PresentationsCh. 5.1:-Describe Native American culture.Before Europeans: plant crops, hunt, settle in small villagesAfter: horses and guns, they were able to travel farther and hunt more efficiently. They abided by the Tribal law. They traded and produced beautifully crafted clothes and tools.-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?The settlers believed that owning land, making a mining claim, and starting business would gice them a stake in the county. They moved west because gold was found in colorado which led to the Gold Rush.-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?In 1834, the govt passed an act that designated the G.P. as one big reservation set aside for Native American tribes. Years later, the govt changed its policy and created treaties that had specific boundaries for each tribe. Most Native Americans rejected the govt treaties and continued to hunt on their lands, colliding with settlers and miners. go to war against them and we push them into reservations. Asimilation-where they try to Americanize the native americans...getting them to farm and change their fortune.-Describe a cowboy's life.work on ranches, some work in rodeos. Cowboys were mainly 15-40 years old.They worked on ranches for 10-14 hours a day. used guns to scare off animals that might scare the cattle or the horses. They usually started off spring with a spring roundup. overland transport-1cowboy for every 300 cattle, a cook who also drove the chuck wafgon and set up camp and a wrangler for the horses. Cowboys were on the long drive frin dawn to dusk.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 falling. Banks were foreclosing their farms. Good farming land was becomiong harder to get and there was less of it available. They had problems with the railroads-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in?(1892-1900) Populism-the movement of the people. Demanded reforms to lift the burder of debt from the farmers. Give people more say in their government.Actions: They tried to increase the money supply which would cause people to pau more to the farms. Started the 8-hour work day. Started a federal loan program which helped the farmers. Put restrictions on immigration. Eventually became progressives.Ch. 6.1:-What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's?Reasons: 1.a wealth of natural resources2. government support for business3.a growing urban population4.cheap labor and markets for new products2 continued----laissez-fairre is the government policy that they are going to keep their hands off and leave the businesses alone. Iron and steel. steel was stronger and could support more. Availability of cheaper steel also made the Industrial revolution take off.-What were some new inventions in the late 1800's and what affect did they have on people's lives?Bessemer Process- discovered bu william kelly in 185. took out imourities in iron by oxidation.The light bulb- 1850 Joseph Swan invented the bulb with carbonized paper filaments. perfected by thomas edison. 1879- Swan began installing in homes and landmarks in England.The typewriter- Invented bu Christopher Sholes 1868. It was originally designed like the telegraph. original one only had capital letters. QWERTY was invented because of pairs of letters frequently used together. Because the first tupewriter didn't have lowercase and wasn't a big hit. Became popular in 1873 when shift key came in use for lowercase.The telephone- Alexnder Graham Bell invented it in the late 1870's. the telphone was invented to try to improve the telegraph. He came up with the idea of sending speech electricity instead of messages while working on the telegraph.Changes peoples life:----------------------------------------------The lightbulb made lighting homes easierelectricity became world wide, making life easierPeople could communicate quicker in a longer distance with a telephonethe typewriter gave many women more job opportunities in offices.The refrigerator made it possible to store foods at a cool temperature. This made foods last longer and food poisoning caused of rotting food occur less.Ch. 6.2:-What impact did railroads have on the US?It made it so that we could move westward easier and quicker for the settlers to move west. Trade and transport goods.It brought hope and faith to Americans.Vetrerans made the tracks for the trains and native Americans attacked them. growing of railroads influenced the businesses where Americans worked.-Why were many people upset with the railroads?They were upset by misuse of government land grants. which the railroads sold to other businesses rather than to settlers as the gocernment intented. Farmers were overcharged for the railroads.What the grangers /government did to regulate railroads.--the took political action they took state and local political canidates. They established maximum freight and passenger rates and prohibit discrimination.Railroads they set up 24 hour time zone. An hour different from each other. It took place all over the country.GRANGERS were farmers who came together to fight back against the railroads.Interstate Commerce Act- laws designed to stop railroad abuse such as free passes and rebates. Making sure the railroads would help everyone and not just the wealthy. The supreme court went against this act.Ch. 6.3:-Tell me about Andrew Carnegie.Born to a poor family in scotland in 1835. Moved to the US in 1848. Got his first job when he was 13 and earned $1.20 per week. In 1854, he became a private secretary to his local superintent of the Pennsylvania Railroad. His boss, gave Carnegie a change to buy stock. He started the Carnegie steel company which produced more steel than Britain had. controlled almost all of the steel industry. He used the horizontal and vertical integratioon to try and control as much of the steel industry as possible.-Tell me about John D. Rockefeller.Born July 8, 1839. second of six children. starteed first business at 19. Established the Standard Oil company in Ohio. Paid employees extremely low wages. Sold oil for much less money than it cost to make. When there were no competitors left, he raised the prices. ISed trist agree,emts tp merge with other companies.