- Forum discussion
- gender differences :)
- explication : family origins project
- Mr Bruns powerpoint :
Ch. 5.1:
-Describe Native American culture.
-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?
-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?
-Describe a cowboy's life.
Ch. 5.2:
-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains?
-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains?
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?
texas longhorns > longhorn steer. North because more railroads. Cowtown : where they sell cows. alcohol, food = money. rivers, wild animals,
Ch. 5.3:
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?
-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in?
- crop prices dropped, harder to find good land, railroads overcharged farmers.
- Oliver Hudson Kelley. The grange. fight excessive amount of money railroads were charging them. help educate farm families.
- populist party. party for the people (rich >< poor). give people and farmers more of a say within the government., wanted a larger money supply, graduated income tax and loan programs to be put into place. help farmers, direct election of senators, single terms for pres - v pres, secret ballot, 8h work/day, restrictions on immigration. fell apart apart due to on going gold bugs and silverites conflict.
Ch. 6.1: mine
-What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's ? tons of natural resources, government helped business, cities were growing, immigrants provided cheap labor, markets for manufactured goods, oil boom, bessemer process.
-What were some new inventions in the late 1800's and what affect did they have on people's lives ? light bulb, typewriter, telephone.
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. Carnegie steel company. came to america in 1848. steel business, private secretary of pennsylvania railroads. made production cheaper, supported charities.
-Tell me about John D. Rockefeller. oil standard company, monopoly of the market, lower prices to increase demand then raise them when competition was gone.
-What was Social Darwinism and how did it apply to business? collection of theories. stronger survive, weaker die out. strong elements of society will survive. laissez faire market, herbert spencer.
-Explain how companies formed monopolies(vertical/horizontal integration, trusts). Holding companies/ trust agreements. HC : buy the stock of another company, the other company would go out of business. TA: companies would form trust with each other, the owners would give their goods to a head company, the head company would pay out profits in the form of dividends.
monopole du marche
vertical : possedent toutes les etapes, production de a a z. production a la vente, completement independant.
horizontal : possendent toutes les entreprises pour une meme etape de fabrication.
-How did the government try to regulate business? made trust agreements illegal, loosely describe the term trust. seven out of eight cases were dropped. gov stopped enforcing the law.
-What are labor unions and what is their purpose? >< long hours, dangerous environment, salary was low, child labor. Union of workers.
Were labor unions successful in achieving their goals? Explain/Give examples.
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TEST: individual + group
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Chapter 7
Ch. 7.1:
Why did immigrants come to the US? escape religious persecution, have a better life, escape rising population in home country. wanted cheap farm lands, gold rush, adventure, jobs.
Where did immigrants come from? germany, irland, scandinivia ( danemark, sweden, norvege, Finland) europe, asia, japan, china, mexico. Racism against chinese : they took job, low salary
What problems/issues did immigrants face on the trip over and once they got here? ships had diseases diseases and cramped spaces. have to find a place to live, get a job, getting along with daily life while trying to understand an unfamiliar language, culture, discrimination and nativism.
Why did some people want to put restriction on immigration? What were those restrictions? didn't want to give up their cultural identities. restrictions were a test for immigrants. those who couldn't read 40 words in english would be refused to entry. Banned chinese except students, teachers, tourists
W.A.S.P = White - anglo - saxon - protestant
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?
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Good job! What happened to the weekly blog for September 22-26?