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1 The Turn of the Century 1800’s – early 1900’s © One Stop Teacher Shop
If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat? 1800’s – early 1900’s © One Stop Teacher Shop

2 The Wild West © One Stop Teacher Shop

3 Transcontinental Railroad
A railroad across the continent How did this change the country? If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat? What were some of the challenges? The Golden Spike © One Stop Teacher Shop

4 Moving West Homestead Act – pay $10 + agree to stay for 5 years = 160 acres of land. Life was hard on the Great Plains. Goal was to turn the plains into productive farmland. How was this an opportunity for African Americans? Pioneers Homesteaders Exodusters © One Stop Teacher Shop

5 Conflict in the West! © One Stop Teacher Shop More settlers move West
Less land for Native Americans Native Americans forced on Reservations. Gold found on Reservations. ???? © One Stop Teacher Shop

6 The Battle of Little Bighorn
George Custer – leader of the U.S. soldiers Sitting Bull – Leader of the Native Americans This battle is also known as “Custer’s Last Stand”…make an inference! George Custer Sitting Bull Battle of Little Bighorn © One Stop Teacher Shop

7 What is a Cowboy? A cowboy is someone who works on a ranch handling cattle and horses. 1/3 of all cowboys were Mexican-American or African American. If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat? © One Stop Teacher Shop

8 How Did Cowboys Make $$$?
Too Much Beef in Texas + Demand for Beef in the East = $ for Cowboys Cowboys conducted cattle drives It took the cowboys 2 to 3 months. Cattle Trails were used. Cattle Drives – cowboys guided huge herds of cattle north to the transcontinental railroad. If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat? © One Stop Teacher Shop

9 Cattle Trails Famous Cattle Trails Chisholm Trail Great Western Trail
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10 Transcontinental Railroad
Cowboys – Homesteaders – Americans – Cowboys – Native Americans – © One Stop Teacher Shop

11 Inventors © One Stop Teacher Shop

12 Alexander Graham Bell Invented the telephone in 1876.
How did this impact American life? If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat? © One Stop Teacher Shop

13 Thomas Edison Invented the first working light bulb in 1879.
How did this impact American life? © One Stop Teacher Shop

14 The Wright Brothers (Wilbur & Orville Wright)
Conducted the world’s first airplane flight in 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. How did this impact American life? If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat? © One Stop Teacher Shop

15 Kitty Hawk, NC © One Stop Teacher Shop

16 George Washington Carver
A great African American scientist. Formerly enslaved Studied agriculture He did a lot of experimenting to find new ways to use different plants. (peanuts) If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat? © One Stop Teacher Shop

17 BIG Business © One Stop Teacher Shop

18 All about BIG business Stocks – corporations sell shares of the company called stocks. Corporation – a business that is owned by investors © One Stop Teacher Shop

19 All about BIG business Consumer – a person who buys or uses goods and services. Free Enterprise – in this system, people are free to start their own business. © One Stop Teacher Shop

20 All about BIG business Human resources – people who work to produce goods and services. Capital resources – the tools and machines that companies use to produce goods and services. © One Stop Teacher Shop

21 The Steel Industry Andrew Carnegie – made steel a major industry in the United States. He made steel affordable. People use it to make buildings, bridges, automobiles, trains, and railroads. If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat? © One Stop Teacher Shop

22 The Oil Industry John D. Rockefeller - made oil a major industry in the United States. By the early 1880s, his company controlled 90% of the oil business in the U.S. Monopoly – a company that has control of an entire industry. Why is this a problem? © One Stop Teacher Shop

23 Immigrants © One Stop Teacher Shop

24 What is an Immigrant? Someone who leaves their home country to make a new home in a new country. Why did people what to immigrate to the United States of America? © One Stop Teacher Shop

25 How did immigrants enter the U.S.?
Immigrants first had to go to an immigrations station before getting permission to enter the U.S. If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat? Ellis Island New York Harbor European Immigrants Angel Island San Francisco Bay Chinese Immigrants © One Stop Teacher Shop

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27 The Labor Movement © One Stop Teacher Shop

28 What was it like working in the U.S.?
Long hours for little pay. Sweatshops If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat? Dangerous working conditions. Child Labor © One Stop Teacher Shop

29 What’s the Solution? Labor Unions – people worked to gain improved working conditions and better wages. Strikes – workers refuse to work to try to force business owners to meet their demands. © One Stop Teacher Shop

30 Women’s Rights © One Stop Teacher Shop

31 Women ≠ Men Suffrage – a term for “the right to vote”
Suffragists – people who worked for women’s voting rights. If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat? Susan B. Anthony © One Stop Teacher Shop

32 19th Amendment This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What else changed for women? © One Stop Teacher Shop

33 Becoming a World Power © One Stop Teacher Shop

34 Gaining New Land In 1867, Alaska was purchased for $7.2 million.
Gold was soon discovered. Fishing for salmon was an important part of their economy. If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat? How did this help the U.S. become a world power? © One Stop Teacher Shop

35 Gaining New Land Liliuokalani, queen of Hawaii, did not want foreigners to farm in Hawaii and asked them to leave. The foreigners revolted. The queen surrendered. In 1898, Hawaii was annexed, or added to the United States. How did this help the U.S. become a world power? © One Stop Teacher Shop

36 Causes of the Spanish-American War
Americans were angered by Spain’s treatment of the Cuban people by the Spanish. Americans were worried American businesses in Cuba were being destroyed. President McKinley, sent the USS Maine, a battleship, to protect Americans in Cuba, but was destroyed by an explosion. Yellow Journalism??? © One Stop Teacher Shop

37 The War Americans prepared for the war:
Theodore Roosevelt started the Rough Riders. African Americans fought as well (AKA Buffalo Soldiers) 3 months later = war is over If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat? © One Stop Teacher Shop

38 + = Results of War United States is a World Power!
Gained Spanish territories – Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam. + = © One Stop Teacher Shop

39 How do you sail from the east coast of the US to the west?
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40 I know…Build a Canal!!! © One Stop Teacher Shop

41 Panama Canal President Roosevelt decided to build the Panama Canal.
How did this change America’s role in the world? © One Stop Teacher Shop

42 President Roosevelt and the Progressives © One Stop Teacher Shop

43 The Progressives Progressives were reformers who worked to stop unfair practices by businesses and to improve the way in which government worked. Blue Laws Children required to attend school. Building Codes Meat Inspection Act Sherman Antitrust Act If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat? Pure Food and Drug Act © One Stop Teacher Shop

44 Places to Know © One Stop Teacher Shop

45 The Grand Canyon © One Stop Teacher Shop
If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat? © One Stop Teacher Shop

46 Grand Canyon © One Stop Teacher Shop

47 The Salton Sea © One Stop Teacher Shop

48 Grand Canyon Salton Sea © One Stop Teacher Shop

49 Great Salt Lake © One Stop Teacher Shop
If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat? © One Stop Teacher Shop

50 Great Salt Lake Grand Canyon Salton Sea © One Stop Teacher Shop

51 Mojave Desert © One Stop Teacher Shop

52 Great Salt Lake Salton Sea Grand Canyon Mojave Desert
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