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farmers and railroad
Railroad helped transport crops to other parts of the country more efficiently.
cattle drives
3,000 cattle
18 men
chuck wagon and cook
wranglers for the horses - 8/men
20-25 miles per day
Laissez-Faire type of government
Government should leave business alone - H. Spencer.
Was the largest deterrent to reform in the second half of the 19th century.
Dominated in the New South.
Helped by religious groups.
Tammany Hall
Political machine: Boss Tweed Ring of New York.
minorities working on cattle drives
Large amount were Hispanic or black.
Bessemer Process
made steel stronger and produced it faster.
Why the cattle drive ended?
overgrazing
barbed wire
water rights
competition for land, sheep, and cattle
View of Plains Indians compared to whites?
Plains Indians - nomadic
whites - wanted to settle
American Federation of Labor
1881, Samuel Gompers
skilled labor, organized - local, state, national
no political goal, believed in strikes
wanted an 8 hour work day, union to represent all workers, collective bargaining
Which battles were the Native Americans victorious?
none
cow towns
All of the following contributed to the conflict between Indians and Whites.
Railroad came through their territory.
Nez Perce removed from Oregon.
reservations
Wounded Knee
Dawes Act
attempted to Americanize the Indian
break up the tribal structure
give each family 160 acres
accepted they would get full citizenship
education free
most Indians resisted
Guilded Age
growth of...
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