Ch. 5.1:
-Describe Native American culture.
-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?
-How did the US govt deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies? They tried to Americanize them and started treating them like Americans, instead of Native Americans! wide ranging.
-Describe a cowboy's life. rand them telling what ones belong to who. They all had a cook who drove the chuck wagon and set up the camp. They were from Mexico and they were cowboys. The cowboys came from the Mexican range. worked 10 to 14 hours, some of them were at the age of 15, cowboys usually own there own saddles, but the horses were the boss. the season began with a spring round up, and they would bring a R angler. They earned $100.00 or more for supervising. Anything could start a Stampede a sneeze or anything.
Ch. 5.2:
-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains? went through Sacramento and a lot of other places. They passed rules. places to settle. caused people to move out west and establish a farm. Speed up the possesses.
-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains? The dust went over the crops and it was hard for them to work. Locos droughts floods blizzards fires.
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains? The dust went over the crops and it was hard for them to work.
Ch. 5.3:
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains? not very much good farm land and how much money. farmers pushed the government to issue more money, and they need more money. Farmers had to pay very high prices for transportation of grain. Charge high rates of interest.
-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in? 1892 in Omaha, Nebraska. government was mainly wealthy people and not really farmers. They wanted to form and political party that was under the control of common people not just government officials and wealthy men.
Ch. 6.1:
-What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's? Lots of resources and changed farming. oil.
-What were some new inventions in the late 1800's and what affect did they have on people's lives? The light bulb and made electricity and made it safer for people to use and they made it so it could go from many houses to houses. type writer and the telephone opened a new way to communicate with people and ways for woman to work.
Ch. 6.2:
-What impact did railroads have on the US? they had 30,000 miles of track and was six times greater by 1890, made our country united. it was easier to travel to places!
-Why were many people upset with the railroads? they coasted a lot of money! upset with government and they payed them in land instead of money because they couldn't afford it.
-What did the Granger or government do to regulate the railroads? reasonable rates had to be published.
Ch. 6.3:
-Tell me about Andrew Carnegie. He was born on November 25, 1835 he came over at the age of 12. came over poor and died rich, he was one of the richest people in the world.
-Tell me about John D. Rockefeller.
-What was Social Darwinism and how did it apply to business? that the states who have the fittest will strive in the society survival of the fittest. Ether rich or poor there was no in between, they believed that the poor people would ruin the society and that the rich needed to become richer.
-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? western and northern Europe and Italy Austria hungry and Russia.
What problems/issues did immigrants face on the trip over and once they got here? people were very very mean.
Why did some people want to put restriction on immigration? What were those restrictions? The segregation act.
Ch. 7.2
Why 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?
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