10.1.12

Boy Scouts Of America-'

  • founded in 1910
  • founder was Baden Powell
  • in 1800's a leader came over to america.
  • 2.7 million members.
  • to help people and serve.
    Jessie James
  • famous out law in 1800
  • served in civil war for south
  • people thought of him as a hero
  • he died from one of his own gang member shot him in the head

Break up of Oil Company-

  • under the serman anti trust law
  • divided into 34 companies

Andrew Carnegie

  • he came over around 16 years old.
  • first job was at a bobbin factory
  • Thomas A Scott was his boss, he helped him invest in stocks
  • he left the railroad after the civil war
  • he sold his steel company to JP Morgan

Great Manure Crisis

  • horses were used for everything
  • the roads were covered with manure
  • the problem ended when people started making cars, bikes, and semis

Invention of the Plow

  • was made of cast iron, didn't work as good
  • it took less time to plant crops
  • it was important in the Midwest
  • John Deere was the first to invent a plow

Invention Of Xray-

  • William Conrad Rontigion invented it
  • invented on DEC 28 1893
  • he did it by accident

Wild Mustang -

  • they were almost extinted
  • very hard to tamed
  • they liked to stay in herds and trusted easy
  • people hunted them because they had a different digested systems
  • because of them we have different kinds of horses.

John Smith

  • he craved adventures
  • he is the one who found jamestown
  • he had to teach everyone how to farm and work
  • in December of 1607 he was captured
  • pochachians saved his life.

The building of the First Sky Scarper-

  • in 1851
  • they needed to go up  because they didnt have space horzional

Mexican Immigration-

  • the two countries have a long history of guns
  • came more in the 20th century

Early Cowboys-

  • they actually started rodeo to show how tough they were
  • they had to bathe in river
  • horses came over from mexico

Building of Brooklyn Bridge-

  • finished in 1883
  • connected brooklyn to manhaten

Laura Inglis Wilder

  • her and her family were pioneers
  • at age 16 she started working as a teacher
  • she got married at age 18
  • her daughter rose told her to right down her stories
  • she is a author

Statue of Liberty-

  • frace gave it to the united states as a gift
  • a lot of the americas didnt want it built.
  • they did get the money
  • it was a symbols of Ellis Island

Labor Unions-

  • ag jobs left for the factories
  • the joining of people in one business
  • a lot of strikes occurred

Induction of Steam Engine-

  • they pumped water out of minds
  • 100 feet of marble in 12 hours
  • the most popular thing was when they were in trains

Pullman Strike-

  • joined on ARU
  • boycott started and 125 thousand workers went to ARU
  • Gene Dubbs was the leader
  • Dubbs ended up in prison

 

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