Chapter 5!
Ch. 5.1:
*Describe Native American culture.
-Hunters and gathers
-Horses were given to tribes
-Wars broke out from trespassing
-Lived in small extendedd families
-Young men were trained to be hunters and warriors
-Young women butchered game and hides
-Children were taught through storytelling
-Never controlled by one person
*Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?
-No rights to lands (indians) werent changing it!
-Were looking for gold, silver, riches
*How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?
-Indian territory but then changed!
*Describe a cowboy's life.
Ch. 5.2:
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Ch. 5.3:
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CHAPTER 6
Ch. 6.1:
*What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's?
-Coal and iron were very plentiful
-There was a wealth of natural resources
-Govt support for businesses
*What were some new inventions in the late 1800's and what affect did they have on people's lives?
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.
-Born in Dunfermline Scotland
-Moved to USA at 12
-At 18 had a job as personal secretary of Superintendant of Penn Railroad
-Single handedly untangled a passenger & freight trains
-Led to his first stock that was given to him by Thomas A. Scott
-Entered steel industry in 1873
-Carnegie Steele more than all features in Britian
-First steel mill in 1875
-One of first to use new business strategies
*Tell me about John D. Rockefeller.
-Born July 8th in 1839, Richford, NY
-Raised turkeys and did household chores for money
-At 16 he had first real job: assistant book keeper at a library
-Showed signs early for being a major businessman
-Standard Oil was one of 5 major oil producers in US after Civil War
-Rockefeller formed Standard Oil of Ohio
-1874 Standard Oil, incorporated its first horizontal integration with Rogers and Pratt
-Became poster company for world monopoilies
*Explain how companies formed monopolies(vertical/horizontal integration, trusts).
-Vertical Integration: buying your own products to control transportation and raw materials
-Horizontal: combining with companies making simlar products
-Trusts: synonym for monopolies
*How did the government try to regulate business?
-Sherman Anti-trust act
-Doctrine of Laissez Faire
-Doctrine: marketplace couldnt be regulated because it was controlled by natural law
-Supported by many people, including William G. Sumner, a professor at Yale
*What was Social Darwinism and how did it apply to business?
-Basically the process of natural selection applied to business
-Herbert Spencer was first to apply that process to biz
-Used to explain humans evolving
-Eventually people started using to justify Doctrine of Laissez Faire
*What are labor unions and what is their purpose?
-Group of workers joining together for a certain cause
-EVERYBODY was involved
-To get a better working conditions was their goal, fewer hours or better pay, etc
*Were labor unions successful in achieving their goals? Explain/Give examples.
-Didn't succeed at first, because nobody took them seriously!
-BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS
-So terrible that almost 700 workers died a week
-20% of boys worked full time and 10% of girls
-Children worked 14 hour days -- 27 cents for whole day
-National Labor Union/Colored Labor Union in 1866
-Knights of Labor: allowed workers regardless of race, skill or gender in 1869
-AFL
-Industria,l Workers of the World in 1905
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