Wednesday, Thursday, September 4th and 5th,
Ch. 5.1:
-Describe Native American culture. - Spaniards and Europeons gave them guns and horses, young men made war and raiding parties counting coup, territory boundaries. Buffalo were very important because it provided them with tools, clothing everything so they followed them. Keeping one with the land nature was important
-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains? - massacre of sand creek 1864, Bozeman trail 1866 crazy horse killed a lot of American soldiers, red river war 1868, Custer's last stand 1876, wounded knee 1890
-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies? -each Indian tribe had their own boundaries Dawes act attempt to Americanize by splitting up their reservations
-Describe a cowboy's life. - cattle industry, drought in 1883, demand for beef fell, winter of 1886. American settlers learn how to take care of cattle from mexico. Most cowboys were white 25% were African Americans an 12% were Mexicans worked 10-14 hours a day, usually didn't have horses of their own they used the company's. Cattle driving, cattle driving could last 3 months or more usually across the country most started in Texas to the Midwest. 12 man crew could manage a herd of 2000-3000
-The Homestead Act- made in 1962, they farmed, and made 160 to head of family.
Problems were that they lived in sodies, wet houses,
Ch. 5.2:
-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains? -
made in 1862, 160 acres free to head of family yllowstone national park created in 1872 1889 massive land rush in OK 2 million acres in a day, 1890 govt declared that the frontier line no longer existed land settlement ended around 1900
-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains?extreme hardships, dugouts and soddies, women woork, machinery, farmer debt, bonaza farms
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains? - extreme hardships, dugouts and soddies, women woork, machinery, farmer debt, bonaza farms
Ch. 5.3:
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains? - drought, living alone, etc.
-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in? - helped farmers out of debt, federal loans, 8 hour work days, secret ballot, restrictions on immigration
What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains – Draught, Native Americans stole cattle and other animals.
Who were the populace and what did they believe in? - They helped farmers out of debt, and gave people a greater voice in government.
6.1
What caused the industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800’s – increase in people who could work. Children started working.
What were some new inventions in the late 1800’s, and what effect did they have on people’s lives – water wheel, steam engine, typewriter, telegraph,
6.2
What impact did railroads have? – transportation to the Midwest to the coast.
Why were people upset with the railroads? – farmers , it took away some of their land.
What did the government do to regulate the railroads? - Started making people pay
Ch. 6.3:
-Tell me about Andrew Carnegie. Came to the country in 1848, opened steel company with stock money, became private secretary to superintendent of the Pennsylvania railroad
-Tell me about John D. Rockefeller. trusts were no legal mergers, his standard oil company had different mergers, joined with competing companies in trust agreements gained total control of the oil industry in America
-What was Social Darwinism and how did it apply to business?Survival of the fittest
-Explain how companies formed monopolies(vertical/horizontal integration, trusts). - made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade, Sherman antitrust act, a corporation, that did nothing to buy other companies stock, set up holding companies, complete control over production wages and prices. Trust=monopoly. Big business control everything
-How did the government try to regulate business? - taxes
-What are labor unions and what is their purpose? - A group of people in the same work field
Were labor unions successful in achieving their goals? Explain/Give examples. - poor pay, violence, Strikes, wild chest, to pay a worker on strike, gerievance, coming to an agreement
Ch. 7.1:
Why did immigrants come to the US? - To practice religion, industrial revolution, to have jobs
Where did immigrants come from? - All over the world, Europe, china,
What problems/issues did immigrants face on the trip over and once they got here? - long trip, hatred, bad living conditions. They came to Ellis Island.
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?
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.
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