1. Recap Period 6 Chapters 16, 17, 18, and beginning of 19

3. General Rules for essays You need a thesis Use past tense You need a conclusion with synthesis You must ATFQ- and follow directions You can’t provide too much detail Avoid generalizations and pithy statements (and America was great after that…)

4. Indian Wars What similarities and differences are there between the Apache (Geronimo), Cheyenne (Sand Creek), and the Sioux (Lakota at Wounded Knee)? Where did Native Americans have a great success against the federal government?

5. The Closing of the Frontier What was the Turner Thesis

6. Indian Wars and Reservations What were some important treaties and policies with Native Americans? What were some long term results of these treaties and policies? Who supported assimilation policies?

10. Farmers What drove the changes in agriculture in this period? What economic and social ills plagued American farmers and laborers at the turn of the century? What groups led up to the Populists?

11. The Economy What was the political climate during the depression of 1893? What was Coxey’s Army and what were its goals? What was the People’s Party platform and who were their supporters? What were the important issues of the election of 1896?

14. Immigration to the West How diverse was the west? What were some of the challenges people of diverse backgrounds faced?

17. Labor Unions Long term result of Great RR Strike? Long term result of Chicago Haymarket Riot? Difference between AFL and Knights? What is the accepted response to strikes? What does the Supreme Court think?

18. EventHomesteadCripple CreekPullman ReasonNo contract to Union Hours: 8-10Low wages, union busting Method Lockout, Scabs and Pinkertons StrikeStrike and boycott OutcomeFirst success, then not Success, then not No success SupportersAt first people Governor, unions, bus. All rail union and gov. Debs. DetractorsGov’t, people Mine owners Courts, RR owners, AG

19. What were they famous for? Jay Gould John D. Rockefeller Andrew Carnegie JP Morgan

20. Robber Barons or Captains of Industry? Robbers Consolidation of Corporations into trusts creates unequal distribution of wealth Unsupportive of labor unions and their needs Creation of Company towns Questionable business practices (use of thugs, undercutting, etc.) Captains Horizontal and vertical integration very efficient. Developed modern industries. Gave money away. Created prominent business culture we enjoy today.

22. Robber Barons continued What was a trust? How did they use vertical and horizontal integration? Who was Ida M. Tarbell? Laissez-Faire? Social Gospel? Social Darwinism?

23. Economics What economic issues defined the Gilded Age? The New South? What was the government’s shifting policy on trust and railroad regulation? What was the fight for free silver, and how did that fight lead to political realignment?

24. Politics Why did the Republican Party divide into factions? What was the spoils system and how was it cleaned up? What role did scandal play in the election of 1884?

27. African Americans Ida B. Wells, What was she famous for? What was the condition of African Americans at this time? Who is working to improve their situation?

28. Women Workers What sort of work were women doing? How were race and class important? How did the adding machine, typewriter and cash register lead to more women workers? In what types of reform did American women engage during the last decade of the nineteenth century?

31. New Vs. Old Immigration Where from? Religious background? Why come? Why stop? Skilled or unskilled? Did they face discrimination?

32. Immigrants in the City Check out our worksheet. Remember what a tenement is? Is anyone trying to help immigrants? Who is trying to limit their numbers?

33. Tenements Old buildings left behind by NY elites Filled with urban poor No regulations Limited running water None or limited plumbing

36. Political Machines “Boss” William Tweed Tammany Hall, NYC Gave gifts for votes, would help for votes