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Today’s Agenda. Review Reconstruction Tests must be signed if received a D or F Unit Overview Pre-test Project Exit Ticket HW #1. Unit #2. Industrialization & Movement of People. Industrialization & Movement of People. Key Learning –
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Today’s Agenda • Review Reconstruction • Tests must be signed if received a D or F • Unit Overview • Pre-test • Project • Exit Ticket • HW #1
Unit #2 Industrialization & Movement of People
Industrialization & Movement of People • Key Learning – • How Industrialization and Migration transformed the United States • Unit Essential Question – • Was dealing with technological advancements a problem in the US during the period of industrialization (compared to today)? Why are those issues difficult? Is this a pattern of continuity or change? To what extent can we learn from studying historical responses to societal problems?
Industrial Revolution & Western Expansion • Standards – Economics 1a; Geography 1a • Concept EQ – To what extent did economic self-interest and technological advancement contribute to industrialization?
Western Expansion/Industrial Revolution Pre-Test • Easy way or Hard way? • Clear off desks • No talking
Project • Invention Project
U 2 HW 1 • Read Chapter 18 Sections 1 & 2
Exit Ticket • Answer question on index card and turn into bin before leaving class • What groups of people did Americans come into contact with as the country expanded westward?
Today’s Agenda • Lesson Overview • PPT • Activity • Exit Ticket • HW #2
WESTERN EXPANSION • LEQ – WHY DID THE US BEGIN TO EXPAND WESTWARD? WHAT DID THEY DISCOVER DURING THE EXPANSION? • VOCABULARY – • COMSTOCK LODE • GOLD & SILVER • TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD • PLAINS INDIANS • PROMONTORY POINT, UTAH
Think/Pair/Share • Create a list of ideas that come to mind when you think of Native Americans • Where did these ideas come from? • TV? Movies? Reading? • Be prepared to share with class.
Gold And Silver • Comstock Lode • “Danged blue stuff” • Richest silver mind in the world • Mining camp to boom town • Settlers – US and Immigrants
Impact of the Boom Towns • Boom Town – grew near major mining sites • Hotels, Restaurants • Laundromats • Boarding houses • Ghost Towns – result of mine drying up • Problems – • Pollution, deforestation • Mistreatment of immigrants
The Railroad • Transcontinental Railroad • Union Pacific and Central Pacific • Promontory Point Utah – May 10, 1869 • Immigrant Workers
Activity • Indian Removal Continues • Read and use map to answer all questions in complete sentences on a separate piece of paper
Indian People • 360K Indian people live in the West (1860). • Mainly occupying the Great Plains. • Reliance on buffalo and horse • Culture – language, religion • U.S. Congress ignores many treaties and open territory to settlers
Subduing the Indians • Native Americans – • Forced to sign treaties and move to reservations • US military to protect settlers • US Goals – acquire land, “civilize” savages = convert to Christianity • Problems caused – • Reservations moved and land reduced • Mass buffalo killing
Activity – Western Expansion • Partner up • Complete Western Expansion into Native American Land • Must have 5 questions for each white settler and Native American chief (10 total) • Create caption
U 2 HW 2 • READ CHAPTER 18 SECTIONS 3 & 4
Exit Ticket • Why do you think the Native Americans were treated this way by the US government? Explain your answer
Western Expansion • LEQ – How did expansion westward impact the native people and change to the geography? • Vocab • General Custer Oregon Trail • Wounded Knee Homestead Act • Chief Joseph • Chief Sitting Bull
Warring Sioux • Several Sioux tribes fought to stay on their land and protect their hunting grounds • Raided settlements and harassed miners • Sitting Bull • Leader of non-treaty Sioux • Strong fighting expertise
Sand Creek (1864) •US army massacred Cheyenne, Arapahoe Older men, women, And children. •Eastern Colorado
Little Bighorn General George Armstrong Custer Sitting Bull
Little Bighorn • Army moved to assault roaming Sioux in 1876 • 600 troops marched on Little Bighorn River • Custer separated his men and sent half of his forces straight into battle • This group and the rest were wiped out by Cheyenne and Sioux • Defeat angered the army who became even more ruthless
Wounded Knee Creek • December 29, 1890 • Seventh cavalry was sent to round up a group of Indians at Wounded Knee • Someone fired a shot • The soldiers then open fired • More than 300 Indians killed in minutes
Chief Joseph • Leader of Nez Perce • 1876 – ordered off land to reservation in Idaho • Group of braves attacked settlers • Nez Perce fled • Montana– US Soldiers caught Nez Perce, attacking men, women and children • Sept 1877 – caught 40 miles from Canada • Joseph – “I am tired of fighting” • Nez Perce moved to reservation
Legendary Wild West • Dime novels glamorize west. • T. Roosevelt (1880’s) calls it a place for “vigorous manhood.” • Wild Bill Hickcock, Jesse James & “Billy the Kid” take on mythical standing. • “Buffalo Bill” Cody and Annie Oakley perform in circus like shows. • Bring the west to those who would never reach it in the Wild West show tour.
