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35 Cards in this Set
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name the 9 northeastern states
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Pennsylvania, Maine, New York, Cennecticuit, Vermont, Rhode Island Massachucetts, New Jersey, New Hampshire.
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name the 14 southeastern states
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West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Gerogia, Florida, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Maryland, Delaware.
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name the 12 midwestern states
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North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan.
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name the 4 southwestern states
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Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma.
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name the 6 rocky mountain states
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Montana, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada. Colorado.
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name the 3 pacific states
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Washington, Oregon, California.
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name the 2 noncontiguous states
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Alaska, Hawaii.
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name the descriptions that would identify the geography and climate of the Great Plains of North America
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~flatlands that rise from East to West ~Low rainfall ~Eroded by wind and water ~frequent dust storms
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How did people on the Great Plains adapt to the challenges they faced living and farming there?
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~farming ~living ~ranching ~transportation
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lack of rain
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~windmills ~dry farming ~drought resistant
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tough sod
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steel plow
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animals grazing freely on the open range
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barbed wire
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open grasslands and limited water
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~barbed wire ~windmills
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transportation
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Transcontinental Railroad
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list the reasons for western expansin following the Civil War
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~opportunity for land ownership ~homestead act ~advances in transportation ~gold/silver ~adventure ~new biginnings-particularly for ex-slaves and civil war soldiers
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name the reasons for increased immigration to teh United States in the late 1800's and the early 1900's
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~better life ~religious freedom ~escape from opressive governments ~jobs, Jobs, JOBS! ~adventure
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what led to the development and growth of cities during the late 1800's and the early 1900's
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~immigration ~movement from rural urban areas ~INDUSTRIALIZATION (steel, automobile, and electic) ~new inventions
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list the inventions which fostered industrial growth in the United States
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~Henry Ford-Automobile
~Thomas Edison-Bulb/generator ~Alex G.Bell-Telephone |
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what were the results of the growth of URBAN areas
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~increased crime ~overcrowding ~tenement housing ~unsanitary conditions ~growth of political machines ~NASTY!
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list the efforts to solve the problems faced by immigrants during the late 1800's
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~settlement house-Jane Addams/Hull House ~Laws limiting # of immigrants ~Chinese Exclusion Act
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what are the following cities known for.. Pittsburg, Pennsylvania-Detroit, Michigan-Chicago, Illinois
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Pittsburg, Pennsylvania-steel
Detroit, Michigan-Automobile Chicago, Illinois-meatpacking |
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list three groups whose interaction with Americans led to conflict
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Name:Native Americans Conflict:Indian policies anbd war 1.reservations 2.battle of little big horn3.chief joseph name:chinese and irish conflict:discrimination 1.chinese exclusion act`
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name a major native american leader who tried very hard to negotiate with the US government, failed in that attempt and gained much respect when he lead his people into Canada
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Chief Joseph-Nez Perce
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in what battle did General George Custer loose his life
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battle of little big horn-a.k.a~ custar's last stand
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the series of battles which occurred between the Native Americans are known as the...
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the indian wars
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what became US government policy due to the fact that Americans wanted Indian land
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Placement of Reservations
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what led rise and prosperity in big business(in the late 1800's and early 1900's
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~advances in trasportation (trains, steamships, and autos) ~the captains of industry (robber barons, industrialists) ~lower production costs due to the assembly line ~advertising
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who were the "captains of industry" or "robber barons"
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~John D. Rockefeller-OIL
~Henry Ford-AUTOMOBILE ~Andrew Carnegie-STEEL |
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what factors caused ther growth of industry
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~raw materials/natural resources ~access to enery sources ~availibility of jobs ~inventions ~financial resources
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how did industrialization and the rise in big business influence life on American farms
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~machines reduced the need for farm labor and increased production of crops farmers could plant more crops because the machines made it easier, faster, and cheaper ~industrial development in cities created increased labor needs new inventions =increased demand for these items=more jobs ~mail order catalogs was created
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what were the negative effects of industialization
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~child labor ~low wages, long hours ~unsafe working conditions
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how did workers respond to the negative effects of industrialization
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~formed labor unions-knights of labor-af of l. ~strike (homestead strike)
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what lead to the formation of labor unions
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low pay, bread and butter issues
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what were reasons for the spanish-american war
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~protection of american business interests in cuba ~american support for cuban rebels to gain independence from spain ~rising tension as a result of the sinking of the u.s.s maine ~yellow journalism
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what were the results of the spanish-american war
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~the u.s emerged as a world power ~cuba gained independence from spain ~the u.s gained territorial possesion of the phillipenes, guam, and perto rico imperalism/expansionism
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