machine allowed a lowered price on steel and iron as well as speed in production. This was a major contributor to the production of railroads. The expansion of the railroads greatly increased from 1860 to 1920. Railroads tripled from 1860 to 1880 and then doubled again by 1920. The railroads lowered the cost of shipping which enabled the cheaper movement of raw materials that would be used in factories. These new tracks also connected isolated towns to larger markets which allowed them access
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big business to ship goods and quickly travel from one place to another and the US became the number one industrial power by the mid 1890’s. The creation of a refrigerator car made it possible to ship beef and pork to national market. Also‚ inventions such as air brakes for trains‚ the typewriter and the telephone made it evident the country was no longer agrarian based. The assembly line was also a new invention and led to quick and efficient manufacturing of goods. The rise of electrical industries
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in Russia‚ and in their home state of South Africa THE START OF DE BEERS 1866 : Discovery of diamonds in South Africa 1874 : Cecil Rhodes brought Steam-Powered Pump to South Africa Mines 1880 : Rhodes formed the De Beers Mining Company By 1887 : He had bought out all the other claim holders 1890 : Merchant’s association formalized as the “Diamond Syndicate” THE DIAMOND CARTEL Cecil worked to consolidate the industry Kept the supply sharply limited Maintained the fragile illusion
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Populism DBQ During the period of 1880-1900‚ farmers were facing many hardships. Financial issues were one of the main difficulties as well as long hours‚ droughts‚ insect plagues‚ and ranchers and cowboys. The farmers refused to back down without a fight. Farmers made valid complaints and expected something to be done about it. Their complaints weren’t being listened to and they took matter into their own hands. The Farmers Alliance was formed in the 1890’s to serve for needs of education‚ farming
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States starting in the 1820’s primarily‚ and still do to this very day! During the 1820’s until the late 1870’s‚ mainly only immigrants from the Northern and Western Europe came to the U.S‚ and these immigrants were called “Old Immigrants.” During the 1880’s and until the 1920’s is when the “New Immigrants” arrived to America from Southern and Eastern Europe. They all arrived using steam ships‚ which would advance during the years to shorten the traveling time to get to America. Also‚ there would be
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Although the revolt began as a military rising and it appears to be a great sequel in the long series of a number of mutinies‚ its causes were deeply rooted in the changing conditions of the times. It drew its strength from several elements of discontent against British rule. After the battle of Plassey in 1757‚ the British captured Bengal and using it as a base they captured the entire business installations of the area and imposed their trade monopoly. But their policies brought a very sharp reaction
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policy it’s clear that people that benefitted from this the most would show most support. Ultimately‚ it can be seen that there were varying amounts of support for imperialism from 1880 to 1902. The working class was largely consistent in their lack of support: the atrocities of the war simply confirmed their discontent. The war came as more of a shock of the MC who were up to this point supporters of the benefits of imperialism even if this support was generated by indoctrinated propaganda. The upper
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Questions and Anwers: Russia 1. What effect did the Decembrist Revolt had upon the character of Czarist rule? The rising of the Decembrist Russia was due to a momentary confusion over the succession. In 1825‚ Alexander I died suddenly. Alexander’s younger brother‚ Constantine‚ who was next in line‚ had no desire to assume the troublesome burden of ruling and unsettled and distrusted empire‚ so he renounced his right of succession in favour of his brother Nicholas. Nicholas‚ however‚ had been left
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A Narrative History‚ 2009) By the mid-1880’s there were some 180 reservations in the west‚ containing approximately 240‚000 American Indians. Among the last to be confined were the Sioux‚ who fought fiercely to keep their freedom. Nevertheless‚ a treaty in 1889 created six small reservations in the Dakotas: Pine Ridge‚ Rosebud‚ Cheyenne River‚ Crow Creek‚ Lower Brule‚ and Standing Rock. The Sioux tribe suffered crop failures in the summers of 1889 and 1890. White settlers were killing all the bison
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The country witnessed an increase in population‚ a better public school system‚ and increased social reform movements. During urbanization‚ the population of the United States rose. In 1860‚ none of America’s cities had a million citizens but by 1890‚ New York‚ Chicago‚ and Philadelphia all had more than one million inhabitants. With a population of approximately 3.5 million people‚ New York became the second largest city in the world. A wave of immigration from Europe contributed to the increase
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