Posted by 6Dustin on September 26, 2011 at 10:53am
Continued our Presentations today. Assigned Blog your choice from Chapters 5-9.■Chapter 5:1.■Describe Native American culture.■Around the missouir river: osage, iowa, sioux, cheyenne, had horses so they were faster at moving and easier to hunt. They planted crops, and hunted.Were nomadic.■hunter and gathers■They lived in extended families■young men: were huntess and warriors■young women: buthered game and prepared hides■Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?■ they thought it was unsettled and had the right to live there, looking for gold and silver. Gold in Colorado. Own land. Railroads. Mining. Farming.■How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?-that the great plains as indian terrotories-sand creek reserve-Wage war against them. Dawes Act. Simulation: Tried to Americanize the Native Americans. Put specific boundaries up for them.■Dawes Act: Broke up reservations and gave some land to individual Native Americans. 160 Acres to the head of the house hold. 80 to unmarried adults.■Describe a cowboy's life.-Cowboys attended ranches. Worked on Ranches 10-14 hours a day. Starved Longhorns until they wanted to graze.Ch. 5.2:■How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains?-brought people to the great plains, offered 160 free acres to any citzens who was head of the household-only 10% land was actually settled by families-iowa and minnesota were enough but the western need more farming■What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains?-fires, floods, droughts, blizzard,■What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?■-machinery was really expersive and railraods increased the cost to ship goodsCh. 5.3:■What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?-prices of crops were falling and so they had to mortgage their families so they could buy more land to produce goods-banks were foreclosing. Problems with railroads. Good farming land was getting harder to get.■Who were the Populists and what did they believe in?■-is the movement of people-farmers and the common people. Helped the farmers.■Tried to increase the money supply which would cause people to pay more to the farmers. Started the 8-hour work day. Started a fereral loan program (helped farmers). Put restrictions on immigration. Eventually became progressives.■Didn't get those passed right at the time. They later would.■The Grange (1867)- Organization of farmers. Fighting back against railroads. Railroads were over charging farmers to use their railroads.-Farmers Alliance: Groups of people that sympathized with farmers. Grew to 4 million people.■-WHAT THEY WANTED?-increase money supply, 8 hour work day, federal loan program, secret ballotCh. 6.1:-What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's? Wealth of natural resources, government support for business,, growing urban population, cheap labor and marketss for new products,Government support for busines: laissez-fairre.-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.
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