Activity • American Indians Myths and Legends – “Rabbit Boy” • Read and answer questions
U2 HW 3 • READ CHAPTER 18 SECTION 5
Exit Ticket • Answer question on index card • Turn in before end of class • How did American expansion in the West lead to the near destruction of the Native American nations there?
Reading & Writing Assignment • Read the following article – • Answer the prompt below in a 5 paragraph essay, be sure to include S.R.A. and cite specific examples from the reading
U2 HW 4 • READ CHAPTER 19 SECTIONS 1 & 2
Exit Ticket • Were the Native Americans correct in their reaction as the United States expanded westward? Cite specific examples.
Industrial Revolution • LEQ – How did government policies during the period of industrialization affect the competitiveness of markets? • Vocab • Robber Barons Social Darwinism • Captains of Industry Trust • Andrew Carnegie Sherman Antitrust Act • John D Rockefeller Horizontal Consolidation • Laissez-Faire Vertical Consolidation • Monopoly Economy of scale • Cartels
Create a Definition • Create definitions for the following terms: • “Mom and Pop” Business • “Big Business” Why are the two terms different?
Carousel Brainstorming • Count off by 5s • Move to the paper labeled with your number • Use the marker and answer the question • You will have 2 minutes • After time is up, move to the next sheet of paper….1 moves to 2; 2 moves to 3; etc. • Take 2 minutes and see if there is anything else missing from your original question • Collectively write a brief summary tying everything together that was written • Be prepared to share with class
5 Areas • Cornelius Vanderbilt and Consolidation • New Ways of Doing Business • John D Rockefeller and Horizontal Consolidation • Andrew Carnegie and Vertical Consolidation • Monopolies and Cartels
Teaching the class • Use the information gathered on the chart and create a power point explaining the topic you have been assigned • YOU WILL BE TEACHING THE CLASS
Improvement in Transportation • Railroads • Before Civil War • Post Civil War • Creating a Network
Consolidation • Cornelius Vanderbilt • Son of poor farmer • Consolidated all railroad lines in North East • Death – 4500 miles from NYC to Great Lakes
Growth of Big Business • Robber Barons • Built fortunes stealing form public • Drained natural resources • Corrupted politicians • Ruined companies • Captains of Industry • Built factories expanded markets • Created jobs • Founded museums, libraries, universities
Andrew Carnegie • US STEEL COMPANY • Cut prices to drive out competition • Controlled entire steel industry • “Gospel of Wealth” • “The Man who dies rich…….dies disgraced.” • Distributed $350 million
Social Darwinism • Application of Darwin’s evolution theory • Society should do as little as possible to interfere with the process by which a person should succeed or fail • Government should stay out of the affairs of business • Those most “fit” to survive – succeed and become rich • What policy does this describe? • Laissez-Faire
Monopolies and Cartels • Monopoly – business bought out competition and all patents • Cartel – loose association of businesses making same product • Goal – reduce harmful effects of competition on business • Limited supply to keep price up