Jessie James- outlaw, served in the civil war, was a confederate, him and his brother started robbing banks, trains, and carriages. He died by a shot to the head by one of his own gang members.
Break up of oil company - the oil company used to be one huge company, but the people made it so the huge oil company had to be broken up into small little companies.
The Invention of the Plow- John Deere made the cast steel plow, it was much stronger than any other plow, made farming across the Midwest much easier, and less time consuming.
Horses- lived in America for 50,000 years, but then crossed land bridge and were in Asia, very hard to tame, a lot of people hunted horses, because of the meat. wild horses are the reason why we have the colorful, breeds we have today.
building of the sky scraper- first built in 1851, one was called the Tombow, one of the tallest buildings of that time, and it was built in new york.
Hispanics came over with everyone else in the immigration stage.
cowboys- were horse riding people who went on 3 month cattle drives from one place, to a city with a rail road.
Ellis island- started in 1892, an island used for immigration check in, after it was used as an immigration center, it was used as a shipping/ loading dock center for ships hauling goods.
statue of liberty- France gave it as a gift to Americans for helping them fighting in a war.
labor unions- industrial revolution caused people to work in factories for 8 hrs a day 7 days a week with no breaks or vacations, the work was usually very dangerous, and they did not pay well. labor unions made lots of strikes and fought for better working conditions.
pollmans strike- during the panic of 1890 gorge pollman decided to decrease his pay, so everyone boycotted him.
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