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Chapter 16 Preview: "Conquest of the Far West"
- First Red Heading: The Societies of the Far West I believe that this section is about all of the societies and cultures that were located in the Western half of the continent, including Indians, French, and Asians - Changing Western Economy As more and more people settle in the West and as the federal goverment recognized the societies in the west more and more, the economy changed - The Romance of the West The west had a certain appeal to it, to living in it, to the environment and the people there - The Dispersal of the Tribes The more people from societies that were not originally from the West came to the West and formed societies, the native Indian populations faced new problems

//What is the Far West?// the Far West was the territories in America that were past the Mississippi River; desert, mountains, plains, freezing, burning, diverse location //What is the Frontier?// The Frontier was a land, mythicized by the Eastern population, as an unsettled quasi-utopia where opportunity and adventure was ready and available to anyone who was willing to take a risk and find it. More importantly, the Frontier was an idea

(SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION - GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT SIMILAR TO FIRST INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION) 1880's - 1910's
 * Chapter 17 Preview: "Industrial Supremacy"**

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 * - steel production
 * - Pittsburg: "steel city"
 * - rise of petroleum + "oil derricks"
 * - airplane + automobile (Henry Ford's model T, Wright bros.)
 * - expansion of the railroad
 * - corporations and the rising capital of them
 * - success stories: "self-made men" from rags to riches
 * - factory + industrial workers (women, children) unionize, strike
 * - return of "social darwinism" idea

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 * THE 3 -ATIONS: INDUSTRIALIZATION, URBANIZATION, IMMIGRATION**

imperialism is a belief in or practice of exerting a power and influence abroad, in foreign countries America had several reasons as to why they would want to exert power and influence overseas Examples of American imperialism include: =**SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR OF 1898**= Started as an interest in aiding Cuba in the revolt against Spanish, it became an issue of imperialism in America for natural resources, a new market (and strengthen economic ties), and the general spread of democracy. It settled into a war with Spain, to gain control/influence in other Spanish-controlled territories, like Puerto Rico and the Philippines. It lasted only four months, and was described as a "splendid little war" by Secretary of State John Hay, because America gained a lot (resources, influence and power) from such a war that lasted so little time.
 * Chapter 20: The Imperial Republic**
 * Alfred Thayer Mahan stated that imperialism was based on a powerful sea power
 * there was a need for new resources as fears were arising about the supply of resources on home soil
 * the "new Manifest Destiny"
 * there are two ways to exert power: physically, through taking land, or simply an affecting influence
 * industrial nations dominating pre-industrial (underdeveloped) nations
 * to gain supplies (natural resources [sugar, oil])
 * markets and customers
 * to compete with other imperial nations
 * a general want for power + success + wealth
 * expansion outside of territories
 * social Darwinism (also a justification)
 * spreading Christianity + democracy
 * military + military bases
 * The Spanish-American War of 1898
 * Philippines
 * Puerto Rico
 * Hawaii + Somoan Islands

The war was partially prompted by two newspaper journalists, Pulitzer and Hearst including exclusive extensive coverage of the revolt in Cuba, with sensational pictrures and exaggerations, and occassional fabrications, to sell newspapers. The "yellow journalism" unveiled to many Americans the "conditions" the people of Cuba were in, and sparked a cry to intervene.

Who? - Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst - newspaper publishers that hoped to sell more newspapers by publishing sensational and highly exaggerated stories of the revolt in Cuba for independence - George Dewey - commodore who commanded navy Pacific squadron to destroy Spanish navel fleet in the Philippines as war breaks out; promoted to admiral - Theodore Roosevelt - former Navy Department member, commanded a cavalry unit known as "The Rough Riders" on a recklace charge up Kettle Hill; ultimately returned as a war hero and went on to become president What? A war between America and Spain that originated in aiding a Cuban independence cause, and evolved into a full-fledged war w/ Spain to secure economic relationship with Cuba and gain control over Spanish-controlled land. Where? Fought in Cuba, Philippines, and surrounding waters When? The war was formally started in April 1898 and ended four months later, in August Why?

From 1780 to 1910, the United States, by modernizing their government, expanding territories throughout North America, developing an industrial economy, and protecting its citizens' rights and liberties, became a powerful and influential entity in the world.
 * Thesis statement: United States history, 1780 to 1910**
 * America was considered with being taken seriously as a nation
 * develop as a country
 * become industrialized
 * expansion

From 1780 to 1910, America tackled many challenges, which included creating a government that protected citizen's liverties, expanding the nation territorially, making the shift to an industrialized economy, and dealing with the overall changes to both the country's landscape and population
 * Mary:**

forming new society, more prosperous, territorial expansion, new industries, democratic government
 * Christina:**

From 1780 to 1910, the nation focused on industrialization, territorial expansion, world power and the creation of a new government. In the wake of the war for independence, the United States established itself as a democratic republic, expanded its territory, debated, and divided over slavery, reunited to continue of modernization and began to look toward influence overseas as the 20th century dawned. From 1781 to 1915, the United States grew and developed into a modern industrial world power in which rich, white males of European descent consistently dominated and subjugated women, African and Native Americans, the working class, and eventually, the residents of other nations.
 * Group Thesis:**
 * industrial nation
 * territorial expansion
 * power
 * new government