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Ch. 5.1:
-Describe Native American culture.
Nomadic, hunt, plant crops, follow buffalo. After Euros came- Got horses and guns, could travel faster and longer distances
-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?
Settlers thought that owning land, making a mining claim, and starting business would give them a a stake in the country. They argued that the Native Americans had forfeited their right to own land because they didn't try to improve it.
-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?
Gave the NA's a region of the Great Plains, called reservations, for the Indians to live on. Gov created treaties that had specific boundaries for each tribe. Most NA's rejected the treaties and continued to hunt on the land.
Custer's Last Stand-Native Americans outflanked Custer and his men, the Natives killed Custer and his men.
Dawes Act- broke up reservations and gave some land to Native Americans. 160 acres to the head of the house hold and 80 to unmarried adults.
Assimilation- Trying to "Americanize" the Native Americans, getting them to farm and change their fortune.
-Describe a cowboy's life.
15-40 years old, moved cattle from one ranch to another, worked on ranches for 10-14 hours a day, some worked in rodeos. Used guns to scare off or kill harmful animals and outlaws. Herded cattle, cattle would get startled easily by thunder or even a sneeze and could cause stampedes. Mostly allies to Indians, if one group was in trouble, the other could help them out.
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?
Prices of the crops were low. Farmers couldn't earn enough money to keep their farms and ranches going. -Who were the Populists and what did they believe in?
Populism- The movement of common people to fight back against the railroads and big business. Tried to increase money supply which would give the people, uncluding farmers, more money. Wanted to start the 8 hour work day. Put restrictions on immagration, immagrants came to the country and took a lot of the peoples jobs.
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:
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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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