Post Reconstruction to Theodore Roosevelt Unit 5 RUSH
I. Railroads had a huge impact on the growth of big business. a.Steel expands- b.Government subsidy of railroads- c.Transcontinental railroad- d.Demand for labor-
II. Rise of Trusts and Monopolies. A. Trusts- B. Monopolies- C. John D. Rockefeller- The Standard Oil Company Trust D. Andrew Carnegie- “The Gospel of Wealth”.
III. Thomas Alva Edison invented several important things in his life Impact-
IV. New Wave Immigration A. Ellis Island- Angel Island- B. Europeans now came from… C. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882-
V Rise of the Labor Movement D. Samuel Gompers- The American Federation of Labor-
VI. Western growth impacts Native Americans A. The growth in the west was caused by… B. Native Americans reservations C. Sitting Bull- D. Battle of Little Bighorn- E. Wounded Knee- (pictures on the next slide)
Top left: Sitting Bull Middle Top: Sitting Bull cleaning his bloody knife Top Right: Artists depiction of Sitting Bull killing Custer Bottom left: Portrait of the battle Bottom right: Sitting Bull’s “scouts”: White Man Runs Him, Goes Ahead and Hairy Moccasin
VII. Industrial and labor unrest A. Big business vs. labor unions B. Unions fight for… C Pullman strike
VIII. The Progressive Era The progressive movement had 4 main goals:
IX. The Muckrakers A. Muckrakers- B. Upton Sinclair “The Jungle” C. Ida Tarbell
X. Women in Reform Movements A. Jane Addams Hull House B. Women’s rights in the west
XI. Social Changes for African Americans A. Jim Crow Laws B. Plessy v. Ferguson “separate but equal” C. NAACP
XII. Progressive Reforms A. The direct election of Senators- B. Reform labor laws- C. Improving living conditions in cities-
XIII. Theodore Roosevelt was a Progressive. A. Theodore Roosevelt- Trusts- B. Bull Moose Party-