Ch. 5.1:
-Describe Native American culture. Women made hides for hunter and cooked the men were hunter and warriors they moved with the buffalo they used all of it never wasted any. Wonka Tonka was their spirit god everything had a spirit
-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains? Missouri river and Rocky mountains. thought they were going to start mining and they thought it was going to make them rich there weren't nice town run down dirt roads. Sand creek massacre Cheyenne creek Indians started moving back into Colorado
-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies? Doz act trying to Americanis them make them like white people. but eventually white took over there land. Hunting for buffalo 65 million to a thousand tourists liked to do it and Indians ran low on them. The battle of wounded knee. cavalry last native American war. U.S waged war against him.
-Describe a cowboy's life. worked 10-14 hour days. spring round up all the cattle on there land wouldn't feed them so they would stay and graze. long drive lasted about 3 months 1 cowboy per 250 heat of cattle had to drive them up north Texas to Kansas because lack of transportation.
Ch. 5.2:
-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains? when settlers moved west to great planes if they built one mile of track they got 10 miles of land every mile made they got 10 square miles. Homestead act government gave farmers and settlers 160 acres of land could start building houses 1862 - 1900. Morril act happened between 1862 - 1890 this was when the government gave to land to the states to help finance agriculture.
-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains? Settlers had to build houses on hills out of the land they called them dugouts and soddies farmers went into debt because the equipment was to expensive. issues farmers faced crop prices good land was hard to find railroads overcharged farmers. worry about native American attacks
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains? ground was hard.
Ch. 5.3:
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?
-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in?
Ch. 6.1:
-What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's? support from the government for businesses- growing urban population- technological improvements roads railroads hydraulic potential the Bessemer steel process made the steal stronger. there was cheap labor.
laissez- faire- let them do what they want very few rules big businesses government said let them do what they want that's why industrial revolution took off and because so many people were coming in
-What were some new inventions in the late 1800's and what affect did they have on people's lives? creation of machines to replace human workers creation of machine to improve life telephone typewriter light bulb cotton gin the use of steam power. improved the standard of living population moving into cities. grim lpoor condition of living for working. strikes and riots feminist movements.
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?
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
-Policy towards African-Americans
Ch.9.4
-Describe the major accomplishments and problems of William Howard Taft's presidency
-Payne-Aldrich Tariff
-Land disputes
-Breaking up trusts
-16th Amendment
-Policy towards African-Americans
-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.
-Clayton Anti-Trust Act
-Federal Trade Commission Act/Commission
-Federal Farm Loan Act
-Underwood Tariff
-Federal Reserve Act
-Keating–Owen Act
-Adamson Act
-US Neutrality in WWI
-Policy towards African-Americans
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