History Online The Western Movement ( ) Goal was to achieve America’s Manifest Destiny Government policies were to encourage settlement Land Grants given to those who would settle and build railroads Homestead Act 1862 / Morill Land-Grant Act Open Range becomes home to the cattle industry Cattle drives took the Longhorns to where the railroads ran Ended due to farm settlements and to much cattle on the market Great Plains develops from small farming to bonanza farms Evolved from ranching / subsistent farming to cash crops (wheat) Insensitivity by America in dealing with Native Americans Natives forced onto unproductive lands (set up for failure) American government attempted “assimilation” programs - failed

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History Online Industrialization and Urbanization ( ) Many inventions changed Americans way of life Telegraph, electricity, light bulb, telephone, automobile As factories grew so did supply of cheap products and jobs Organized labor grows during this time to protect workers Unskilled workers more difficult to protect than craft workers Women and children given less protection by businesses Entrepreneurs such as Andrew Carnegie gain great wealth Merging businesses to increase profits Horizontal Integration – merging companies that do the same thing Vertical Integration – merging various levels of the producing process Push and pull factors - population in the cities grows rapidly Cities offer convenience but expensive land causes skyscrapers Many poor forced to live in overcrowded tenements (slums)

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History Online Immigration and Migration ( ) Migration and Immigration are based on “push-pull” factors Push – reason to leave a placePull – reason to go to a place Manifest Destiny led settlers to the Great Plains / West Push – lack of jobs in citiesPull – cheap farm land / get rich quick Unites States Immigration in the late 1800s Push – poor conditions in home land / religious or political repression Pull – cheap land / jobs available / democracy and self determination European immigration slows in 1900s due to quotas and Red Scare Latin American / Canadian immigration increases to fill the jobs The Great Migration of African Americans to northern cities Push – racism in the SouthPull – available factory jobs Great Depression Migration Push – Dust Bowl / looking for work (hobos)Pull – Attraction of Calif.

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