Ch. 5.2 Haley (FINALLY):-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains?gave people the chance to get some land for freehelped people get placesit was their way of transporting their goods-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains?extreme hardship, droughts, floods, fires, locust plagues, weather-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?farmers had trouble with the cost of shipping their grainfarmers found themselves in debt to buy more land to keep up with the rise and fall of wheat pricesnew farm machinery was invented to help speed up the farming, but the machines were to expensive to buyCh. 8.1 Nate D.:-What advances in science and technology help solve urban problems?skyscrapers, building up instead of making them so wide and bigCh. 8.2: Dustin-How did education change in the late 1800's and early 1900's?.passed laws requiring students between 8-14 to be in school for at least 12-16 weeks..children attend school at younger age (preschool).1880-1900 kindergarten rose from 200 to 3,000.only %34 of african american attended school..1940 is when school was open to all african americans.highschool.half a million students attended in early 1900's.science, social studies, civicsuniversities.1880-1920 vollege enrollments quadrupled..research university started at this time.law and medical schools estabished.less than %1 african american teenagers attended school because of racism in 1890's.majority of african americans attended private schools..Henry Ford established "sociology department"and wanted people to learn english and american way to live..#of students enrolled at HS but not many diplomas..2.3% Americans young attended colleges and universities.W.E.B. Du Bois was first african american to get a doctorate from Harvard and wanted blacks to get educated too for better jobs and money and wanted some well educated black leaders.Booker T. WashingtonCh. 8.3:-What laws and restrictions were put on African-Americans and other minorities after Reconstruction ended?.Some states in south limited voting rights to them..Grandfather Clause said if a man failed the literacy test or couldn't pay poll then if his father or grandfather could vote before before January 1, 1867-Explain the significance of Plessy v. Ferguson.Plessy was white, and wanted to sit in an all white skin railway carriage but was asked to sit with the blacks. Ferguson was the judge and plessy was found guilty. "separate but equal.".Jim Crow laws-black segregation.African Americans were humiliated because of racial etiquette(special respect for white people).if they didn't follow the racial etiquette they could be killed or put in jail.African Americans in the North thought everything was fair when it really wasn't..Mexicans and Chinese were discriminated along with the African Americans in the West..Mexican and Chinese were used to work on railroads because they were used to the heat and temps.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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