Week of October 3rd to the 7th

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Monday(October 3rd)

Populists Movement-Omaha Platform (1890's) 

• Help farmers out of debt 
  • Important because they feed the country 
  • buy things(food) 
  • YES BUT WASN'T THE POPULISTS 
• Give people a greater voice in government 
  • Important because taking power for the white rich men and giving it to everyone(helping everyone)
  • YES 
    • WOMEN RIGHT TO VOTE/DIRECT ELECTION OF SENATOR 
• Increase money supply in circulation(Silverfishes) 
  • Important so their crop prices goes up
  • Rich vs. Poor
  • William Jennings Bryan - Cross of Gold 
  • The Wizard of Oz 
    • A movie about the Gold Standard vs Bimetallism 
  • DIDN'T HAPPEN
• Graduated income tax (the more money you make the higher taxes you pay) 
  • Benefits - they don't have to pay as much and then more richer people have to pay more taxes
  • Less taxes for the poor 
  • More for the rich 
  • Government can make more programs for poor with the rich money
  • 1930 YES!
• Direct election of Senators
  • 17th amendment set up 
  •  You are directly election by the people 
  • Gave more power to the common people/taking it away from the white rich man 
  • Gives everyone a chance to election something that will help them 
  • DID HAVE IT 
• Single terms for President/Vice President 
  • Different ideas 
  • Change is good(don't want King) 
  • Single didn't happen but double term is 
  • NO BUT DOUBLE 
• Secret Ballot 
  • WE HAVE IT 
• 8 hour work day 
  • 12 hours/ 6 to 7 days a week
  • Everyone needs down time 
  • DID GET IT(TOOK AWHILE) 
• Restrictions on immigration 
  • Wanted 

Tuesday(October 4th) 

Populist Movement

• Restrictions on immigration(legal) 
  •  come and took their jobs
  • Immigrates become in the enemy 
  • MASSIVE RESTRICTIONS ON IMMIGRATION 

Populist were not as successful as hoped

• Helped start the fight against white rich men 

END OF CHAPTER 5

BEGINNING OF CHAPTER 6

 The Industrial Revolution 

What caused the industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's ? 

What were some new inventions in the late 1800's and what affect they have on people's life? 

What helped the Industrial Revolution to Take Place in US? 

• Tons of natural resources 
  • Had a lot of natural resources(TONS)
  • don't have to buy from other countries 
  • You use natural resource to make stuff 
  • without them you couldn't make anything 
    • Coil 
    • Iron 
    • Oil
    • 3 big energy/natural resources 
• Government helped business 
  • Was not out to help the employs
  • Wanted to help the business
    • kept hands off the business
    • let them do what they wanted
      • "Laissez-Faire"
      • Important for business
        • the can make a ton of money
        • make these cheap
        • expand the business
        • good for business
          • problem
            • the workers got nothing
            • didn't get paid that much
            • it was terrible for the workers  
• Cities were growing 
  • important 
    • more people to work
    • more people to buy 
    • farmers giving up on farming and moves to the city 
    • when cities grow more people to buy your product 
    • growing cities made a market for business 
      • why did cities grow so fast 
        • immigrants 
        • farmers moved to the city
        • african-Americans moved to the cities after the Civil War 
        • cities offered more jobs and opportunities 
        • cities offered more entertainment/culture 
• Immigrants provided cheap labor 
• Growing population provided markers for manufactured goods 
• Oil boom
• Bessemer process-cheap way to make steel
• Various inventions 
• Railroads 

Wednesday(October 5th)

-Work day. 

• Mr Burns gone. 
• Work on Decades project. 

Thursday(October 6th) 

What helped the Industrial Revolution to Take Place in US? 

• Immigrants provided cheap labor 
• Growing population provided markers for manufactured goods 
• Oil boom
  • fueled the industrial revolution 
• Bessemer process-cheap way to make steel
  • built the industrial revolution 
• Various inventions 
  • Electricity - light bulb -Thomas Alva Edison 
    • make it so people could work later
    • better light /see better
      • Typewriter - Christopher Sholes 
        • made so people could type things
          • Telephone - Alexander Grandma Bell 
            • made the country smaller
• Railroads 
  • HUGE
    • important - to ship everything you need 
      • transport finished product to marker 

Transcontinental RR's 

• Central Pacific Railroad 
  • built west from Omaha(west) 
  • Chines workers

Time zones because of Railroads

What impacts did railroads have on the US? 

Why were many people upset with the railroads?                                                                   Section 6-2 

What did the Grangers or government do to regulate the railroads? 

Section 6-3

What are monopolies and why are they bad for consumers? 

• Monopolies are where there are only one business 
• Big business take over small 
• The exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service 
• When a company in a specific field tries to get rid of all their competition and control as close to 100% of the industry as possible 

describe Andrew Carnegie life 

Describe John D. Rockefeller's life 

Describe Cornelius Vanderbilt's life 

Describe J.P Morgan's life 

Explain how companies formed monopolies        

• selled out by bigger companies 
• or driven out 

how did the government try to regulate business 

What ar labor unions and what is their purpose 

Were labor unions successful in achieving their goals 

Friday(October 7th) 

Section 6-3

What are monopolies and why are they bad for consumers? 

• Monopolies are where there are only one business 
• Big business take over small 
• The exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service 
• When a company in a specific field tries to get rid of all their competition and control as close to 100% of the industry as possible 

Why are monopolies bad for consumers and small business?? 

-nobody to compete with so they get lazy and don't make the best  products

-once everyone is out of business they can rise their prices -can lead to higher prices due to lack of competition 

-can drive smaller businesses out of business out of business leading to unemployment 

-Can lead to poorer products due to lack of competition 

-less choice for the consumers 

--(positive) lower prices for a period of time  

CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY OR ROBBER BARONS???

-people that drove people out of business, didn't care about workers, didn't pay workers well 

describe Andrew Carnegie life 

• Know for Carnegie Steel 
• started out as poor and become rich 
• (1835-1991) 
• Largest steel company 
• Gave a lot of money away but yet he treated his workers poorly and terribly 

Describe John D. Rockefeller's life 

• 1839-1937
• Standard Oil 
• had a lot of control over Government 

Describe Cornelius Vanderbilt's life 

• 1794-1877
• Make a lot off ships 
• known for railroads 
• retired from ships but got involved with railroads 
• richest person when he dead 
• retired from the shipping business at age 64 
• then created railroads 
• would be second richest person in us history 
• Designed grand Central station in NYC
• famous relatives 

Describe J.P Morgan's life 

• 1837-1913
• John Pierpont(JP) 
• One of the most powerful bankers of his era 
• Financed railroads and helped organize us steel, general electric and other major corporations 
• Today his firm is know as JPMorgan Chase 

Explain how companies formed monopolies        

• selled out by bigger companies 
• or driven out 

how did the government try to regulate business 

-Sherman Anit-Trust(monopolies) Act (1890) 

• Made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states 
• trust=monopolies 
• broke up monopolies 

What are labor unions and what is their purpose 

Were labor unions successful in achieving their goals