Today we finished Ashleys powerpoint. Mr. Bruns also discussed where we can find the oral test questions on the website. In 1872 the Yellow National Park was created. In 1893 a book on the Significance of the Frontier in Amerca was published. On the great plains people lived in dirt homes which were made of sod. Women in the great plains were very good at doctoring. The Morril act gave land grants to people to create better schools. The Bread Basket of the Nation which included Iowa and other states.In the 1870s Bonanza farms were created by railroad companies and investors. Bonanza Farms were huge with 15,000 and even up to 50,000 Acres. Railroads charged more to transport goods in the west than in the east. They charged more because of the lack of competition and the distance it took to get to one place from another,it put farmers in debt. Prices for crops were falling and farmers had to morgage thier farms to stay in buissness.Ch. 5.1:-Describe Native American culture.-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?-Do did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?-Describe a cowboy's life.Ch. 5.2:-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains?-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains?-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?Ch. 5.3:-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in?Ch. 6.1:-What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's?-What were some new inventions in the late 1800's and what affect did they have on people's lives?Ch. 6.2:-What impact did railroads have on the US?-Why were many people upset with the railroads?-What did the Grangers or government do to regulate the railroads?Ch. 6.3:-Tell me about Andrew Carnegie.-Tell me about John D. Rockefeller.-What was Social Darwinism and how did it apply to business?-Explain how companies formed monopolies(vertical/horizontal integration, trusts).-How did the government try to regulate business?-What are labor unions and what is their purpose?Were labor unions successful in achieving their goals? Explain/Give examples.Ch. 7.1:Why did immigrants come to the US?Where did immigrants come from?What problems/issues did immigrants face on the trip over and once they got here?Why did some people want to put restriction on immigration? What were those restrictions?Ch. 7.2Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800's and early 1900's?What problems did cities fact due to the rapid increase in population?What did some people do to try to help the bad situation in the cities?Ch. 7.3What was the political machine and what did they do for a city?Tell me about Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring.What caused all this corruption in government?What laws came about to reform government?Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland and William Mckinley were all presidents during the late 1800's. Were they a reform president or a status quo president?Ch. 8.1:-What advances in science and technology help solve urban problems?Ch. 8.2:-How did education change in the late 1800's and early 1900's?Ch. 8.3:-What laws and restrictions were put on African-Americans and other minorities after Reconstruction ended?-Explain the significance of Plessy v. Ferguson.Ch. 8.4:-Explain what people did for entertainment in the late 1800's and early 1900's.
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