RUSH CHAPTERS 13-16
WED 10/28 - pp.409-414 - Compare and contrast the cultures of Native Americans and the white settlers. What problems did the movement of white settlers into Native American land cause? Explain Fetterman's Massacre, and the Battle of Little Big Horn. What was the Dawes Act and assimilation. How did the Dawes Act change Native American lives both positive and negative.
THURS 10/29 - pp. 414-429 - Examine the phases of economic activity in the West: mining, ranching, agriculture. Describe the Homestead Act, Morrill Act, and the Grange.
FRI 10/30 - pp.436-446 - How did inventions and the growth of the railroads affect the U.S.? - What was the “gospel of wealth” and social Darwinism? Describe the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
MON 11/2 - pp.447- 455 - Explain why unions became necessary in the U.S. - Compare and contrast the Knights of Labor, and the A.F. of L. - Why did the K. of L. fail and the A.F. of L. succeed. - Were men like Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Vanderbilt great Captains of Industry or Robber Barons? You need to pick one side or the other and defend your view with 2 reasons why. DUE TUES 11/3.
TUES 11/3 - pp.460-472 - Describe the impact immigration had on cities and rural areas in the U.S. What were the major urban problems facing cities during Gilded Age?
WED 11/4 - pp.473-477 - Examine why civil service replaced the spoils system of the past. What were the advantages and disadvantages of the civil service system?
THURS 11/5 - pp.482-491 - pp.498-503 - How did science and education change the urban cities?
FRI 11/6 - pp. 492-495 - Trace the historical causes of legalized segregation and racism in the U.S.
MON 11/9 - Wrap up and review
TUES 11/10 - TEST CHAPTERS 13-16 - ESSAY - What do you think were the 3 most significant consequences of the Gilded Age? Explain your choices. DUE TUESDAY 11/10
WED 11/11 - Review for Final Exam
STUDY GUIDE
Dawes Act, Battle of Little Big Horn, buffalo, Chisholm Trail, cowboys, Homestead Act, Morrill Act, Populist Party and its platform, Grange, William McKinley, William Jennings Bryan, Bessemer Process, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, transcontinental RR, Interstate commerce Commission, Munn v. IL, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, vertical and horizontal integration, Sherman Anti-Trust Act, Samuel Gompers, AFL, Eugene V. Debs, the Haymarket Affair, Ellis Island, Chinese Exclusion Act, tenements, settlement houses, Jane Addams, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Plessy v. Ferguson