic and settlement |
| longhorns | Cattle that roamed free in the West |
| Cattle Kingdom | Ranches spread throughout the West |
| Reasons for success in Ranching | Need for beef for miners, railroad workers, etc. Railroads could ship beef from cities like Kansas City to eastern cities |
| Open range | Ranchers let their cattle wander. Barbed wire ended this practice and changes ranching. |
| sodhouses | Houses made out of sod – best building material on the plains. |
| sodbusters | Nickname for farmers who had to break through the thick layer of sod to farm. |
| Populist Party | 1891-1896 Consisted of farmers and labor unions Free silver – all silver mined to be made into money William Jennings Bryan was most famous member |
| corporation | Business owned by investors who buy shares of stock. |
| steel industry | U.S. Steel |
| Leading individual in the steel industry | Andrew Carnegie |
| Name of process for making cheap and strong steel | Bessemer Process |
| What do Carnegie, Rockefeller and Vanderbilt all have in common? | Started as poor people Became filthy rich Gave away most of their profits to projects benefiting society |
| Sleeping car telephone phonograph Light bulb Automated assembly line (allowed for mass production) | George Pullman Alexander Graham Bell Thomas Edison Thomas Edison Henry Ford |
| importance of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire tragedy? | It led to safer working conditions in factories. |
| What factors made people leave their country and become immigrants? (Push Factors) | No land Religious persecution Political persecution No jobs |
| What are the theories of how immigrants assimilated or blended in with the American culture? | Salad Bowl theory – people adopted much of the American culture while maintaining their own traditions. Melting Pot – Everyone adopted the exact same American culture. |
| Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 | Stopped Chinese immigration |
| Anti-Immigrant term: Quota | Set the number of immigrants that could enter the country from a specific nation – favored Western European immigrants |
| xenophobia | Fear of immigrants |
| Homestead Act | 160 acres given free if the land was farmed for 5 years. |
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