The American West Exam Study Guide

The Industrialization and Urbanization Exam Study Guide

In order to be successful on this exam, you should be familiar with each of these and their significance.

Reconstruction (1865-1877)
Abraham Lincoln’s Plan
Johnson’s Plan
Wade Davis Bill
Republican Reconstruction
Influences on the development of the West Post 1850
The Pacific Railway Act
The Homestead Act.
The Oklahoma Land Rush April 22, 1889
Significant Native American Events (1850 -1900)
· Shift in US Government’s Indian Policy post 1850
· Characteristics of relations between whites and native Americans
· Cause of Indian Wars
· Reservation system
· Americanization
Treatment of African Americans (1865 -1900)
· Experiences of African Americans in the South versus the West
Key Sources to review:
· Rules for Indian Schools
· Reservation Living Conditions
· Miner and Cowboys 1887 - Bill Haywood
· Articles over African Americans in the West
· In Class Notes / Organizers
· Class Textbook. (Prentice Hall – Americans: Pathway to The Present) Industrialization (1850-1910)
Andrew Carnegie - “Gospel of Wealth”
John D Rockefeller
J. Pierpont Morgan
Henry Ford
Model T
Key inventions
The Assembly line
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Immigration
· Nativists
· Origins of Immigrants during this time period
· Feelings toward Immigrants
· Problem associated with Immigration
· Tenements
Urbanization
Concept of Social Darwinism
Management versus labor
· Samuel Gompers
· American Federation of Labor (how did it become the largest union?)
· Haymarket Square Riot
· Pullman Strike
· Homestead Strike
Working Conditions in the cities
Social Gospel/Settlement House movement
Key Sources to review:
· List of people & notes from Glog presentations
· “The New Colossus” – Emma Lazarus
· Biography of Jacob Riis (handout)
· Industry, Technology, Captains of Industry (handout)
· Flow Chart of 4 Labor/Capital Events
· In Class Notes / Organizers
· Class Textbook. (Prentice Hall – Americans: Pathway to The Present)