Ch. 5.1:-Describe Native American culture. didn't like the white man. thougt the land was theirs to hunt on.-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains? Manafest destiny.-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies? they moved into their land because they thought it was theirs to take. assimalation.-Describe a cowboy's life. average age was fifteen to forty. 10-14 hours a day. one per 300 cows. cook and wranglers for horses.Ch. 5.2:-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains? It helped settle the west faster.-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains? droughts and lack of water floods blizzards insects locust plagues Native American or outlaw raids crop growing since they were alone woman would work besides their husbands.-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains? They built homes in sides of hills and out of mud. had to borrow money. railroads charged farmers to transport grain.Ch. 5.3:-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains? They had to mortgage there houses to buy more land to produce more crops.-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in? Movement of people. demanded reforms to lift debt of farmers/ other workers + a greater voice in government.6.1 was mine dont need.Ch. 6.2:-What impact did railroads have on the U.S.? Made an easier way to the west. Accidents. Trade. Indians attacks. Disease.-Why were many people upset with the railroads? They would charge farmers a lot of money to ship crops.-What did the Grangers or government do to regulate the railroads? Grangers were poor farmers They formed group that fought back against railroads. Granger laws were set up in response to the abuses by the railroades. The Government also fought against railroads b making laws.Ch. 6.3:-Tell me about Andrew Carnegie. Bought stock in a company. made a lot of money. made a steel mill. had a monopoly of steel mills.-Tell me about John D. Rockefeller. born july 8th 1839. raised turkeys and did other household chores.had his first job at 16.-What was Social Darwinism and how did it apply to business? Explains how human society was evolving.-Explain how companies formed monopolies(vertical/horizontal integration, trusts). Bought up all other companies or competition.-How did the government try to regulate business? Sherman anti trust act. The doctrine of Laissez Faire.-What are labor unions and what is their purpose? To get better hours and woking conditions.Were labor unions successful in achieving their goals? Explain/Give examples. Not at first but they took off after a while. Homestead strike people were locked inn a building until the national gaurd came and broke in to get everyone out.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? Immigrants filled them up really fast.What problems did cities fact due to the rapid increase in population? Made laws to clean up the streets and the houses.What did some people do to try to help the bad situation in the cities?Chlorination and filtration. Sanitation.Ch. 7.3Gilded is to be covered with gold.What was the political machine and what did they do for a city? an orginized group that controlled the activities of a political party and also offeredsercices to voters and businesses in exchange for politicalor finantial support. organized like a pyrimid.Tell me about Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring. a Democratic political machine in 1868. was a corrupt group of polititians.What caused all this corruption in government? tweedWhat 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? It helped the Communication, Transportation, and Space.Ch. 8.2:-How did education change in the late 1800's and early 1900's? Literacy Rate went up 90%. not a lot of them got formal school.immigrants mostly sent children to free publlic schools.Ch. 8.3:-What laws and restrictions were put on African-Americans and other minorities after Reconstruction ended? voting restrictions, poll tax, Grandfather Clause.-Explain the significance of Plessy v. Ferguson. Everyone gets the same protection from laws.Ch. 8.4:-Explain what people did for entertainment in the late 1800's and early 1900's.Amusement Parks. Bicycling. Tennis. Spectator Sports. Baseball. Fine Arts. Fiction books. Urban Shopping. Department Stores.Ch. 9.1-Define the Progressive Era and why it started(goals). To bring change to the world. Protecting social welfare.-What is prohibition? The banning of Alcohol. Why did people want prohibition to come about? Because they thought it wwas undermining the American morals. What tactics were used to bring about prohibition? the Womens christian temperance union.-Describe the impact aid organizations had on our country.ymca made pools and handball courts and opened libraries.-What did the 18th Amendment do and why did people want it? Prohabition-What is socialism? An ecenomic system which the govt. will own and control all buisinesses. How was it started in the United States?-What/who were muckrakers and what impact did they have on our country? Magazine journalists who exposed thecorrupt side of business and public life. changed elections. reports corrupted city and state levels.-What did local government do to reform itself during the Progressive Era? rebuilt the town with a local government. city managers.-What did businesses do to bring better efficiency to their business? break down into small parts. assembly lines. increased pay. reduced hours.-What did the progressives do to make the workplace safer? child labor laws.-What did the progressives do to help end or reduce child labor? the Illinois Factory Act. National child labor committee.-What did progressives do to help workers reduce the number of hours they had to work? They passed laws to lower the hours.-What did progressives do to bring about better wages for workers? Made it come down to 10 Hours a day.-What did progressives do to make our country more democratic? The 17th amendment. the 19th amendment. recall. referendum. initiative. directprimary. secret Ballot.-What did the 17th Amendment do? Provides for the election of U.S. senators by the people rather than by state legislatures.Ch. 9.2-Describe the major social changes that affected women during the Progressive Era. improved conditions at work and homes.-Describe women's push for suffrage(voting) and the passing of the 19th Amendment.National woman suffrage Association-Describe some women who were leaders in the push for suffrage and temperance. Susan B. Anthony. Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Cary Nation.Ch. 9.3-Describe the major accomplishments of Teddy Roosevelt as President. the square deal, spanish american war.-Square Deal. represents a fair bargain explaining all sides of an argument. helped him win 1904 election.-Breaking up strikes. Roosecest settled the strike. eventually got 10% raise and 9 hour day but had to give up demand for a closed shop the right to strike for 3 years.-Regulating railroads. Roosevelt's real goal was federal regulation. Passed acts to help regulate railroads.-Regulating food and drugs. Meat inspecting act in 1906. pure food and drug act.-Conservation. setting land aside for parks.-Civil Rights. nothing about the blacks. only women and poor people.Ch.9.4-Describe the major accomplishments and problems of William Howard Taft's presidency- broke up many trusts. strengtheningthe interstate commerce. commission. Improving the postal service. Passed the payne Aldrich Bill. never wanted to be president. he wasnt teddy roosevelt. promised to lower tarriffs.-Payne-Aldrich Tariff- raised tariffs.-Land disputes- Gifford Pinchot believed that wilderness areas should be used for public enjoyment. the american people have evidently made up theirs minds that our natrual resources must be conserved.-Breaking up trusts- Trust busting both presdents did a lot of trust busting which means trying to remove monopolies. Claytonantitrust act was to prohi ited corporatioins from performing a monopoly. if a company violated this law oficers could be prosecuted. this act was to strengthen the sherman antitrust act. it also specified in trying to help the lador unions and the farm organisations.-Break-up of the Republican Party- republican and progressive.-Describe the outcome of the 1912 Presidential Election. wilson wonCh. 9.5-Describe the major accomplishments/issues of Woodrow as President.made the national banking system. lowered the work day to 8 hours a day. federal reserce act. lead us in world war 1. federal trade commision.-Breaking up trusts. federal trade commision and clayton antitrust act.-Underwood Tariff. underwood act in 1913 wilson worked hard to reduce tariffs rate. it reduced the overall tariff to approximately 25 percent. eliminated the tax entirely on steel wool clothinig and sugar and created a federal income tax.-16th Amendment allows to tax citizens so the gevernmant can make money. larger income tax rate were taxed higher than lower income rates. the government was receiving more money from taxes thean they had ever got from tariffs.-Federal Reserve System allowed pricate banking system under federal control federal banks could transfer funds to member banks in trouble.this saved a lot of people from losing their money and having the banks close.-Limits to Progressivism under Wilson. he promised to treat blacks equally and speak out against lynching. The federal atilynching legislation failed and washington DC was segergated.
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