Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Wed. 8/30/17

Today we will be continuing our study of the West.

Link to Quizlet Set

Key Terms:

- Farmers' Hardships
- The Grange
- Munn v. Illinois
- Wabash v. Illinois
- Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)
-Farmers' Alliances
-Money Supply Issue
-Populist Party (People's Party)
-Mary Elizabeth Lease
-Panic of 1893
-Election of 1896
-William Jennings Bryan
-Frederick Jackson Turner

Link to The West Slideshow


We will also be watching a video from the America: Story of Us series entitled "Heartland".

Below is a viewing guide to go along with the video.

America: The Story of Us Ep. 6: “Heartland”
The Transcontinental Railroad 00:00 - 10:46
  1. How long did it take to journey across the U.S. by wagon?


  1. What was the big obstacle to the transcontinental railroad?


  1. How did the government pay for the railroad?


  1. How does Han Lai Wo (the Chinese immigrant) manage to create a better life for himself in America?


The Great Plains 10:47 - 25:48
  1. What did you need to claim 160 acres under the Homestead Act?


  1. What major problem hits the farms on the Great Plains every year?


  1. Aside from tornadoes, what major problem hits the people of the Great Plains?


  1. What do the rivermen do?


  1. What were the buffalo hides used for back East?


  1. Why did Natives prefer bows to firearms for buffalo hunts?


  1. By 1889, how many wild buffalo remained in the U.S.?


Cowboys 25:49 - 35:24
  1. Where did the knowledge of how to be cowboys come from?


  1. What was the racial makeup of the cowboys?


  1. “Abraham Lincoln may have freed all men, but ______________ made them equal.”


  1. What brought the cowboy era to an end?


Natives and New Technologies 35:24 - 43:54
  1. How did Custer find the Sioux?


  1. What triggered the massacre at Wounded Knee?


  1. How did they solve the problem of scheduling trains with different times?


  1. What idea came from Sears selling pocket watches?

  1. In 20 years, the U.S. population doubles to _______________ million.

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