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Class:HIST 104 - American Civilization Since the Late Nineteenth Century
Subject:History
University:University of Illinois - Chicago
Term:Fall 2010
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Wounded Knee Incident in which 7th Cavalry Regiment troops slaughtered at least 150 men, women and children of the Lakota Sioux tribe on December 29. 1890. It erupted because a deaf tribesman, Black Coyote, would not give up his rifle.
The Frontier Thesis the argument advanced by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893 that the origin of the distinctive equalitarian, democratic, aggressive, and innovative features of the American character has been the American frontier experience. He stressed the process—the moving frontier line—and the impact it had on pioneers going through the process. In the thesis, the frontier created freedom, by "breaking the bonds of custom, offering new experiences, and calling out new institutions and activities." Turner first announced his thesis in a paper entitled "The Significance of the Frontier in American History", delivered to the American Historical Association in 1893 at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
Chicago Union Stockyards The meat packing district of Chicago for well over a century; was owned by railroad companies and became the focal point of the rise of some of the earliest international companies
Social Darwinism a belief, popular in the late Victorian era in England, America, and elsewhere, which states that the strongest or fittest should survive and flourish in society, while the weak and unfit should be allowed to die. The theory was chiefly expounded by Herbert Spencer, whose ethical philosophies always held an elitist view and received a boost from the application of Darwinian ideas such as adaptation and natural selection.
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Scientific Racism the use of scientific, or ostensibly scientific findings and method to investigate differences among the human races, specifically in a historical context of ca.1880 to 1930. Ties into the idea of white supremacy and the ultimate human race during this time period.
Imperialism the creation and maintenance of an unequal economic, cultural and territorial relationship, usually between states and often in the form of an empire, based on domination and subordination. Easiest example to remember is Japan during WWII.
The Spanish American War A war between the US and Spain that erupted from reports of Spanish atrocities, yellow journalism, and the mysterious sinking of the US battleship Main in Havana Harbor. The main issue was Cuban independence and was fought in the Caribbean and Pacific. The 10-week war resulted in the Treaty of Paris, which gave the US colonial control over Guam, Puerto Rico, the Philippines and temporary control over Cuba.
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 Wounded KneeIncident in which 7th Cavalry Regiment troops slaughtered at least 150 men, women and children of the Lakota Sioux tribe on December 29. 1890. It erupted because a deaf tribesman, Black Coyote, would not give up his rifle.
 The Frontier Thesisthe argument advanced by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in
1893 that the origin of the distinctive equalitarian, democratic, aggressive, and innovative features of the American character has been the American frontier experience. He stressed the process—the moving frontier line—and the impact it had on pioneers going through the process. In the thesis, the frontier created freedom, by "breaking the bonds of custom, offering new experiences, and calling out new institutions and activities." Turner first announced his thesis in a paper entitled "The Significance of the Frontier in
American History", delivered to the American Historical Association in 1893 at the
World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
 Chicago Union StockyardsThe meat packing district of Chicago for well over a century; was owned by railroad companies and became the focal point of the rise of some of the earliest international companies
 Social Darwinisma belief, popular in the late Victorian era in England, America, and
elsewhere, which states that the strongest or fittest should survive and flourish in society, while the weak and unfit should be allowed to die. The theory was chiefly expounded by Herbert Spencer, whose ethical philosophies always held an elitist view and received a boost from the application of Darwinian ideas such as adaptation and natural selection.
 Scientific Racismthe use of scientific, or ostensibly scientific findings and method to
investigate differences among the human races, specifically in a historical context of ca.1880 to 1930. Ties into the idea of white supremacy and the ultimate human race during this time period.
 Imperialismthe creation and maintenance of an unequal economic, cultural and territorial relationship, usually between states and often in the form of an empire, based on domination and subordination. Easiest example to remember is Japan during WWII.
 The Spanish American WarA war between the US and Spain that erupted from reports
of Spanish atrocities, yellow journalism, and the mysterious sinking of the US battleship Main in Havana Harbor. The main issue was Cuban independence and was fought in the
Caribbean and Pacific. The 10-week war resulted in the Treaty of Paris, which gave the US colonial control over Guam, Puerto Rico, the Philippines and temporary control over Cuba.
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