OBJECTIVE

• Today you will demonstrate your ability to comprehend the impact of westward expansion by taking notes

• Warm up is Unit 2 Pretest – number 1-10 on your paper.

Question 1

• By the early 1900s, the United States had become the world’s leading

A.gross national product.

B.laissez-faire country.

C.industrial nation.

D.military establishment.

Question 2

• By the 1890s, immigrants made up significant percentages of some of the country’s largest

A.plantations.

B.farms.

C.cities.

D.suburbs.

Question 3• The railroad building boom during the nineteenth

century contributed to

A.increasing agricultural production in the Northeast

B.dramatic population decreases in Southern cities

C.the establishment of trade relations with Mexico

D.the rapid industrialization of the United States

Question 5The muckraking journalists associated with the

Progressive Era were known primarily for their

A.willingness to expose the corruption of U.S. society

B.use of the media to advocate the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment

C.articles supporting the economic benefits of laissez-faire economics

D.support for the formation of U.S. military alliances with European countries

Question 6• What is the name for entrepreneurs in the late

1800s accused of building their fortunes by swindling investors and taxpayers, bribing government officials, and cheating on their contracts and debts?

A.Robber Barons

B.Fortune Finders

C.Industrial Kings

D.Financial Swindlers

Question 7

The main goal of progressive government reforms was to give

A.industrialists more control over government.

B.voters more control over government.

C.U.S. industries a better chance to compete in foreign markets.

D.the federal government more power over state governments.

Question 8• Progressive era reformers

A.consistently advocated greater democratic participation.

B.opposed all increases in government control.

C.had varying ideas about what and how to reform.

D.primarily focused on bringing about women's suffrage.

Question 9

• Theodore Roosevelt put his stamp on the presidency most clearly in the area of

A.environmental conservation.

B.child labor laws.

C.antitrust legislation.

D.arbitration.

Question 10

• What did Taft establish to investigate and publicize child labor problems?

• Child Protective Services

• Widows and Orphans Fund

• Department of Children and Families

• Children’s Bureau

Settling the WestSettling the West

Growth of the Mining Industry

• Mining fuels westward expansion

• Regulating boom towns

Ranching and Farming the Plains

• Ranching the Plains

• Farming becomes Big Business

Native Americans

• Cultures under pressure

• Conflict and assimilation

• Massacre at Wounded Knee

• Dawes Act

Homework

• Cornell Notes on “Native Americans” pages 241-242 in the textbook.

Cool Down

• If you had the chance to make your fortune, but you had to leave everything and everyone you knew and go to a dangerous, lawless place to make that fortune, would you still do it? – Why or why not?