o What challenges did the homesteaders face on the Great Plains? ... o Philanthropy ... Why did Harrison give his Discovery Day proclamation when he d...
Explain how and why people began settling the West o Where are the Great Plains located? o What is the Homestead Act? How many acres of land would the settlers receive? o What challenges did the homesteaders face on the Great Plains? Summarize problems caused by attempts to assimilate Native Americans? o What does it mean to assimilate? o Think about the Indian Peace Commission, what was it? Was it successful? Why or why not? o What was the Dawes Act? Explain how the availability of natural resources, new inventions, and the railroads spurred industrial growth o List some of the natural resources available Where did they come from and where were they shipped to? o List some of the new inventions that were created during industrialization Who were the inventors? o What did the Pacific Railway Act create? Who signed the act? What two companies made up the transcontinental railroad? What did the railroad companies receive from the federal government? Analyze how large corporations came to dominate American business and labor o What is the total value of all goods and services produced by a country? o What were the advantages of having a large workforce? What created this large workforce? Where did these people come from? Was there an increase in demand for goods? What is the “c” term? o What is an entrepreneur? o What is the idea of “let do”? What do supporters of this idea believe? (Government) o What is an organization owned by many people but treated by law as though it were a single person? o Who was the owner of the largest steel company located in Pittsburg? o Understand the difference between vertical integration and horizontal integration What is a monopoly? Were they good or bad? Why Understand industrial unions o Why did workers want to create unions? o Why did attempts to form labor unions fail in the 1800’s?
Samuel Gompers formed the American Federation of Labor, his approach was characterized as “plain and simple”, how so? What rights for workers was he trying to secure? What are closed shops? Analyze the effects of immigration o Describe Nativism o What was the Chinese Exclusion Act, and why was it significant? o What groups of immigrants came to the United States? Describe what kinds of working and living conditions immigrants experienced What is a tenement? o What is a political machine and what did they do for immigrants? What did they want in return for favors? (Job positions, power in government, contacts) Who was the leader of the democratic political machine located in Tammany Hall? Why were political machines and party bosses were considered corrupt? Evaluate the influence of Social Darwinism and the Social Gospel movement on American society Analyze the efforts of early reformers to help the urban poor o Why did Mark Twain refer to the era after the Civil War as the Gilded Age? o Explain the idea of individualism o Social Darwinism o Philanthropy o Who was a famous philanthropist of his time? o Social Gospel Who established settlement houses for the poor? What services did they provide? o Americanization Who founded the Tuskegee Institute in 1881? What were his motivations? Why did Harrison give his Discovery Day proclamation when he did? o What group of immigrants was he targeting? Why did people fear this particular immigrant (religious) group? Understand the Populist movement o What group was trying to increase their political power? o What is the Grange? o What party did they form? o What are the lasting effects of populism in regards to government and elections?