the growth of the nation Flashcards
1
Q
1862
A
the homestead act
2
Q
1867
A
USA buys alaska from russia
3
Q
1869
A
first transcontinental railroad
cohesion
westward
4
Q
1870-1920
A
2nd wave of immi
southern, central and eastern europe , china , japan
5
Q
1876
A
G Custer defeated by the sioux
growing resistance of indians
6
Q
1879
A
edison invents the electric light bulb
industrial growth
us - urbanised
7
Q
1886
A
am fed of labor bc of the rapid growth of industry
8
Q
1890
A
indians massacred at wounded knee - end resistance
frontier closed
9
Q
1901-1917
A
progressive era
Roosevelt ans wilson fight social ineq higher ed and nature sites
10
Q
1908
A
ford - modèle T + assembly lines
increases the output
11
Q
1917
A
us enters WW1 - helps to win
100 000 dead
major power internationally
