Goal 4 - The Great West & Rise of the Debtor
The Great West and the Rise of the Debtor (1860s-1896) - The learner will evaluate the great westward movement and assess the impact of the agricultural revolution on the nation
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Objective 4.01
Objective 4.02
Objective 4.03
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Objective 4.04
4.01 Compare and contrast the different groups of people who migrated to the West and describe the problems they experienced. 4.02 Evaluate the impact that settlement in the West had upon different groups of people and the environment. 4.03 Describe the causes and effects of the financial difficulties that plagued the American farmer and trace the rise and decline of Populism. 4.04 Describe innovations in agricultural technology and business practices and assess their impact on the West.
- Motivation for Westward Movement - Challenges of Westward Movement
* Joseph Smith * Brigham Young * Mormons * Homestead Act * Roles of Women * Roles of African Americans * Roles of Chinese * Roles of Irish * Comstock Lode * Morrill Land Grant Act, 1862 * Sod houses * Oklahoma Land Rush * Gold Rush
- Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad - Development of cattle, ranching, and mining industries - Mexican influence on the West - Western Movement Impact on Indians: � Destruction of buffalo � Reservation system � Cattle drives � Indian wars
* Dawes Severalty Act * Chief Joseph * Sitting Bull * Nez Perce * Battle of Little Big Horn * Sand Creek Massacre * Wounded Knee * Helen Hunt Jackson�s - Century of Dishonor * Buffalo Soldiers * Promontory Point, Utah * Transcontinental Railroad * Irish immigrants * Chinese immigrants * Assimilation
- Growing discontent of the farmer - Impact of laws and court cases on the farmer - Gold Standard vs. Bimetallism - Rise and fall of Populism
* The Grange * National Farmer Alliances * Southern Alliance * Colored Farmers Alliance * Omaha Platform * Interstate Commerce Act * Rebates * William Jennings Bryan & �Cross of Gold Speech� * Greenbacks * Munn v. Illinois, 1877 * Wabash v. Illinois, 1889
- Technological improvements on farming - Changing nature of farming as a business - Increased dependence on the railroads
* Barbed wire * Refrigerator car * Windmill * Farmer�s Cooperatives * Steel Plow * Vertical/horizontal integration * Interlocking directorates * Laissez-faire