VUS Industrialization

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What characterized the westward movement after the Civil War?

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The era of the American cowboy and cattle drives.

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What did the Homestead Act of 1862 provide?

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Free public land in western territories to settlers who would live on and farm it.

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What new technologies opened western lands for settlement?

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Railroads, telegraph, telephone, mechanical reaper.

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What was the impact of new technologies on production?

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Increased production efficiency and linked resources and markets.

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What continued throughout the 19th century as settlers moved west?

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Forcible removal of American Indians, leading to conflicts like the Battle of Little Bighorn and Battle of Wounded Knee.

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What transformation was spurred by technological change in northern cities?

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The transformation from an agrarian to an industrial economy.

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What is the Bessemer steel process?

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An early, inexpensive method for mass-producing steel by blowing air through molten pig iron to burn off impurities.

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What were the reasons for economic transformation during industrialization?

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Laissez-faire capitalism, land grants to railroads, increasing labor supply, wealth of natural resources, navigable rivers.

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What leisure activities emerged during industrialization?

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Sporting events (baseball), vaudeville/minstrel shows, amusement parks/fairs.

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Where did most immigrants come from prior to 1871?

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Northern/Western Europe.