US History

Chapter 22 notes The Progressive Era At the turn of the century Industrialism had gained its momentum back as farms and factories were once again prosperous, however, many peoples still had it tough like blacks, immigrants, and the poor Industries grew very large and the word mass was used a lot to describe the world around people like mass production and mass circulation and mass transit The Model T -cars started to come on the scene around the turn of the century and the Model T was the pre-eminent automobile of its day Henry Ford -the builder of the Model T Henry Ford revolutionized not only automobile production, but mass production in general

Chapter 20 notes Reestablishing Presidential Power After Rutherford B. Hayes had been elected President, although he was elected under auspicious means, started to re-assert Presidential power as he -started to reform the civil service -removed federal troops from the South as per the conditions of his election -he vetoed the Bland Allison Silver Purchase Bill (1878) which called for the partial coinage of silver, but Congress passed it over his veto giving the U.S. its first official silver coins Election of 1880 Saw two ex- Civil War heroes running against each other James Garfield, as a Republican, and Winfield Scott Hancock as a Democrat

Chapter 18 notes Industrial development in the U.S. post Reconstruction/Industrial Revolution Many Factors affected Industrial growth in the U.S. during this period Many natural resources like lumber, coal, iron, and waterpower Abundant labor source with a large American farm population and many European immigrants. Between 1870-1880 almost 8 million immigrants arrived in the U.S. and another 15 million in the 1890s (all of this led to expanded markets and needs for goods What would get the goods to the People? Railroads -greatest contributor to American Industrial growth in the 19th century -railroads were often responsible for creating the towns that they later would serve -it brought goods to all parts of the U.S. and ended the need for a

Chapter 16 notes Reconstruction During the reconstruction period immediately following the Civil War, African Americans struggled to become equal members of a democratic republic. They produced a number of remarkable leaders who showed that blacks were as capable as other Americans of voting, holding office, and legislating for a complex and rapidly changing society. Yet the tragedy of Reconstruction was that blacks and whites who tried to form a more egalitarian society in the South lacked the means to achieve their aims. -how to reconstruct the union Dec. 1863 -President Lincoln issued his ?Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction? -required former Confederates to take loyalty oaths

Chapter 14 notes 1850s Constitution -gave the federal government the right to abolish the international slave trade, but no authority to abolish, regulate, or remove the slave trade Northerners -disliked slavery, but they hated the abolitionists -generally prejudiced against blacks -saw no legal way to bring about emancipation In Congress -Southern democrats tried to extend the Missouri Compromise Line of 36?30? Northerners did not like it because most of the land gained from the Mexican American War was South of the Missouri Compromise line like Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and most of California Wilmot Proviso