American Studies 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Poster Child, Class Conflict, Gilded Age
12 Sep 2016
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Instead of there being land up for grab, the american frontier now became a mythic ideal to represent the ideals of the american people. This new myth replaced violent imperialism with a mythic version of. This was all a fa ade: this narrative of america as the idealized city on the hill covered up the brutal history of the nation. No representation at the fair by mexican americans or african americans. Factors that contributed to economic growth: union victory means that the nation is preserved, the capacity of the industrialized north turned its head to the direction of building the nation a new. The locomotive was one of the most powerful images of industrialization. The increase in railroads had an impact on the steel industry as this material was needed to construct the railroads as well as the locomotives themselves. As the railroad expanded across the country, it led to the nation becoming more connected.
