Who began using vertical integration in steel production?
100
Describe "community" of the West
Conflict was usually between locals; very strong sense of community; first for women's suffrage
100
Birmingham
What is Pittsburgh of the South?
100
The West was known as being independent, but actually required on the Government to survive.
What is the "Irony of the West"?
100
Secular organizations that provided distractions and recreation from their homes
What is New York Children's Aid Society/YMCA?
200
John D Rockefeller
Who worked in the oil industry and created pools, trusts, and holdings?
200
Describe the characteristics of industrial working conditions:
little to no regulation; long hours; no days off; little pay...
200
Ellis Island
Where were immigrants processed as they entered America?
200
Psychological warfare to not necessarily kill, but make life harder on the enemy
What is hard war?
200
idea that full, authentic Christianity requires as much attention to physical salvation as it does to spiritual salvation
What is Social Gospel?
300
Frederick Jackson Turner
Who wrote the Frontier thesis (which stated that all American traits were formed on the frontier?)
300
Explain what was wrong with Carnegie's "rags to riches" story, and what a more realistic term would be:
It was unrealistic and extremely rare; "rags to respectability"
300
The last gathering of the ghost dancers, where many Indians were killed. This was the last significant resistance of Natives.
What is Wounded Knee?
300
Message of restoration and returning to the ancient ways to restore peace and justice
What is the Ghost Dance Movement?
300
Started by Jane Addams; to move into a poor neighborhood and operate as a multipurpose industry
What was the "settlement house" movement?
400
Henry Grady
Who wrote the New South creed?
400
Tell the story of Custer's Last Stand
Gold was discovered in Native territory in South Dakota; George Custer was sent to remove the Natives, but ended up getting defeated in battle by Sitting Bull and the Natives
400
- Brought settlers
- Provided the means with which to clear the west
- Brought cattle and seed necessary to make a living
What was the impact of the railroad on Western Civilization?
400
Natives agreed to surrender land in exchange for essential supplies
What are the Treaties of Ft Laramie/Medicine Lodge
400
Political network that controls patronage and manipulates the working classes
What is a political machine?
500
J Piermont Morgan
Who was most responsible for consolidation of the railroad industry?
500
Describe the relationship between football and social darwinism:
Football was more popular in the higher class (because it was associated with college and was expensive) and accompanied the social darwinist idea of struggling and destroying and controlled brutality