-What was Social Darwinism and how did it apply to business?thought to scientifically ezplain carnegies succeses. Social darwinism- theory based on charles darwins theory of evolution, natural selection. that says the individuals who have wealth and power posses biological superiority in the struggle for existence. The big businesses that had more money and produced more products would dominate the market.-Explain how companies formed monopolies(vertical/horizontal integration, trusts). horizontal integration is buying out other companies thar produce the same product in order to eliminate the competition. Vertical Integration- process of buying out the company's supplies such as coal fields, iron mines, and railroads. look in 6-3 in Americas book on page 242. trust agreements, or trust, are a type of company merger, companies joining together. Trust are a form of monopoly. Stocks are turned over to a group of tristecs, who run each company as a large corporation the corporation. Monopoly- businesses trying to beat out their competition.-How did the government try to regulate business?The US government started regulating business to tru to protect small businesses. The Sherman Antitrust Act. The first measure to prohibit trust. Made it iillegal for companies to form a trust that interfeered with interstate or foreign trade. A $5,000 fine,-What are labor unions and what is their purpose?Wrkers were paid very little a week and worked many hours. THe jobs were dangerous in 1882 and average of 672 workers were killed in work-related accidents each week. Large scale labor unions first formed in 1866. Labor unions are groups of skilled and unskilled workers that work together to make their working conditions.Were labor unions successful in achieving their goals? Explain/Give examples.The national labor union. formed in 1866 by William H. Sylvis. Had 640,000 members. Focused on joining existing unions together. Protest and Strikes. Workers would stop working and demand changes by their employees. Haymarket Affair- May 4, 1886. 3,000 people gathered at Haymarket swuare in chicago to protect policy brutality. No, earlier on. As time goes on, yes. They started to make some gains. better pay, workers compensation,Ch. 7.1:Why did immigrants come to the US?immigration- a person who migrates into another usually try for permanent residence.emigrants- a person who emigrates from his or her natice country or region.--they came to escape religious persecution.(jews)Where did immigrants come from?Europe, Russia, China, Japan. Jamaica, CUba, Puerta Rico. came over to find jobs. Mexicans came over to escape political term...What problems/issues did immigrants face on the trip over and once they got here?trabsportation. crowded often in gloom, no fresh air, rarelyu allowed on deck. insect infested bunksm they had to share toilets, diseases spread quickly. Ellis Island. Angel Island.Why did some people want to put restriction on immigration? What were those restrictions?Nativism- facoritism toward native born americans. Thought pronlems wwere caused by Latins, and Asians so they were against those groups. Nativist thought that imigrants frim the right country such as Germans, English, Scandanavanians were ok. Countries that were progressicem historically free. Many colleges and businesses refused jews. Anti Asian sentiment. check section 7-1.Ch. 7.3Gilded- means to be covered with gold. looked good on the outside but on the inside had some problems.Gilded Age- 1865-1890's. modern industrial economy and an area of reform. The civil service Act.What was the political machine and what did they do for a city?organized group of people that cotrols all activities of a political party in a city. They offered services to voters and businesses in exchange for political or financial support. The political machines took over local governments and decades after the civil war ended. Baltimore, New York, San Francisco were some of the major cities that were controlled by political machines. they are organized like a pyramid. Top- city bosses and the base-local workers and captains. Ward bosses and city bosses worked together. The machines help the immigrants get full citizenship. some machines made fake names for the votes they needed.Graft- the illegal use of political influence for personal gain.Tell me about Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring.Tweed was born in 1823. 1841- began to build a power base in Tammany (hall in New York) and then was elected into the Democratic party. 1876 was elected gocernmor of New York and nearly won presidence in the electoral college to RUtherford B. Hayes, Died in jail in 1878. between 1865 abd 1871, tweed and his assistance stole millions of dp;;ars from the city treasurer. Boss Tweed escaped from prison on december 4th, 1875, and fled to Europe. tweed ring scandal defrauded the city, openly bought votes, encouraged judicial corriptoon and controlled new york politics.What caused all this corruption in government?dishonest people like tweed. pantronage spurs reform/ the spoils system.What laws came about to reform government?Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883. it authorized a bipartism civil sercive commision to make appointments to federal jobs through a merit system based on candidate's performance on an examination. replaced the spoiling/ spurs system.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 could not convince the congress to support reform. stalwarts- status quo...halfbreed-reformers. James Garfield was nominated as the new president. he was shot by a stalwart in a train station. when arthur heard about the reason for the shooting, he changed from a stalwart to a reformer. Arthur passed the Pendleton civil service act. Cleveland was nominated president and he tried to lower tariffs but congress would not let him. democratic party didn't want high tariffs so they raised prices instead. Harrison won with a campaign of higher tariffs...cleveland won popular vote but Harrison won electorial vote.
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