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17 Cards in this Set
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John D Rockefeller
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Oil, bought out other companies by selling oil dirt cheap til others ran out of business.
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Andrew Carnige
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Brings Bessemer project to the usa.
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George Pullman
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revolutionizes cars, builds towns, no alcohol.
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Henry Bessemer
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Invented the process of making steel.
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Thomas Edison
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invented electricity and markets it to the people
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Alexander Graham Bell
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invents the phone
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George A. Custer
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apart of lil big horn
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Sarah Winchester
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Builds a huge house out of just 8 rooms. Everything had 13 of something on it.
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Treaty of Fort Laramine
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Moves all native americans on to reservations
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Dawes Act
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1887 americanizes native americans.
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Homestead Act
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Goverment gives land to the people who can afford it.
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Morrill Act
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federal goverement will pay for university.
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Interstate Commerce Act
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the goverment can control anything traded between the states. Helps regulate the R. R. companies
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Sherman Anti Trust Act-
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makes it illegal to establish a monopoly.
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Immigrants
Level A |
Face-Racism
Violence Low wages large famiies |
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Immigrants
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Assimilation for Immigrants
speak english adopt american values erase their past, learn ours |
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Immigrants
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Living Conditions
crowded dirty no covenieneces diease poverty |
