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Farming and Industry

Farming and Industry. Transforming of America. Opening of the West. After the Civil War the United States becomes an Industrial power. Population grew Expansion into Mid-West and West. Cattle Ranching. Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming become heavily involved in Ranching

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Farming and Industry

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  1. Farming and Industry Transforming of America

  2. Opening of the West • After the Civil War the United States becomes an Industrial power. • Population grew • Expansion into Mid-West and West

  3. Cattle Ranching • Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming become heavily involved in Ranching • Cowboy: seasonal worker (became symbol of the West) • Wild Wild West Lawlessness O K Corral : Tombstone, Arizona

  4. Gold and Silver Rush • California 1849 Gold Rush: Sutter Mill in Northern California • Nevada 1859 Comstock Load Virginia City, Nevada • Brought out thousands of settlers

  5. Railroad • Built in stages East and West • Built by immigrant primarily: Irish, Chinese and former slaves • The two sides meet in Utah at Promontory Point in 1869 • Made transportation between East and West

  6. Second Indian Removal • As settler moved into the West, Native Americans were either removed from their native land or had their reservation reduced in size. • Indian Wars 1860-1890 Sitting Bull Chief Joseph Buffalo Soldiers George Armstrong Custer • Dawes Act 1887

  7. Indian Wars 1860-1890

  8. Gilded Age • Mark Twain

  9. Gilded Age • After the Civil War the United States had an economic boom and power men of Industry came into dominance • Andrew Carnegie • J.P. Morgan • Leland Stanford • John D Rockefeller

  10. Industrialism • The Rise of Factories and the influx of immigrant help America become an industrial power • Heavy Industry: Steel • Technology: Thomas Edison- Electricity Alexander Gram Bell- Telephone

  11. National Market • Infrastructure improvements help business get their product to the people faster • The refridgerate cart allowed train to transport perishables( Fruit, Meat, etc) • Sears: Catalog

  12. Sear Catalog

  13. Growth of Big Business • Consumerism- way people spent money began to change • Business became larger and powerful • Management Creation of departments Chain of Command Growth of the Middle Class Greater separation between owner and worker • Mergers Large companies began combining to break up cost and become more efficient – creation of monopolies: vertical and horizontal.

  14. Robber Barron • Nouveau Riche • Social Darwinism • Robber Barron had little regard for common people and immigrant • gluttonous consumption

  15. Robber Barons

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