Unit 6 Reshaping the Nation

Chapter 16 The Frontier WestChapter 19 The Rise of Industry

Chapter 20 A Diverse Nation

1865-1914

• The Frontier West – As settlers moved west, Native Americans lost their lands and saw their way of life threatened.

• The Rise of Industry – New inventions and ways of doing business spurred economic growth and transformed people’s lives.

• A Diverse Nation – Immigrants contributed to the growth of the cities and enriched American society.

Ch. 18, Section 1 -The Mining Frontier

• Describe how mining changed the West.• Identify the builders of the first cross country

railroad.• Describe how railroads helped build the West.

Ch.18, Section2 – The Plains Indians

• Identify the peoples who lived on the Great Plains.

• Explain why buffalo was important in the lives of the Plains Indians.

• Identify the traditions that the Plains Indians followed.

Ch. 18, Section 3 Broken Promises

• Explain why Native Americans and settlers came into conflict.

• Describe how the destruction of the buffalo herds affected the Plains Indians’ way of life.

• Identify what happened at Wounded Knee.

Ch.18, Section 4 – Ranching and Farming

• Identify the Cattle Kingdom.• Explain why the cattle boom ended.• Identify the Exodusters.• Identify the hardships that farmers faced on

the Plains.

Ch.18, Section 5 – Revolt of the Farmers

• Identify problems that farmers faced in the late 1800’s.

• Identufy the goals of the National Grange and the Farmers’ Alliance.

• Identify what the Populists demanded.

Ch. 19 Section 1- RailroadsKey to Industrial Growth

• Describe how railrods became more eficient after the Civil War

• Identify some abuses of the railroads• Describe how railroads fueled the growth of

industry

Ch.19, Section 2 – Big Business

• Identify what made steel an important industry

• Describe how the grpwth of railroads changed the way Americans did business.

• Identiy some of the great business leaders of the late 1800s.

• Identify the arguments for and against big business.

Ch. 19, Section 3 An Age of Invention

• Identify the inventions that improved communication in the 1800s.

• Explain why Menlo Park was called an “invention factory.”

• Describe how Henry Ford revolutionized the automobile industry.

Ch. 19, Section 4 Workers and Unions

• Identify what working conditions were like in factories of the late 1800s.

• Explain why workers formed unions.• Describe the labor movement’s treatment of

immigrants and African Americans.• Explain why labor unions faced opposition.

Ch. 20, Section 1 –A Land of Promise

• Explain why immigrants poured into the United States in the late 1800s.

• Identify problems the newcomers faced.• Explain why anti-immigrant feelings grew.

Ch.20, Section 2 – Growth of Cities

• Explain what caused cities to grow after the Civil War.

• Identify problems that city dwellers faced.• Identify reforms that helped improve city life.

Ch. 20, Section 3 The Changing Face of Cities

• Describe how cities changed in the late 1800s.• Describe how Americans spent their leisure

time.• Explain how entertainment united Americans.

Ch. 20, Section 4A New American Culture

• Describe how Americans improved education in the 1800s.

• Identify what Americans read in the late 1800s.

• Identify American painters who won fame dor their works.