Reviewing today!!! yayasking questions about different sections yayCh. 5.1:-Describe Native American culture.Nomadic-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?for gold and land-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?reservations and assimilation-Describe a cowboy's life.herd cattle sleep repeatCh. 5.2:-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains?the railroads got them there and the homestead act gave them land to farm-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains?WEATHER!!! animals, native americans-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?debt!!!! railroads drought hardness of the groundCh. 5.3:-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?see last blog post-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in?People who wanted to lift the debt on farmers and better voice in government. Mostly farmers. increase in money supply, graduated income tax,8 hour work dayCh. 6.1:-What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's?see last blog-What were some new inventions in the late 1800's and what affect did they have on people's lives?farm machinery, barbed wire, steel, skyscraper, lightbulb, typewriter, telephone, made things much much easierCh. 6.2:-What impact did railroads have on the US?let people move around easier and shipping become faster, made time zones (sorta)-Why were many people upset with the railroads?Scandel with the stock market for the railroads, abuses, land grants not given to settlers, short trips cost more-What did the Grangers or government do to regulate the railroads?maximum frieght and passenger rates states now controlled all railwaysthen they couldn't, government did and the gov. set the priceCh. 6.3:-Tell me about Andrew Carnegie.born in scotland, moved to us at age of 12, worked at the secretartu at tje pennsylvania railroad, carnegie opened his own steel company, 20 years later, they were making more steel than all of great britain-Tell me about John D. Rockefeller.esablished the standard oil companies in trust agreements, trust- participants in a trust turn their stock over to a group of trustees- who run the companies as one large company, used trust to fain conrol of the entire oil industry, nicknamed "Robber Baron", recieved juge profits form the oil, after he fained control, he spicked prices high above the original prices, gave away over 500 million dollars and donated over 90% of his fortune, established the Rockefeller Foundation, dont shoot the millionaires,-What was Social Darwinism and how did it apply to business?buisness was supposed to be governed by natural law and no one had the right to intevene, marketplace couldn't stop big businesses from being the biggest.-Explain how companies formed monopolies(vertical/horizontal integration, trusts).vertical-when businesses buy out its suppliers in order to vvontol the raw materials and railroadshorizontal-when companies producing similar products merhe or get bought out by other compainiestrusts- when participants turn their stock over to a group of trustees-- people who tan the sepatate companies as one large corporation. in return the companies were entitled to dividends onprofits earned by the trust.(Pg. 242 in book for diagram)-How did the government try to regulate business?goventment was concerned that expanding corporations world stifle free competitionsherman antitrust act- made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states or with other countries government eventually stops enforcing the act(for a while)-What are labor unions and what is their purpose?orginizations that protect laborers rightsWere labor unions successful in achieving their goals? Explain/Give examples.some where some weren't the AFL was very successful but the RLU wasn'tCh. 7.1:-Why did immigrants come to the US?riches, land, freedom-Where did immigrants come from?everywhere, europe-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?jobs and immigration-What problems did cities fact due to the rapid increase in population?housing and jobs, bad water and sanitation, fire-What did some people do to try to help the bad situation in the cities?invent things and pufifying water, sewers, fire sprinklerCh. 7.3-What was the political machine and what did they do for a city?an orginization of people working towards gathering votes for their political leader to get elected onto office-Tell me about Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring.an extortionist, he was mean-What caused all this corruption in government?money,patronage(spoil system)-What laws came about to reform government?pedleton service act-got rid of most patronage, mckinly tarrif act, wilson-gorman tariff-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?hayes, garfield,grant, arthur-reform pres. cleveland, harrison, mckinley-status-quoCh. 8.1:-What advances in science and technology help solve urban problems?skyscrapers, streetcars, central park, kodac cameras, airplanes, automobile, amusment parks, sports-tennis, boxing, baseball-Ch. 8.2:-How did education change in the late 1800's and early 1900's?more schools for children making it that kids ages 8 to 14 needed to go to school, better conditions for schools and more restritions on reprimanding children, more people started going to high school, schools started to de-segregate,ABBY HATES ME!!!!!!!!!Ch. 8.3:-What laws and restrictions were put on African-Americans and other minorities after Reconstruction ended?segregation laws-Explain the significance of Plessy v. Ferguson.bus thing?Ch. 8.4:-Explain what people did for entertainment in the late 1800's and early 1900's.amusment parks, movies, shopping,Ch. 9.1-Define the Progressive Era and why it started(goals).time when people worked to reform the govenment and correct social problems by taking power away from the rich and giving it to the common people, reform social welfare and soften some hard working conditions, promoting moral improvment, Economic reform, fostering efficiency, cleaning up local government, reform at state level, reforming elections-What is prohibition? Why did people want prohibition to come about? What tactics were used to bring about prohibition?getting rid of alchohol, WCTU, Carrie Nation-Describe the impact aid organizations had on our country.YMCA, Union Army, WCTU,-What did the 18th Amendment do and why did people want it?prohibition-What is socialism? How was it started in the United States?basically communism-What/who were muckrakers and what impact did they have on our country?journalists who would write about the corrupt sides of businesses-What did local government do to reform itself during the Progressive Era?had a mayer-What did businesses do to bring better efficiency to their business?they were nice to their employees-What did the progressives do to make the workplace safer?Workers Comp. saftey laws-What did the progressives do to help end or reduce child labor?got rid of child labor at state level-What did progressives do to help workers reduce the number of hours they had to work?cut hours down-What did progressives do to bring about better wages for workers?labor unions-What did progressives do to make our country more democratic?reformed elections-What did the 17th Amendment do?every state had to have a primary systemCh. 9.2-Describe the major social changes that affected women during the Progressive Era.wanted voting rights, working outside the home more, going to school-Describe women's push for suffrage(voting) and the passing of the 19th Amendment.try getting every state to pass women's suffrage laws, tried getting an amendment, carrie nation-Describe some women who were leaders in the push for suffrage and temperance.susan b anthony, elizabeth cady stanton, carrie nationCh. 9.3-Describe the major accomplishments of Teddy Roosevelt as President.solving foriegn issues, panama cannal, TR(Trust Buster)-Square Dealroosevelt's "philosophy"-Breaking up strikesminers wanted better conditions-Regulating railroadshepburn act, disallow the us of monopoly-Regulating food and drugsunsanitary conditions, FDA was established, bad drugs being used in medicine-Conservationmillions of acres of natural land were saved-Civil Rightsdidn't do much, but believed that the white race was superiorCh.9.4-Describe the major accomplishments and problems of William Howard Taft's presidencytrusts, Payne-Aldrich Tariff, Land disputes-Payne-Aldrich Tariffchanged average tariff from 46 to 41-Land disputesdidn't go will for taft when he appointed ballinger secretary of the interior-Breaking up trustsmoved away from breaking up trusts because of the critisism-Break-up of the Republican Partyconservitives, taft, progresive, roosevelt-Describe the outcome of the 1912 Presidential Election.roosevelt tries to run again and starts the bull moose party. democrates won: Woodrow WilsonCh. 9.5-Describe the major accomplishments/issues of Woodrow as President.underwood act, graduated federal income tax, led us through WWI-Breaking up trustsclayton antitrust act, federal trade commission of 1914-Underwood Tarifflowered tariff-16th Amendmenthigher income tax for the more you make-Federal Reserve Systemcreated in 1913, great depresion changed it a lot, deals with banks, one central bank in each district, 12 districts, each central bank serve the banks in their district, we are in district 7, our bank is Chicago-Limits to Progressivism under WilsonNAACP(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)Brought racism to Washingtion DC
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