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why were cycles of depression and prosperitry accentuated and also conflict btw east businessmen and west farmrs
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land in mississippi territory available, transcont railroads built, indust rev ccreated manufactring eccon
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how were the indians overcome/ problems
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frontier hostilities, collapse of sioux (huge and powerful- gen custer on little big horn river) , exterminating buffalo,
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describe formulation of naitonal policy for indians
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reservation sys, dawes act- granted 160 acres of land and us citizenhip to heads of indian families who would agree to inhaibt these lands for 25 yrs, burke act- safeguards against exploitation of those who were making transition from tribal membership to indiv citizenship. citizenship was not granted to indians receiving allotments until they had completed a 25 yr probationary period, then in 1924 citizenship was grantedd to all indians
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describe the mining situation
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rich mineral deposits pulled people westward
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what were enduring infleucnes of mines
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1. stimulated settlements which broght new states into union 2. provided gold and silver in such quantities that vol of currency kept pace for a time with the increasing needs of business 3. offered new opportunities for investment of capital accumulation in mining venture 4. emphasized need for reorganization of strucutre of american business so that larger amounts of capital could be used under the corporate form of investement 5. gave settlers in new communities chance to work out procedures of self govt necessary to combat violence and social anarchy 6. led to increased demand for better transportation
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effects of transcont railroad
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created national marketw/in which raw materials, farm prod, and manufactured goods could be freely interchanged, stimulted western migration, large groups of asians and euros broguth to west, territories organized into states
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who became the "tamer of the west"
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farmer bc govt benefits, new investements and rail facilities opened west to agricultural pop
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homestead act
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provided that any citizen can acquire 160 acres of surveyed land by residing on it for 5 years and paying small entry fee
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what was one of main forming features of american individualism inventiveness aND expansion
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existence of free open territory with abundant nautral resources most important shaping factor
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waht characteristics marked american manufacturing in post civil war yrs
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growth of mass produciton, increased ues of corporate form of business organization and extension into new territories
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what were the factors that evolved from small shop to huge factory
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national market, abundant resources, technical improvements nad innovations, adequate labor supply, accumulation of foreign and domestic capital, laissez faire govt style
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gilded age
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describes ostentatious vulgar and corrupt ways of life that characterized surface aspects of post war perriod
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describe the depressionsq
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1819, 1837, 1857, collapse that followed postwar boom years was more severe bc more indust econ and wider front
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panic of 1873
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caused by: series of costly international conflicts culminating in franco prussian war, too rapid expansion of railroads into central and east europe, inflation of national currencies which adversely effected international exchange
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