1/22 & 1/24 Flashcards
What schools were ag schools?
A&M, UTA, and UNT
Info on Silver Rush.
Silver rush was in Nevada / It was just a pile of it / Claimed by Hurst Family (1859-1920s)
Define Free Range Cattle Ranching
Moving the cattle where food is to their destination
What’s the biggest animal in Southwest?
Buffalo
Reasoning for killing Buffalo during these Wild West periods?
They are seen as a threat and people would pay money to kill them.
Largest ranch in Texas?
King Ranch
Info on Transcontinental Railroad
Connects all markets out west / Heavily subsided by US Gov / 225 million acres give up US for railroad / 5 transcontinental rails completed by 1900s
Significance of Transcontinental Railroad?
brought America closer, thanks to movement of people and ideas.
1830s info on Natives and US relationship ?
US could force Natives to move to lands based on value of lands to and from. / US army in charge of keeping natives on land
What two peeps do the teacher hate (1/22)
Columbus and Andrew Jackson
What’s the Homestead Act of 1862
Act by U.S. GOV to allow any adult citizen over 21 to claim 160 acres of public land. Were given full ownership to the land only if they lived on the land for at least 5 years and improved it.
What was the Sand Creek Massacre?
(1864) Massacre of the Cheyenne and Arapaho native Americans by US Soldiers. They were told to get supplies from fort but the troops were told to shoot anybody who did get to close… miscommunication
What was the Massacre at Wounded Knee.
(1890) Mass shooting at the Great Plains reservation / climax of trying to repress the plains natives / at least 250 Lakota Sioux and 50 US soldiers are killed (friendly fire)
What is the Ghost Dance?
A dance by the Lakota tribe / They believed they could communicate w/ their ancestors by dancing and it would defeat the white man
Main effect/aftermath of Massacre at Wounded Knee?
Broke any organized resistance to the reservations and assimilation / present in groups and bands of natives, but not the entire reservation
More info of Wounded Knee Massacre?
Started by accidental shot / Army afraid of Ghost dance / Largest deployment of army since Civil War / Sitting Bull was killed here
Info abt Bass Reves?
Born a slave in Arkansas / Became a US Marshall / arrest over 3000 peeps & kill 17 outlaws
Info abt Walter Burton
Born in North Carolina / Comes to Tx & becomes influential in Fort Bend County / First black senator in TX (7 yrs) / Prairie view A&M
What did Dime Novels do?
Emblish irl characters like Billy the Kid / Cowboys - stoic and gritty
The first what _____ was in Texas? (country)
The first Rodeo!!
The _____ were started by this man named _________? (rodeo shows)
Wild West Shows / William Buffalo Bills
What do Morrill Land-Grant Acts do?
Give land to colleges
Info on the “Rise of Factories”
No regulation from GOV / by 1900s - US Manufacturing nation / lotta peeps die from factories
Info on “March of Capital”
New admin rises, credit agencies ease capital, & ads drive nationalization / Taylorism boosts efficiency w/ task subdivision -leads to assembly lines & mass production / Interchangeable parts revolutionize repairs, expands industrial scale & output
Info on Taylorism
Named after Frederick Taylor / Henry Ford popularized it / EXs; Chicago packers & sewing machine thingy
Info on “Unions”
National Labor Union pushed for 8hr workday & regulation / Knights of Labor sought worker profit-sharing & decision-making. /Both opposed child & criminal labor, & workplace alcoholism. /Strikes - common.
2 main unions in late 1800s/early 1900s?
National Labor Union / Knights of Labor
Info on Pullman Strike? (part 1)
Pullman Palace Car Company cut wages but kept living costs high in factory town / Workers protested, but leaders were fired / Massive boycott led by Eugene Debs spread - stopped 15 railroads & eventually halted all rail traffic west of Chicago.
Info on Pullman Strike? (part 2)
Violence erupted, w/ destruction of U.S. mail trains, prompting federal intervention / Troops fired on strikers, killing some / Strike ended w/ workers returning but banned from unions / US gov sees unions as a menace.
When is the teachers bday?
June 28th
Define Scabs
peeps who fill in place of Union workers who were rioting
Largest Strike in US History?
Pullman Strike
Info on “Immigration”
Before Civil War, nativism grew - targeted immigrants for cultural differences / Chinese immigrants faced lotta pormblemos
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Banned Chinese laborers, restricting residency, citizenship, & enabling deportation (1882) / 1st U.S. ethnic work band
Info on “Other workers”
Late 1800s - 1.3 million children worked long hours for low pay / Women earned 1/2 of men’s wages, mostly young & single / Blacks faced discrimination, worked as scabs, or built own businesses
Info on “Populist Movement”
Farmers’ Alliances form cuz of economic struggles - leads to Populist Party / Demand currency expansion, income tax, GOV-run railroads, tariffs, & senator elections
