I need to put all my notes togetherZach dotzler went first. Then liz-Describe Native American culture.Nomadic, hunt, plant crops, follow buffalo.-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?Settlers thought that owning land and starting business would give them a a stake in the country-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?In 1834, the gov't passed an act that designated the great plains as on big reservation set aside for Native Americans tribes.-Describe a cowboy's life25% were african american and approx. 12% hispanic. They worked on ranches for 10-14 hours a day. They drove cattle up to kansas from texas to get paid for them.Abby smith did 5.2 presentation-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains?started farms, offered free land who was head of a household-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains?droughts and lack of waterweathersince they were alone women would work besides their husbands-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?machinery was expensive so they had to borrow money wich caused debtplains experienced droughtsdebt because railroads were expensiveJordan Good 5.3-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?farmers were trapped in a economic cyclefarming land became very scarcebanks were foreclosing on the mortgages of who couldnt pay the loans-What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's?New inventions and discovery of natural rescources-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in?The movement of the peopleDirk presented 6.1Dirk continued with 6.1-What were some new inventions in the late 1800's and what affect did they have on people's lives?Telephone, typewriter, and the lightbulb. women were able to have more job opportunities in offices with the typewriter.Then Jordan Voge with 6.2-What impact did railroads have on the US?Made moving westward easier and quicker-Why were many people upset with the railroads?Railroads were overcharging to farmers and couldn't farm as much as well-What did the Grangers or government do to regulate the railroads?They made it fairNic Klien with 6.3-Tell me about Andrew Carnegie.-Tell me about John D. Rockefeller.-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?Started 7.1with Andrew W-Why did immigrants come to the US?Jobs-Where did immigrants come from?Europe, china, japan, indians from cuba, purtorico, there were also mexicansCollin went with 7.3-What was the political machine and what did they do for a city?organization of people trying to get votes for their part.-What caused all this corruption in government?patrionage-spoils system-What laws came about to reform government?pendleton service actLindsey went 7.2-Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800's and early 1900's?Mass Transit-desined to move large numbers of people-What problems did cities fact due to the rapid increase in population?Housing in tenements, if you lived in one you would probably live with 4-5 other families in it when there would only be room for one family so people would get sick-What did some people do to try to help the bad situation in the cities?Jane adams and the settlement house, garbage collection start, fireman got started, tried to buetify the cities by building parksJames didn't have done!!! so bruns went 8.1-What advances in science and technology help solve urban problems?Huge buildings, skyscrapers building vertically instead of horizonally, subways, street cars.Airplanes, cameras, and amusement parks.Then alex 8.2-How did education change in the late 1800's and early 1900's?Blacks were allowed to go to schools, edudcation laws were made, changed ciriculum
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