1. 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

2. 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