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-Describe Native American culture.They were nomadic, lived in groups with families that spoke the same language,-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?The reasons why settlers moved were gold, land, farming, cattle ranching, sheep herding.-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?The government supported assimilation. 1887 congress passed the Dawes Act- Americanize the Native Americians. 1932 whites had taken over two thirds of the land that was set aside for the Native Americans. Native Amernicans were put into reservations.-Describe a cowboy's life.Came from mexican canqueros. They rope, drive cattle (250-300 head of cattle per cowboy), sleep on the ground, risk of a cow leaving. The barb wire brought herding and cowboys to an end. Fencing took and end to the open range.Ch. 5.2:-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains?Homestead Act is the act that lets any citizen, or person signing up for citizen, to have up to 160 acrers to make it into a farm. Railroad took the people to the land.-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains?Problems are weather, plagues, animals and raids of Navite Americans.-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?Debt, drought, and high charges from the railroad.Ch. 5.3:-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?Bad land, price of crops dropped, debt, and high railroad costs for hauling corn.-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in?Populists were people who demanded reformers to lift the burden of debt from farmers and other workers. Populists wanted an increase in the money supply which would produce in a rise in prices received by goods and services, graduated income tax, federal loan program, eight hour work day, restrictions on immigrantion, election of US senators by popular vote, single terms for the president and the vice-president, secret ballot to end vote fraud.Check diagram for gold and silver.Ch. 6.1:-What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's?A discovery in the wealth of natural resources in oil, coal, iron ore, government support for businesses, growing urban population that provided cheap labor and market for new products. Laissez fairre - to let alone.-What were some new inventions in the late 1800's and what affect did they have on people's lives?Steam engine,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:-Tell me about Andrew Carnegie.-Tell me about John D. Rockefeller.-What was Social Darwinism and how did it apply to business?Theory that success and failure in business was governed by natural law and no one had the right to intervene.-Explain how companies formed monopolies(vertical/horizontal integration, trusts).Vertical integration - business buys out it suppliers in order to control the raw materials and railroadhorizontal integration -companies producing similar products merge or get bought our by other companiestrusts - when participation turn their stock over to a group of trusteesrefer to page 242 in the book for vertical and horizonatl integration-How did the government try to regulate business?Sherman Antitrust Act which made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between state or with other countries.-What are labor unions and what is their purpose?Were labor unions successful in achieving their goals? Explain/Give examples.Yes and no. it took a while for it to be successful, but once it was successful. Once they won one it kept winning more.Ch. 7.1:Why did immigrants come to the US?Promise of a better life - pull, push - escape diffucult conditions like famine, land shortages, religious, and political persecution.Where did immigrants come from?Europe, Russia, Italy, Austria, Hungary. West indians come from Jamaca, Cuba, Puerto Rico.The people in the US didn't like the immigrants because they were WASP.WhiteAngloSaxonProtestantWhat problems/issues did immigrants face on the trip over and once they got here?Diseases, crouded, no fresh air were issues on the way to the US. Once they got here they didn't know if they would even be allowed to be let into our nation. Only two percent of immigrants were sent back to their country. The challenges once they reached Ellis Island. They had to start their life over and didn't know the language.Why did some people want to put restriction on immigration? What were those restrictions?Immigrants were viewed as a threat to the American way of life and race. Chinese Exclusion act banned all Chinese except students, teachers, merchants, tourists, and government officials. Segregation was a restriction.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?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 RightsCh.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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