** In preparation for today’s instruction, leave spaces and write down the following prompts in your notebooks:

• (1) The mechanization of agriculture in the United States led directly to …

• (2) Due to events during the years of 1860 to 1890, which experiences were shared by most Native Americans living in western states …

• (3) During the 1870’s, 1880’s, and 1890’s, voter turn-out for national elections was over 80% because …

• (4) African American were disenfranchised (the vote taken away) in the South by the 1890’s because …

** In preparation for today’s instruction, leave spaces and write down the following prompts in your notebooks:

• (5) At the turn of the century, most immigrants to the united States settled in cities because …

• (6) Many wealthy American industrialists of the late 19th Century used the theory of Social Darwinism, which led these industrialists to …

• (7) From 1865 to 1900, the growth of industry affected American society, leading to …

• (8) In the second half of the 1800’s, the settling the Great Plains, the creation of time zones, and the beginning of federal government regulation all result from …

• (1) The mechanization of agriculture in the United States led directly to …

Settling the West – Homesteads

– Dry farming techniques• Seed drills, Steel plow• Mechanical reaper, Windmills• Threshing machines• Mechanical binder

• An increase in production• Eventually urbanization

Reaper

Seed drill

Threshing machine

Steel plow

• (2) Due to events during the years of 1860 to 1890, which experiences were shared by most Native Americans living in western states …

• (1) Forced onto Reservations• (2) Forced Assimilation– American Indian Boarding Schools– Dawes Act (1887)

• (3) During the 1870’s, 1880’s, and 1890’s, voter turn-out for national elections was over 80% because …

• Strong voter identity– Political Urban Machines– Golden Age of American

newspaper industry

• (4) African American were disenfranchised (the vote taken away) in the South by the 1890’s because …

Disenfranchising African Americans in the South

• Voter disenfranchisement: – Poll tax– “Good character clause”– Literacy test– Grandfather clause

• Racially motivated violence against African Americans

• (5) At the turn of the century, most immigrants to the united States settled in cities because…

• (1) Availability of large numbers of jobs• (2) Excitement of city life

• (6) Many wealthy American industrialists of the late 19th Century used the theory of Social Darwinism, which led these industrialists to …

• (1) Justify limited federal government activity• (2) Justify what could be considered

monopolistic actions

• (7) From 1865 to 1900, the growth of industry affected American society, leading to …

• (1) Greatest single era of economic growth in U.S. History

• (2) Increased urbanization

• (8) In the second half of the 1800’s, the settling the Great Plains, the creation of time zones, and the beginning of federal government regulation all result from …

• The creation of the railroads–Government regulation: Interstate

Commerce Act (1887)