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Study Guide Unit 6: The Emergence of Modern America
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Day 52: End of the Indian Wars
Essential Question: How did the U.S. government resolve the Indian Wars?
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|History Terms |Questions |
|Define: |What were the terms of the Treaty of Ft. Laramie? |
|Sioux |What characteristics did most Plains Indian tribes share? |
|Little Big Horn |What event marks the end of the Indian Wars? |
|Apache |Why did Helen Hunt Jackson write A Century of Dishonor? |
|Reservation |Why did the U.S. destroy the buffalo herds in the West? |
|Dawes Act | |
Day 53: Frontier Life
Essential Question: Why was the frontier settled so quickly between 1860 and 1890?
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|History Terms |Questions |
|Define: |Why did the Homestead Act fail to create successful farming communities in the West? |
|Frederick Jackson Turner |How did the government assist in the construction of the transcontinental railroad? |
|Homestead Act |How did life on the frontier affect gender relations? |
|Exoduster |What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains? |
|Barbed Wire |Where did cattle trails start? |
|Morrill Land Grant Act | |
Day 54: Big Business
Essential Question: How did corporations change America between 1860 and 1890?
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|History Terms |Questions |
|Define: |A business with a monopoly has complete control over what? |
|Andrew Carnegie |How did the government help the growth of business in the late 19th century? |
|Vertical Integration |What tactics did John D. Rockefeller use to gain control of the oil industry? |
|Horizontal Integration |Why did some call industrialists “robber barons”? |
|Herbert Spencer |Was there anything good about “robber barons”? |
|Bessemer Process | |
Day 55: Rise of Labor
Essential Question: How did workers respond to the rise of corporations?
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|History Terms |Questions |
|Define: |What did the Knights of Labor and the AFL have in common? |
|Knights of Labor |(From Day 54) What business was Cornelius Vanderbilt involved in? |
|American Federation of Labor |Who did the government side with in 19th century labor disputes? |
|Communism |What is the goal of socialism? |
|Haymarket Square |Why did the Pullman Strike happen? |
|Samuel Gompers | |
Day 56: Urbanization and Immigration
Essential Question: How did the “new” immigrants change America?
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|History Terms |Questions |
|Define: |What inventions made tall buildings possible? |
|(From Day 55) Eugene Debs |Why did labor unions oppose Chinese immigration? |
|Melting Pot |Why did so many want to move to cities in the late 19th century? What did they offer? |
|Chinese Exclusion Act |Where did the “new” immigrants of the late 19th century originate? |
|Ellis Island |Why did so many immigrants come to America? |
|Angel Island | |
Day 57: City Life
Essential Question: What problems resulted from urbanization in America?
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|History Terms |Questions |
|Define: |What city events brought all urban classes together? |
|William Tweed |(From Day 54): What is the theme of the Gospel of Wealth? |
|(From Day 55): Homestead Strike |(From Day 54): What is Social Darwinism? |
|Thomas Nast |(From Day 54): What was the name of John D. Rockefeller’s company? |
|(From Day 56) Tenement |Why did political machines develop? |
|Horatio Alger | |
Vocabulary: Notorious, Allotment, Justification, Prominent, Appointee
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