American History 2 TimelineLuAnna Nesbitt

Coach BuckAmerican History 2 H

February 5, 2015

1800’sLongdrive was an overland transport of the animals that lasted about three months.

Settlement Houses were community centers in slum neighborhoods that provided assistance to people in the area, ran mainly by women.

Melting Pot was a mixture of people of different cultures and races who blended together by abandoning their native languages and customs. People became upset about having to forget their native lifestyles.

1814Angel Island was an immigration station located in San Francisco Bay where mostly Asian immigrants passed through to enter the U.S.

1837 Wild Bill Hickok during the Civil War served as a spy and scout and, later, served as a marshal in Abilene, Kansas

1840Chief Joseph was the leader of the Wallowa band of the Nez Perce tribe in Oregon. Tried to lead his people to Canada, but ended up living on a reservation.

1849 Jacob Riis used photography and journalism to help the impoverished part of New York, and spread awareness of the conditions.

1850sFredrick Law Olmstead was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator, who helped design and creat Central Park and many other nature areas in cities.

Urbanization is the growth of cities mostly in the regions of the northwest and midwest. This was transforming America in all categories.

1860’s Homesteader was a settler under the homestead act.

Tammany Hall was New York City’s most powerful democratic political machine, and had a large role in controlling NYC.

1862The Homestead Act was passed by congress to offer free land to any citizen who was head of a household.

Exoduster was an African American who moved from the South because of post-reconstruction, to Kansas, to live out their new lives.

1864Sand Creek Massacre took place when 700 government men marched into a peaceful village of Cheyenne indians and killing many of the indians.

Greenback was a paper currency used as money to help reverse the outcome of civil war.

Sitting Bull was the leader of the Hunkpapa Lacota Tribe, and is known for his battle at Little Bighorn.

1865Scabs were hired by strikebreakers to replace the workers who went on strike against the Union.

1867Oliver Kelley is considered the Father of the patrons of husbandry.

1868Buffalo Soldiers were originally members of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment.

1869Gilded Age was the time between the Civil War and World War 1 during which the U.S population and economy grew quickly.

1870Graft was political corruption where a politician used their authority for personal gain.

Political Machine was a politically organized group who commands other businesses to support them and then they will receive rewards.

Transcontinental Railroad was a railroad line connecting the Western Pacific side of the U.S to the already built line of the East. The meeting point was in Utah.

Grange was created for isolated farmers as a forum for education and a place to socialize.

1870’sGreat plains was the grasslands extending through the West-Central area of the U.S

George Armstrong Custer was a Colonel that reported the Black Hills had gold “from the grassroots down,” and brought out the Gold Rush, but he and his men were killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn

National Farmer’s Alliance was an organization that supported the government to regulate the trade industry,establish income tax and to ease the repayment of debts.

Monopoly was having one supplier for a company/business, creating complete control over the production, wages, and prices for that certain business.

Colored Farmer’s Alliance was the same thing as NFA but for African Americans only.

1870George Westinghouse was an entrepreneur and engineer who competed in the electricity system against Thomas Edison.

Patronage was when an organization or individual supports another through aid and encouragement. Helped bring other out of debt and money struggles.

1871Tweed Ring ran by William “Boss” Tweed, was a small gathered group of men who controlled NYC’s finances.

1876Battle of Little Bighorn was a battle between the Lakota tribe, and the 7th Cavalry Regiment, lead by George Armstrong Custer.

1879Dumbbell Tenements was open air windows in apartment complexes that provided fresh air to accommodate new European immigrants.

Kickbacks were illegal payments to the political machines which would help a worker “kick back” a portion of their earnings.

Civil Service was the employment of citizens based on their professional merits, excluding judicial and military branches.

1880’sAssimilation is when a group of people’s language and culture starts to form to a new culture that they are living in.

1884Mugwumps were Republican political activists who switched parties because of their dislike to financial corruption.

1886Southern Alliance had banned African Americans from membership of the organization for farmers.

1887Dawes Act was passed in hopes to “Americanize” the Native Americans, and to assimilate assimilation.

1889Jane Addams was a leader in women's suffrage, and took a big part in cleaning up Slums. She tried her best to help poverty stricken communities .

A Soddy is a home built from prairie grass, and was very popular in the West.

Samuel Gompers was the leader of the Cigar Makers International Union, and led them to join other craft unions.

1890’sGhost Dance was a ritual Sioux indians performed to restore their ways of life, and a peaceful end to white restoration. Was ended brutally.

Longhorns were cattle imported by spanish colonists into America, who were accustomed for dry grasslands. A sturdy, and easy breed.

Collective bargaining was a negotiation between two employers to settle agreements and regulate the working conditions of the time.

Eugene V. Debs founder of Industrial Workers of the World,created new unions, and was a very well know socialists.

1890Wounded Knee was the battle between the 7th Cavalry Regiment and Sioux indians that brought the indian war and the entire era to an end.

Sherman Antitrust Act made forming a trust between states or within different countries for free trade illegal.

Bimetallism was a money system where the government would, in exchange for paper currency, give citizens gold or silver.

Sweatshops were workshops where workers worked long hours, on very low wages, with hazardous conditions.

1901John D. Rockefeller founded Standard Oil Company, and helped the railroad system to boom. In 1901, he began to lose his hair due to the condition, alopecia.Standard Oil Company used trusts to their best interest, which was when one company turned their stock over to a group of trustees.

Socialism is a social and economic system that is defined by the means of production and economy management.

Ellis Island was the United States busiest immigration station in upper NY, which mainly imported European immigrants.

1896Cross of Gold Speech was given by Williams Bryan at the democratic convention, in which he presented his support of bimetallism.

William Jennings Bryan was an American Politician and had a big part in the populist wing of the Democratic party, also known for his speech “Imperialism”.

William McKinley was the 25th president that led the nation to victory in the Spanish - American War .