The Development of Modern Nations 1865-1929 Flashcards
What is modernization?
a process that involved the progressive transformation of the economic, political, and social structures of the countries of the region
What was the significance of the years 1865 and 1929?
1865- end of Civil War
1929- Great Depression
What was characteristic of the US during 1865-1929?
country was unified, settled,
and bound together by railroads, motorways, telegraph and telephone from East to
West
What was the 2nd half of the 19th century marked by?
explosion of railroad building
What happened on July 1, 1862?
the United States Congress passed the first of
a series of bills which encouraged the construction of a transcontinental railway
What were the two railroad companies and where did they construct?
the Central
Pacific and the Union Pacific were contracted to build the
railway, the former beginning in Sacramento, California and
the latter from Omaha, Nebraska
When and where did construction of the transcontinental railroad end?
May 10, 1869, the two met at Promontory Summit in Utah
What was the transcontinental railroad made of?
iron
What 3 types of groups worked on the transcontinental railroad?
Chinese laborers, Irish
immigrants, and newly demobilized soldiers
What were Chinese laborers called?
coolies
What did Congress and state give to the railroad companies that they in turn gave to immigrants?
land
When were refrigerated rail cars invented?
1870s
How much of the world’s track was in the US by 1913?
35%
What was President Grant’s 2nd term like?
was stained by charges ofcorruption and briben
tied to the railroad companies
Who made fortunes during railroad construction?
small group of men who set transport fees and engaged ir.
monopolistic business practice
When did the railroad movement pass?
After WWI when cars and planes were created
What native tribe did the Canadian Pacific Railway have problems with?
Blackfoot First Nation
Who signed Treaty Number 7 and when?
Blackfoot chief, Isapo-Muxica (Crowfoot) in 1877
What did Treaty Number 7 do?
granted British crown much of the Canadian prairies
What happened on the 1st attempt for Canada to construct a transcontinental railroad?
brought down Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald government in 1874 in the Pacific Continental
When was the Canadian transcontinental railroad completed?
November 7, 1885
How long did it now take to cross Canada by railroad?
6 days
What happened in Argentina in 1889>
The economic crisis of
1889 led both the national and provincial governments to
sell their stakes in the railroad companies to British investors.
