The Settlement of the West Unit 2 Foundations Checklist Checklists are provided to help you keep track of the information you have to know before moving on to the next section. IDK – I don’t know and need to go back OK – I’m OK with the information but not 100% sure NP – No Problem! I can meet the expectation! Discovery of Gold and Silver -_________ Gold Rush: gold found in Yukon Territory -Gold/silver found in South _______________ Transcontinental Railroad -Made ______________ to West Coast easier Homestead Act (1862) -Federal ___________ made available to settlers Ranchers -Drove _____________ on “long drives” across open range Farmers -Dug water wells, made __________ houses, used barbed ___________ and steel plows SE Do you know how to… IDK OK NP 3A Analyze Indian policies and the growth of political machines. 3B Analyze industrialization, railroads, cattle industry, labor unions, entrepreneurship, free enterprise, and pros/cons of big business. 3C Analyze social issues affecting children, philanthropy of industrialists, immigrants, and urbanization. 3D Describe the optimism of immigrants who sought a better way of life in America. 12A Analyze the impact of physical/human geographic factors on the settlement of the Great Plains & Klondike Gold Rush. 13A Analyze the causes and effects of western expansion and rural to urban migration. 13B Analyze the causes and effects of immigration to the United States. 14A Identify effects of population growth and distribution on the environment. 15A Describe how the economic impact of the Transcontinental Railroad and the Homestead Act contributed to the close of the frontier. 15B Describe the costs and benefits of laissez-faire, anti-trust acts, and the Interstate Commerce Act. 15C Explain how the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 affected economic issues. 23B Evaluate the American Indian Citizenship Act of 1924. 24B Evaluate the contributions of Andrew Carnegie. 26B Discuss the Americanization movement to assimilate immigrants and Native Americans. 27A Explain the effects of electric power, telephone, & steel production. Unit 2 Review: The Gilded Age Policy Towards Native American Indians -Federal troops defeated Sioux/other tribes on the Great ______ and Southwest -Troops killed 300 __________ in Massacre at Wounded Knee -Policy of the U.S. government was to force Native Americans into ___________________ in the West -Sought to ___________ Native Americans -Abolished __________ -Tribal lands sold -Granted U.S. _____________________ to all Native Americans born in the U.S. Indian Wars Indian Policy Dawes Act 1887 American Indian Citizenship Act of 1924

Robber Barons or Captains of Industry? Contribution of Government Urbanization Movement of people from the countryside to the _______. Contribution of Government -Protection of _____________ and contracts -Protective _____________ -System of patents for new ____________________ Robber Barons -Businessmen sometimes used ruthless tactics to destroy __________________ and to keep workers _____________ low Andrew Carnegie -Fostered the Gospel of __________ -________ production in Pittsburgh -Philanthropist who gave to ____________ John D. Rockefeller -Controlled the refining of _______ -Forced to dissolve his ______ when his company controlled the industry -Great philanthropist Tenements One-room ________________ that lacked daylight, adequate plumbing. Unsanitary Conditions Lack of clean air and clean ___________ Garbage on the __________ Not ___________ hospitals, police, or schools Public Services Run by ___________________ Helped ___________ but stole from city Political Machines Problems with Urbanization Free Enterprise System -Individuals are __________ to produce and sell what they want -People go into business to make a _____________ -Prices are set by _____________ and ________________ Great Entrepreneurs Rise of American Industry Immigration Rise of Organized Labor Problems Faced by Workers -Long __________, low ______________ -Poor _________________ conditions, repetitive tasks -child __________ -Lack of ____________ security Rise of Labor Unions -Knights of Labor: led by ___________________ -American Federation of Labor: led by _____________________________ Government Attitude Toward Unions -Government had an anti-union bias -Many saw unions as driving up the ___________ of goods -___________________ Riot of 1886 Development of the Modern Industrial Economy Push Factors Pull Factors Expansion of Railroads -development of the _____________ Railroad and other railroad lines improved travel. Growth of Population -_________ birth rates -Increase in __________________ from Europe New Ways to Sell Goods -Development of a ______________ market -Department _______ and _____ order catalogs Technological Progress -_____________ Process in steel production -_________, oil, and coal new sources of power Corporations -new business organization that sold _____________ of a company to stockholders -Came from Southern and Eastern ______ -Mostly __________________ and Jewish -Less educated; spoke no ___________ New Immigrants -Immigrants learned to speak, act, and behave like ____________________ -Focused on immigrant _______________ Americanization