HIST 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Second Industrial Revolution, Manifest Destiny, Dawes Act
13 Dec 2017
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Commissioned for a series for western travel guide. Based on the sketches he made at the time. As anglo americans pushed west, there were armed conflicts that happened with native people. In the 20 years after the civil war, about 40000 cowboys were on the great plains and their average age was 24 businesses. Vast spaces allowed agricultural development, mining, resources (gold), turn into. As the gold rush is booming, california says any white american has first dibs on any. Any mexican (mexico owns california at the time) would have their land be sold off by. Result of civil war: boom of modernized weaponry. Currier and ives, across the continent: (1868) East pacific railroad met at central railroad in utah and a golden spike is. Now able to move raw goods and mail things and make alloys and market to. Creates possibility of large profits and jobs.
