History Unit 11 IDs Flashcards
Urbanization what
Shift from rural–>urban
American cities growing vertically and horizontally
Bessemer process -describe
Electric elevators
Electric trolleys
Subways create city districts separated by race, class, ethnicity and religion
30 million immigrants come to US by 1900 looking for jobs
Pickpockets, prostitution, sanitation, fire were issues
Urbanization who
Carnegie
Elisha Otis
Urbanization where and when
19th-20th century US
Urbanization why
City beautification movement by Olmstead
The Homestead act of 1862 what and who and why
Homesteaders–people who didn’t rebel were given 140 acres of land for 5+ years to beautify agriculturally
People lived in soddies
Offer mostly taken up by European immigrants
Increased exapansion into the plain
Homestead where and when
1862 US
The Dawes General Allotment Act who and what
160 acres were given to native Americans for 25+ years
Boarding schools built by reformers and missionaries
The Dawes General Allotment Act where and when
1887 US
The Dawes General Allotment Act why
Assimilation between native Americans and settlers
Future generations would continue w land
The wounded knee Massacre who
Mass slaying of unarmed natives, white US army troops sparked by “ghost dance” to summon ancestors for aid. 290 men women and children were slaughtered. Bodies left to freeze
The wounded knee Massacre where and when
1890 South Dakota, US
The wounded knee Massacre why
Last violent confrontation between US and natives
Tension
Social Darwinism who and what
Term developed by Charles Darwin
Survival of the fittest, strongest and best suited businesses would be able to survive the cutthroat business world
Smaller and weaker companies died out
Social Darwinism where and when
1870s. First used by Charles Darwin
Social Darwinism why
Applied to capitalism by entrepreneurs, justified harsh marketplace and capitalism
Changed views of rich and poor. Rich earned gods favor poor deserved their. Fate.
