More presentations... continuing Nic's presentation.Ch. 6.3:-Tell me about Andrew Carnegie.born in scotland, moved to us at age of 12, worked at the secretartu at tje pennsylvania railroad, carnegie opened his own steel company, 20 years later, they were making more steel than all of great britain-Tell me about John D. Rockefeller.esablished the standard oil companies in trust agreements, trust- participants in a trust turn their stock over to a group of trustees- who run the companies as one large company, used trust to fain conrol of the entire oil industry, nicknamed "Robber Baron", recieved juge profits form the oil, after he fained control, he spicked prices high above the original prices, gave away over 500 million dollars and donated over 90% of his fortune, established the Rockefeller Foundation, dont shoot the millionaires,-What was Social Darwinism and how did it apply to business?buisness was supposed to be governed by natural law and no one had the right to intevene, marketplace couldn't stop big businesses from being the biggest.-Explain how companies formed monopolies(vertical/horizontal integration, trusts).vertical-when businesses buy out its suppliers in order to vvontol the raw materials and railroadshorizontal-when companies producing similar products merhe or get bought out by other compainiestrusts- when participants turn their stock over to a group of trustees-- people who tan the sepatate companies as one large corporation. in return the companies were entitled to dividends onprofits earned by the trust.(Pg. 242 in book for diagram)-How did the government try to regulate business?goventment was concerned that expanding corporations world stifle free competitionsherman antitrust act- made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states or with other countries government eventually stops enforcing the act(for a while)-What are labor unions and what is their purpose?see last blog-Were labor unions successful in achieving their goals? Explain/Give examples.see last blogCh. 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-Civil RightsCh.9.4-Describe the major accomplishments and problems of William Howard Taft's presidency-Payne-Aldrich Tariff-Land disputes-Breaking up trusts-You will have to look elsewhere for some other accomplishments as the book is limited-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.-Breaking up trusts-Underwood Tariff-16th Amendment-Federal Reserve System-Limits to Progressivism under Wilson
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