Flashcards: American Progress and Westward Expansion — 24 cards

America at the Dawn of 20th Century — event?

1893 World's Columbian Exhibition showcased progress.

White City — symbolism?

Idealized progress through classical architecture.

Classical Architecture — meaning?

Symbolized stability, democracy, cultural refinement.

Progress theme — reflected in?

American emergence as modern industrial power.

End of the Frontier — marked by?

Indian Wars and Native confinement to reservations.

Battle of Little Bighorn — significance?

Native victory, but symbolized resistance, not overall freedom.

Forced Assimilation Policies — aim?

Eradicate Native cultures via boarding schools.

Anti-Chinese Xenophobia — result?

Legislation like Chinese exclusion laws.

Mushroom Cities — characteristics?

Rapid growth, lawlessness, exploitation.

Railroad expansion — role?

Connected regions, fueled settlement, caused exploitation.

Westward Expansion — key law?

Homestead Act (1862) encouraged settlement.

Mining Boom — impact?

Rapid town growth, environmental issues, social conflicts.

Ranching conflicts — cause?

Disputes over land and water resources.

Transcontinental Railroads — significance?

Linked East and West, promoted migration and economy.

Indian Wars — outcome?

Ended Native resistance, led to reservation system.

Native American resistance — symbol?

Battle of Little Bighorn.

The New South & Segregation — system?

Sharecropping kept blacks in poverty.

Jim Crow Laws — purpose?

Enforced racial segregation and disenfranchisement.

Lynching — role?

Used to intimidate and maintain white supremacy.

Post-War America — social change?

Great Migration and Red Scare.

Great Migration — movement?

African Americans moved North for jobs.

Red Scare — effect?

Fostered suspicion, civil liberties abuses.

Labor strikes — sign?

Worker dissatisfaction post-WWI.

Roaring Twenties — cultural symbol?

Jazz Age and flappers.