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.
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