Ch. 5.1: -Describe Native American culture- the western tribes hunted and gathered food. They traveled to find animals. -Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains? - They wanted to own land. Migrants moved westward along the railroad and wagon trails to claim land. -How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?- in 1834 the government gave Native American land for their tribes. All the tribes were to live on the same land. Later government changed and gave each tribe their own areas in different parts. War started between them.
- What is a similation- Americanizing -Describe a cowboy's life- They move west to be a cattle rancher. They learned how to rope up and round up for their mexican neighbors. They did hard work.
Ch. 5.2: -How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains? It made people move west because they wanted land.
-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains? Droughts, Floods,and Fires.
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains? There tools got advanced.
Ch. 5.3: -What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains? Farmers had to pay back more for the money they borrowed. Farmers had to pay high prices for transportation of grain.
-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in? In 1892. The memember consist of poor cotton farmers of the South, and poor wheat farmers of the North. Their goal was to help the farmers not to be so weighed down with debt and to give them a bigger voice.
Ch. 6.1: -What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's?
-What were some new inventions in the late 1800's and what affect did they have on people's lives?
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?
-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?
Were labor unions successful in achieving their goals? Explain/Give examples.
Ch. 7.1: Why did immigrants come to the US? Where did immigrants come from?
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?
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. 7.3 What 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?
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