Presentation day,
Ch. 5.1:
-Describe Native American culture. Major hunting and gathering group used buffalo to make tools and as food didn't waste anything. Wars were a big part. Many Environmental and god dances.
-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains? For good crop land and got large lots of land, farming and homestead act
-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies? They thought the Indians owned all the planes, Made room for white men to own land. Said to give Native Americans money for their land, take their land and put them on badlands
-Describe a cowboy's life. Big in the cattle industry, large demand for beef in growing cites. Cattle drop in 1883 due to drought looked at to be white, many were black long hard days. Not the killing or crazy cowboys. Took many weeks to move cattle across the country. Drove them up from Texas to the Kansas railroad.
Ch. 5.2:
-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains? It gave land to family's that moved out their. Made in 1862
-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains? The land was being taking quickly, making homes and supplying food
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains? land speculators would take over and sell the land, many hard ships, snakes and bugs, fireproof,
Ch. 5.3:
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains? high transport prices, struggle to produce crops
-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in? People who weren't rich, help farmers out of debt, give people a greater voice in the government, increase money supply, secret ballots
Ch. 6.1:
-What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's? increase of workers, better inventions, natural resources, growing population, oil boom
-What were some new inventions in the late 1800's and what affect did they have on people's lives? light bulb,
Ch. 6.2:
-What impact did railroads have on the US? It was unfair to the land owners took their land, made it easier to transport goods
-Why were many people upset with the railroads? It took their land away
-What did the Grangers or government do to regulate the railroads? forcing railroads to keep maximize rates down good guys to the farmers, interstate comers act
Ch. 6.3:
Monopolies. Buys out competition in their business
-Tell me about Andrew Carnegie. worked for the Pennsylvania railroad, owned Carnegie Steel Co with his stock money, was so big produced more steel than Britain,
-Tell me about John D. Rockefeller. richest person in the world and history, was the owner of Standard Oil Co, his company had all the power of congress and the president,
-What was Social Darwinism and how did it apply to business? survival of the fittest
-Explain how companies formed monopolies(vertical/horizontal integration, trusts). trusts would watch for to powerful monopolies, Horizontal- takes out small businesses in the area, Vertical- get all your own good like own railroad and oil fields so their product is all theirs form start to finish
-How did the government try to regulate business? Sherman Anti Trust Act, dispersed Standard Oil
-What are labor unions and what is their purpose? Workers from related fields who have come together to protect further rights, skilled unskilled women children men black and white, groups would go on strikes due to no pay or unfair benefits, group of people who fight to get better conditions and pay
Were labor unions successful in achieving their goals? Explain/Give examples. It was a long process to get better conditions and pay,
Factory owners liked children because they didn't complain and could fit in small places
Ch. 7.1:
Why did immigrants come to the US? Escape famine, land shortages, religion, Industrial boom,
Where did immigrants come from? Europe, Japan, Italy Chinese
What problems/issues did immigrants face on the trip over and once they got here? long trip, 1 week from Europe 3 weeks for Japan, gross beds and toilets if disease spread many would die before reaching their destination
Why did some people want to put restriction on immigration? What were those restrictions? to many people, took their jobs
Ch. 7.2
Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800's and early 1900's? immigrants
What problems did cities fact due to the rapid increase in population? they were not build for the steady growth of the population, bad sewage and transportation, more transit for more people trolleys and street cars, more crime-gangs and diseases.
What did some people do to try to help the bad situation in the cities? clean up the ghettos filled with immigrants, animal disease and animal feces,
Ch. 7.3
Gilded- to be covered with gold, us looks good for immigrants but not the citizens live
What was the political machine and what did they do for a city? Offered services for the towns people, organization of people, help run the government for towns and helps out towns mayor, the political advisers, bribe people to vote for their candidate with land, money, and goods
Tell me about Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring. 3rd largest land owner, major tax payer fraud, major leader in the democratic party,
What caused all this corruption in government? bribery, high ranking people, big land or business owners,
What laws came about to reform government? The govt. made a merit system that hired people who could do jobs and not just randomly, Businesses wanted higher tariffs, The Mckinley tariff act raised tariffs.
Ch. 8.3:
-What laws and restrictions were put on African-Americans and other minorities after Reconstruction ended? segregation, voting laws
-Explain the significance of Plessy v. Ferguson. a case to see if segregation laws were constitutional
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