Posted by 3connor on September 30, 2011 at 10:34am
Ch. 5.1:-Describe Native American culture. Nomatic lived off the land. Very spiritualBoys became hunters, women cooked,-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?Gold Rush and adventure, went by railroads and wagons. To be cattle ranchers, farming.-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?They tried to set up reservations for the Native Americans but the Native Americans didn't like to be isolated in one little area.-Describe a cowboy's life. 25% were African American and 12% were Mexican, expert riders and ropers.Ch. 5.2:-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains?Faster transportation\homestead act gave the head of the house 160 acres of land to farm.-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains?droughts, floods, fires, blizards, plagues, homes out of dirt bricks.-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains? Hard ground, expensive machinery.Ch. 5.3:-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains? They weren't making enough money, expensive machinery, high price shipping.-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in? Group of farmers and other western people who realized they needed a politcal change in power. higher priced goods and services, federal loan program, graduated income tax, popular vote for senators, president, and vice president.Ch. 6.1:-What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's? Cheap labor from the imigrants and oil, laissez- fairre- The government stayed out of the businesses way and pretty much said you can do whatever you want.-What were some new inventions in the late 1800's and what affect did they have on people's lives? Steel plow helped farmers prepare the soil for planting. Thomas Edison made light bulb, telegraph, he was a pioneer of the frontier.Christopher Scholes invented type writer, Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephoneCh. 6.2:-What impact did railroads have on the US?increase trade and quicker travel, 600 banks and 15,000 businesses had failed and 4 million people lost their jobs.-Why were many people upset with the railroads?The cost of the railroads and they take up land.-What did the Grangers or government do to regulate the railroads?They demanded control over the railroads, Establish maximum freight and passenger rates and prohibit discrimination.Interstate commerce act let government supervise the railroadsCh. 6.3:-Tell me about Andrew Carnegie.Came from Scotland and started a steel company called the Carnegie Steel Company, most powerful steel company in 1899.-Tell me about John D. Rockefeller. created a monopoly vertical integration, Rockfeller Foundation, Medical Institute, University of Chicago.-What was Social Darwinism and how did it apply to business? The success and failure in business were governed by natural law and no one had the right to intervene.-Explain how companies formed monopolies(vertical/horizontal integration, trusts).refer to page 242 horizontal- big comanies buys out little companies. buying all-How did the government try to regulate business?Sherman Antitrust Act was the governments attempt to stop monopolies.-What are labor unions and what is their purpose? Were created for keeping workers from being over worked and under paid.Were labor unions successful in achieving their goals? Explain/Give examples. Yes American Federation of Labor. The Great Strike let women work in unions. The businesses would not hire you if you were on the black list of a labor union.Ch. 7.1:Why did immigrants come to the US? Religous Freedom,Where did immigrants come from? Europe, Italian, Russian, and china and japan, austria, HungaryWhat 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? Chinese Exclusion Act, because Chinese where a different color.Ch. 7.2Why 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. 7.3What 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?
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