BLOG ASSIGNMENT - CHAPTER 5-9 CHOICE
Ch. 5.1:
-Describe Native American culture.- hunters and gatherers, they were given horses, wars broke out due to tribes trespassing on their land. they lived in small extended family groups, men trained to be hunters and warriors, women butchered game and prepared hides, children were taught through storytelling and examples, tribes wer never controlled by one person it was more like a council.
-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?- they were looking for gold, silver, and other riches, they thought native americans had no right to the land.
-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?- they wanted native americans to be more like the Americans, assimilation means "americanizing" so they gave 160 acres land to the head of each household and 80 acres of land to each unmarried adult. Extra land was sold to settlers and money given to native americans.
-Describe a cowboy's life.-most cowboy's worked on ranches, they would start working at age 15 and keep working until age 40 or so, worked 10-14 hrs on ranches, or 14+ hours on cattle trails, they would round up as many longhorns as possible, they would keep the horses fenced in until they would rather eat than run away,
Ch. 5.2:
-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains?- The homestead act offered 160 acres of land free to any citizen who was head of the household, 600,000 families took the chance with this act, 10% of land was actually setteld by families, Iowa & Minnesota, was enough but in the west they needed more for farming.
-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains?- droughts, lack of water, floods, fire, blizzards, insects, locust plagues, native american or outlaw raids, crop growing, women would work beside their husbands
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?- machinery was expensive so they had to borrow money
Ch. 5.3:
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?- farmers were trapped in an economic cycle, crop prices were falling so they had to mortage their farms so they could buy more land to plant more crops, farmland became scarce.
-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in?- they demanded reforms to lift bevt of farmers/other workers and a greater voice in government. They believed in and increased money supply, graduated income tax, federal loan program, single terms for presidents, secret ballot, 8 hour work day, restriction on immigration
Ch. 6.1:
-What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's?- natural resources, govt. support of business (laissez-fairre, they government is going to let the businesses do what they please), growing urban population which supplied cheap labor and markets for new products
-What were some new inventions in the late 1800's and what affect did they have on people's lives?- Internal combustion engine, dynamite, typewriter, electric motor, telephone, phonograph, light bulb, radio, motion pictures, x-ray.
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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