In the 1870’s during the economic depression following the Civil War‚ white miners and settlers encouraged by the Homestead Act heard news about mineral wealth such as gold along the trails of the Colorado Mountains. The miners that came created legendary mining town in Summit County‚ Leadville and Silverton‚ but these areas were heavily penetrated within Ute territory. In 1876‚ the Colorado Statehood and the local newspaper at the time demanded the removal of Utes off the land‚ which could be mined
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intervened.[44] Great Railroad Strike of 1877 Main article: Great Railroad Strike of 1877 Sixth Regiment of the Maryland Militia fighting its way through Baltimore‚ Maryland‚ 20 July 1877 The great railroad strike of 1877 saw considerable violence by‚ and against‚ workers‚ and occurred before unions were widespread. It started on July 14 in Martinsburg‚ West Virginia‚ in response to the cutting of wages for the second time in a year by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O). Striking workers
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also enlisted some American Indians as scouts or as soldier struggling to perform their duties A.1. Sand Creek A.1.a) John M. Chivington- U.S. Army colonel arrived at the camp with 700 Colorado volunteers A.1.b) Sand Creek Massacre-Attack by U.S Army troops in which some 200 peaceful Cheyenne were killed in Colorado A.1.c) To end the fighting the government created a peace commission A.1.d) The following year‚ in a second Treaty of Fort Laramie‚ the Sioux agreed to move to a reservation in the Black
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severe lack of interest and concern with the people‚ idleness within the government and its decisions‚ as well as numerous instances of groups’ tending to maintain the disposition to shift toward the extremes. Background: The time throughout the 1870s and some of the twentieth century acquired the name of the “Gilded Age.” The era was a time of economic growth‚ especially in the North and West. However‚ the Gilded Age was also a time of poverty. Paragraph I: Apathy – lack of interest/concern
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dams can also cause adverse effects. The Colorado River may have been ¡§too thick to drink [and] too wet to plow¡¨ (Boris 4) but‚ it was not too strong to dam. The Boulder Canyon Project was first conceived in 1928 (Wassner 98) and was approved for flood control‚ storage of the Colorado River water‚ and the production of hydroelectric power (Hoover Dam - FAQs). John R. Hall explains that the Hoover dam was built ¡§to harness the awesome power of the Colorado River¡¨ (22). The Department of Reclamation
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possible by overpopulate small spaces. As time went by‚ the cities became more populated and this lead to commute challenges. People started to realize that horse carriages were not fast enough as urban cities continuously were growing. In 1870‚ the first railroad was introduced yet the trains were loud as they travelled above city streets on large iron structures. Furthermore‚ fire accidents destroyed major cities. In 1871‚ Boston and Chicago suffered from “great fires” and this lead to encouragement
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approach towards business. Under the laissez-faire principle‚ free‚ unregulated markets led to competition‚ yet this system suffered under the wrath of growing corporations. The impact of big business on the economy and politics was immense during 1870 to 1899. Corporations were growing significantly in number and size‚ which had a domineering affect on American economy and defined American life. The growing corporations in America dominated most of the economy‚ creating a large gap between the
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population of different cultures due to a huge increase in immigration‚ and the expansion of transcontinental railroads that gave people access to areas and products from all over the country. One would think that societal and moral progress would keep pace with technological progress‚ but it did not; otherwise‚ by that time women’s equality would have been widely accepted. The transcontinental railroad system could take a traveler all the way from New York to California‚ and unfortunately as it brought
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C 20 Notes What two issues dominated national politics in the 1870s and 1880s? The money supply and civil-service reform What happened to James Garfield’s presidency? It never really got started because he was assassinated soon after coming to office. Describe voter participation during the late nineteenth century. It was generally very high––usually from 80 percent up to 95 percent. Why did the federal government tend to ignore the social consequences of industrialization
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this period? Why The second Industrial Revolution affected the North South and West‚ and Midwest in many ways. The growth in the regions attracted many immigrants needing jobs. These regions were improving the transportation system‚ mainly railroads. Railroads were important to provide goods from manufacturers to the nation. The north was still the leading industrial region. Whereas the west and south were keeping the agricultural economy. The west however had such a small population meaning it did
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