Ch. 5.1:
-Describe Native American culture.
THey ate Buffalo
They lived of the land
-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?
THey came from the russia and they couldnt own the land
-How 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.
lONG Driving through the usa
Ch. 5.2:
-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains?
It brought action through the plains
-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains?
Outlaws, Living conditions
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?
Storms, fires, Indians
Ch. 5.3:
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?
Shipping to buyers, huge taxes on shipping
-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in?
the political party for the common man and they belive in a working america, gold and silver backed money
Ch. 6.1:
-What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's?
Steel, Gasoline
-What were some new inventions in the late 1800's and what affect did they have on people's lives?
Barbed Wire, Type Writer, Telephone.
What made it take of
oil, Cheap labor, Gov wasnt too involed in buisnesses
Ch. 6.2:
-What impact did railroads have on the US?
It allowed a lot of travel
-Why were many people upset with the railroads?
It frightened cattle
-What did the Grangers or government do to regulate the railroads?
regulated prices
Ch. 6.3:
-Tell me about Andrew Carnegie.
Poor Family, Had a steel Business, Had a large share of steel, monopoly,
-Tell me about John D. Rockefeller.
Started Poor, Started in steel, Later turned to oil
-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. 7.2
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?
Ch. 7.3
What 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.
Ch. 9.1
-Define the Progressive Era and why it started(goals).
-What is prohibition? Why did people want prohibition to come about? What tactics were used to bring about prohibition?
-Describe the impact aid organizations had on our country.
-What did the 18th Amendment do and why did people want it?
-What is socialism? How was it started in the United States?
-What/who were muckrakers and what impact did they have on our country?
-What did local government do to reform itself during the Progressive Era?
-What did businesses do to bring better efficiency to their business?
-What did the progressives do to make the workplace safer?
-What did the progressives do to help end or reduce child labor?
-What did progressives do to help workers reduce the number of hours they had to work?
-What did progressives do to bring about better wages for workers?
-What did progressives do to make our country more democratic?
-What did the 17th Amendment do?
Ch. 9.2
-Describe the major social changes that affected women during the Progressive Era.
-Describe women's push for suffrage(voting) and the passing of the 19th Amendment.
-Describe some women who were leaders in the push for suffrage and temperance.
Ch. 9.3
-Describe the major accomplishments of Teddy Roosevelt as President.
-Square Deal
-Breaking up strikes
-Regulating railroads
-Regulating food and drugs
-Conservation
-Civil Rights
Ch.9.4
-Describe the major accomplishments and problems of William Howard Taft's presidency
-Payne-Aldrich Tariff
-Land disputes
-Breaking up trusts
-You will have to look elsewhere for some other accomplishments as the book is limited
-Break-up of the Republican Party
-Describe the outcome of the 1912 Presidential Election.
Ch. 9.5
-Describe the major accomplishments/issues of Woodrow as President.
-Breaking up trusts
-Underwood Tariff
-16th Amendment
-Federal Reserve System
-Limits to Progressivism under Wilson
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