AMERICA IN

TRANSTION:1877-@1890

Chapters 5-8

GUIDING QUESTION:“WHERE ARE WE IN 1877, AND WHAT SHAPED AND GUIDED US TO @1890?

What was the US population in 1877? How much of that total population was

immigrant and/or Native American? Where did the majority of people live? What areas of the US were not states? Where was the majority of wealth located?

AMERICA IN TRANSITION: 1877-1890

38,555,983 was the total population of the United States in 1870.

4,880,009 were former slaves or children born to former slaves

5, 567, 229 (14.4%) were immigrants New York--419, 094 immigrants

AMERICA IN TRANSITION: 1877-1890

Four states produced the most wealthy persons in the United States in 1870.New YorkMassachusettsPennsylvaniaOhio

What “images” of cowboys do you have?

ON YOUR PAPER, ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:

What images of “Native Americans” do you have?

ON YOUR PAPER, ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:

What images of “The West” do you have?

ON YOUR PAPER, ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:

Have TV and movies influenced those images? If so, how?

ON YOUR PAPER, ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:

“AMONG THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS”ALBERT BIERSTADT

P. 202-204

1. Create a chart in which you compare and contrast (with at least 5 points for each) the cultures and lifestyles of the Native Americans and the settlers.

2. Why did settlers continue to move west even after encountering the Native Americans?

Map—Handout #6

Video—Technology in Western Towns (with Viewing Guide)

P. 204-208

3. Identify at least three (3) restrictions imposed by the government upon the Native

Americans, and the consequences of those restrictions.

For each of the conflicts listed below, provide the following information:

*Who was involved? *Why did it happen? *When did it happen? *What happened during the conflict? *Where did the conflict happen?   Conflicts: Sand Creek, Bozeman Trail, Red

River War, Custer's Last Stand, Wounded Knee

P. 208-211

Primary Source Document:Battle at Little Bighorn

Video clip:A Walk in Two Worlds

Handout #3

P. 214-218

6. Explain the rapid settlement of the Great Plains due to homesteading. In your answer, include a discussion of life as a homesteader, farming technology used by homesteaders, educational and social/cultural opportunities provided to homesteaders, and why farmers tended to go into debt.

Video clip: Far and Away

PSD: Letter from a Woman Homesteader

P. 219-223

7. As you read the material, list at least three bullet points to go into each category below:

political concerns of farmers economic concerns of farmers social/cultural concerns of farmers

8. Explain the rise and fall of the Populist Party

1. increase the supply of money 2. graduated income tax

3. federal loan programs to farmers

4. “popular vote” for senators

5. secret ballot

6. single six-year term for President and VP 7. 8-hour workday in industry

P. 236-240

9. Explain the growth of the American railroad, especially as the Great Plains began to open to settlement. What other industries would profit from railroad expansion? What were some consequences, both good and bad, of railroad expansion

10. Complete Handout #7

P. 220-223

11. Identify at least five (5) inventions or discoveries greatly changed how

people lived and worked, who the inventor was, and when was the product invented/discovered.

P. 241-249

12. Explain how business tycoons like Andrew Carnegie and John David Rockefeller became so successful during this time period.

CARNEGIE LIBRARY

HENDON HALLCARNEGIE-MELON UNIVERSITY

THE BREAKERS ON LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK

SUMMER HOME OF JD ROCKEFELLER

SUMMER HOME OF CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, RHODE ISLAND

BILTMORE ESTATEASHVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

WINTER HOME OF C. VANDERBILT

13. Summarize the emergence and growth of unions, and the violent reactions of

industry and government to union strikes.

14. Compare and contrast the life of "robber barons" to the laborers that worked for them. Include in your answer a discussion of wages, housing, working conditions, and child labor.

A “DUMBBELL” TENEMENT