Mid-Term

Between the 1870sand 1890s, the American economy underwent massive growth and change.

Factors that led to an Industrial Revolution:

 *New Technology (including electricity and Bessemer Process)
 *New Transportation (Including Transcontinental Railroad)
 *Cheap labor  (Due to immigration)
 *Plenty of raw materials (From the West)
      =American Industrial Revolution

At this time, the Revolution effected every aspect of life:
-Some of the wealthiest people in the world were alive at this time. Such as Rockefeller.
-Native Americans lost their lands west of the Mississippi River.
-Immigrants and Rural Americans move into the cities and take factory jobs.
-The Government was very pro-business and Laisse Faire (Hands off)

The Gilded Age!
Everything looked good at the top, but really there was over-population, massive pollution, jobs were extremely dangerous and there was Child Labor.

Farmer Frustration-
  -Misuse of land grants (Land sold to businesses)
  -Price Discrimination
When there is competition, charge little.
When there is no competition, charge a lot.

Native Americans-
The Native American population begins to die off due to war, disease and loss of Buffalo. Those who survived lived on Reservations.

Dawes Act-
*Divided up reservation land into personal property.
*Education programs to "Americanize" like the Carlisle School
   *Assimilation: The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a
      resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of
      being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to
      another.