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Constant periods of peace and war, treaties broken and renegotiated, etc.

The first industrial revolution saw a move from small workplaces where products were made by hand to factories where products were made by machines. The machines were powered, at first, by water power and then, later, by coal. The first industrial revolution impacted the clothes industry significantly. With inventions like the spinning jenny and power loom, clothes could be produced much quicker and easier.

First step in industrialization, Made industrialization possible, Greatest fortunes made in railroads (private ownership)

Sig: Expansion and creation of big industries and corporations

Said slaves were the Mudsill that southern society rests upon. This is important because it exemplified the beliefs of southern states at the time and foreshadowed the conflict of the civil war.

government nonintervention allowed corporations to flourish and neglect the rights of their workers. It is also one of the reasons slums and tenements were originally so bad, the government's policy was to not interfere and just let it be

Fought because of Slavery, agrarian vs. urban manufacturing, tariffs/taxes, state's rights. Fundamental difference in culture.

160 acres of land to any man or woman at least 21 years old, as long as they live on it for five years and improve the land.

Western expansion, cattle, mining and farming

a massacre in the Amerindian wars

Sig: There was a disagreement over a renegotiation of Indian land. Colorado left the Indians with 1/13th of their previous territory so they rebelled. Chivington ordered the mass murder of the Cheyenne Indians even though they flew the american flag as a sign of peace and surrendered.

•Black Codes: Initial attempt by white South to maintain white supremacy.
•Reconstruction Acts: Congress voids southern efforts, takes control.
•Radical Reconstruction: Republicans committed to a degree of racial equality in South using Reconstruction.
•Redemption: White supremacy triumphs, (conservative white Democrats re-gain power).

A time of efforts to restructure the political, legal, and economic systems in the states that seceded from the union.

The second industrial revolution began in the late 1800s and continued into the early 1900s. The second industrial revolution was aided by the growth of railroads and the use of electricity. The use of steel was a big part of the second industrial revolution. With the second industrial revolution, it was much easier to move products from region to region. The second industrial revolution spread to more countries beyond Great Britain and the United States. Japan, for example, was involved in the second industrial revolution. It also created more white collar jobs and opened up work to women.