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Chapter 16 Preview- The Conquest of the Far West

 * military clash between us military and native americans
 * new immigrants from Asia and Hispanic countries= more Nativism
 * miners and the gold rush (caused americans to migrate west
 * farming in 'the plains', infertile flat land in the west
 * flat land= live stock(raising and selling)
 * cowboys emerged as well as the 'wild west" image we know of today
 * wild west shows- Annie Oakley - will new roles for women emerge in the west?
 * creation on reservations ( like missionaries because it was an area preserved for just native American)
 * Did the civil rights and 13th,14th.15th amendments apply to the native americans?

"THE FAR WEST" - the land west of the mississippi river; "the great great american desert"; unfit for civilization, point of view of pointless land that wouldn't be used; settled by hispanics and indians (different demograohics); diverse climates/geographics "THE FRONTIER" - the far west after the civil war; a region for a new settlement and new opportunities(myth of the west as a place of opportunity/wealth/prosperity); a lot of americans came for various reasons(railroads and gold rush)- "next step" and "last step" for American settlement

Myths vs. Realities in West

 * MYTH || REALITY ||
 * new land
 * the far west ha a reputation for being new land, unsettled, awaiting American culture and civilization. It was the 'last frontier' in America. || * the truth is Mexicans and native americans had been there for years. the white americans conquered the land, not found it. ||
 * cowboys
 * cowboys had the image of the true American 'hero,' living an adventurous lives of herding buffalo, being "free' from society. This was emphasized through the 'wild west" shows. || * they were actually lonely, had to do discomforting work, and didn't make a lot of money. There were new opportunities for advancement in their lives. ||
 * land type
 * at one type, American thought the west was a 'great desert,' with no fertile land, suitable for farming It took until after the 1850s and the gold rush for a significant amount of people to migwhite workers didn';rate. || * they soon found out how diverse the west really was. There were deserts, but also fertile soil for farming. There were different climates and landscapes all over the wes. ||
 * gold
 * americans flocked to California,leaving their lives behind, they were hoping to become instantly wealthy, by finding a lot of gold/silver || * many were left disappointed, thee wasn't as much gold as anticipated, and so many went to California, that the gold was gone. only the big companies could get the gold deeper done in the ground. ||
 * opportunities
 * government gave land very cheap through many acts including the Homestead Act of 1862. People believed anyone could become a farmer || * many couldn't sustain the or a farm even though it was cheap. farmers had to turn to cash crops rather than independent farming to make cash. and social mobility was about the same as in the east. ||
 * chinese
 * chinese workers were smaller which, made them better suited to work in mines || * white workersd didn;t want to work in the mines, and the chinese were immigrants would take any job, and fr cheaper money ||

Chapter 17 Preview - Industrial Supremacy

 * the second industrial revolution
 * post civil war 1880s-1910
 * birth of "modern" industry (american capitalism)
 * oil, automobiles, corporarations
 * steel (Pittsburg)
 * airplanes
 * automobiles 9Henry Ford)
 * taylorism?
 * higher educacation
 * railroad expanision
 * the trust agreement?
 * "self made man"
 * immmigration- asia, italians, ireland, southern europe
 * labor unions
 * women/ child labor (issues?)
 * strikes(homestead and pullamn)

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Imperialism of the Republic

 * extending your nation into foreign lands
 * colonization
 * new manifest destiny
 * extending power and authority
 * expanding market (trade)
 * industrisal nations dominating undevelped countries
 * military bases, technology and weaponry
 * development of navy power
 * interacting with other nations
 * raw materials and resources
 * finding more labor
 * spreading relibous beliefs (christianiaty)
 * spreading democracy
 * social darwinism (motivation and justification)
 * customers and markets
 * bringing industrial capitalism
 * more control and influence within the world (political and economic)
 * Hawaii and Samoa- military bases (harbors- Pearl Harbor and Pago Pago
 * easier trading in the pacific to the east
 * Cuba and Venezueala, spanish american war?
 * acquisition phillipines and puerto rico

iimperial**ism** beleif in or practice of extendnig a nation's power into other lands imperial**ist**- person who believes in or ppracticing extending a nation's power into other lands

cold war- iraq vietnam war

Spanish American War
Who: What: Where: When: Why:
 * cuban revolt led by Jose Marti
 * Head of newspapers, Joseph Pultizer and Willaim Randolph Hearst were both supporters of American involveemtn in the war, influential to country by usinf yellow journalism
 * President McKinley- declared war on spain, althogh hesitant before
 * George Dewey led attack on phillipian harbor- firsdt american hero of war
 * Colonel Teddy Rooslvelt led rpough riders and 2 reginemnts into victory
 * americans helped the cubans gain their independence from the spanish
 * war fought in cuba, as well as phippipoines and puerto rico
 * war began on Aprill 25, 1898
 * seized phillipines on May 1, 1898
 * August 12, 1898, war ended, gave cuban independence as wellas the phillipines and puerto rico in american possesion
 * american sfelt that cuba deserved democracy and to be free from foreign rule like them and the british
 * wanted control of purto rican sugar economy to benifit their markets for crash crops
 * got phillipines and puerto rico from spain



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 * phillipnes was a gateway to china
 * wanted spices and fabrics from china
 * open door policy- cna't exclude anyone from the china markets
 * foriegn investment and influence was not likes by the boxer rebellion
 * boxers were nationaists
 * limit foriegn influence (keep chinese traditions and culturre
 * united states helped china by sending troops
 * exerted po;iotical; influence during the venezulean dispute
 * spread democracy and christianity
 * gained territory all over the globe
 * US now focused on "building an empire"
 * the beginning of the US has becoming the strongest and most influential world power

Thesis of United States History, 1780 to 1910
The United Ststes between the years of 1780 and 1910 was a nation of development, growth and discovery.New ways of reform were shown through democracy, modernization, industrialization, expansion, and commercialization. After America declared its independence from Britian, this nearly formed nation in the period between 1780 to 1910 wasoon it's way to experienceing reform. Disputes over political and economic power and the influence of mmodernization and industrialization. Between the period of 1780 and 1910 America transformed from a british colony into an influential capitalist empire through reform, modernization, and expansion.
 * democracy
 * moderization
 * industrialization
 * expansion
 * commercialization
 * american revolution
 * slavery
 * civil war
 * reconstruction
 * reform
 * Iris:**
 * Group Thesis:**
 * modernization
 * reform
 * capitalism
 * imperialism