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__**The Far West**__
 * The Buffalo**
 * **Buffalos were slaughters relentlessly by the whites that were moving west**
 * **This was a problem because the buffalo was apart of many indian tribes lives**
 * **In 1865 there was approximately 15 million buffalo, a decade later fewer than a thousand**
 * **Tis created a climate for the indians in which they felt as if they had to fight for their way of life**
 * **This contributed to the development of the west because the people who used the buffalo used them for food and trade**
 * The Chinese**
 * **the chinses migrated to the US befroe and during the gold rush for better opportunity**
 * **By 1880, more then 200,000 chinese immigrants had settled in the US**
 * **Americans beagn to see them as rivals and tghreats do to their rapid economic success**

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Chapter 18 Questions

1) ** What were the positives and negatives of urbanization? ** · Negative: poverty, high crime rates, air pollution, Fires, diseases, environmental problems · Positive: spread of public education, Economy boosts, rises in income, More leisure time activites,

· Consumer Culture-People going out to shop at department stores, spending money. · Leisure Culture- People going to movies, saloons, baseball, football.
 * 2) During the “Age of the City,” how did American consumer culture and leisure culture each change? **

**3) What is the difference between popular culture and high culture? Explain with specific details and examples**. · Popular Culture- People going out to do what the majority of persons are doing.  · High culture-upper class activities realating to usually the arts, opera, jazz, etc.

· In 1860, 100 public high schools in the united states, 1900, there were 6,000 public high schools, 1914, over 12,000, development of women’s colleges.
 * 4) What changes in education occurred during this “Age of the City?” **

**5) How was urbanization related to industrialization?** · As the urbanization in the US began to rise, so did the amount of industrilization in the United States

AP US History Chapter 19 Questions

The political landscape of the late 19th century in America consisted of three parties: the republicans, the democrats and the people's party. The people's party came about in 1892 when nearly 1500 populist candidates won election to seats in many state legislatures. The party appelaed mostly to farmers with little long-range economic security, the farmers who basically relied on one crop and had little access to credit. Populism raised one of the most powerful challenges to the direction of which American industrial capitalism was moving. Populism was not a challenge to industrialization and capitalism itself, they wanted porgress and growth to continue, but should be more strictly defined by the needs of individuals and communities.
 * Describe the political landscape in late 19th century America**.

In 1884, grover Cleveland was elected as the democraric candidate for the presidency and James G. Blaine for the republicans. Grover Cleveland won 219 electoral votes to James Blaine's 182, this margin was only 23,000. In 1888, the democrats renominated Cleveland and the republicans nominated Benjamin Harrison. Benjamin Harrison won an electoral majority vote of 233 to Cleveland's 168. In 1892, The populist candidate won and had more than one million votes, 8.5 percent of the total turnout, and 22 electoral votes, James B. Weaver of Iowa was elected president. In 1896, The republicans elected Governor William Mckinley of Ohio as the party's presindential candidate. The democrats elected William Jennings Bryan as their candidate. On election day William Mckinley won 271 electoral votes to Bryan's 176. William Mckinley won the election for president.
 * Explain the outcomes of the Presidential elections of 1884, 1888, 1892, and 1896.**

The farmer's alliance movement consisted of 4 million memebers.Candidates the were supported by the farmer's alliance won partial and complete control in twelve states. The people's party came about in 1892 when nearly 1500 populist candidates won election to seats in many state legislatures. The party appelaed mostly to farmers with little long-range economic security, the farmers who basically relied on one crop and had little access to credit. Populism raised one of the most powerful challenges to the direction of which American industrial capitalism was moving. Populism was not a challenge to industrialization and capitalism itself, they wanted porgress and growth to continue, but should be more strictly defined by the needs of individuals and communities.
 * Describe the Farmers’ Alliance movement and the birth of the Populist Party.**

There was a severe depression that began in 1893 that led to widespred labor unrest and violence. Neither of the parties could repsond to this depression. There was a collapse of the stock market. Within six months, 8,000 businesses failed, 156 railroads, and 400 banks failed. One million people lost their jobs, thats 20 percent of the work force. Free silver, should it be used to back the US currency.
 * Identify and describe the major problems of 1890s America.**


 * Imperialism-**
 * **Industrialized nations dominating pre-industrial/underdeveloped countries. (econimic or political influence, territorial expansion)**
 * **Manifest Destiny, money, economy, military movements, resources, competition for world power**
 * **Hawaii. The United States and Germany divided the islands between them, compensating Britain with territories elsewhere in pacific. The United States retained the harbor at Pago Pago. Texas, California, Alaska, Missouri, Peurto Rico, Lousiana Purchase.**
 * **Empire building, territorial acquisition, economic and or political influence**


 * Notes From the Movie on the Spanish American War**
 * **Cuban rebels took the strategy of destroying American platations hoping to have American forces intervene in the cuban rebellion against Spain**
 * **Yellow Journalism printing in a way to exaggerate news for the people**
 * **Similar story in the Philipines, at the end, Cuba becomes independent, the philipines do not become independent and America takes over the philipines for about 40 or 50 years and finally released them**

__**Who**__ __**What**__ __**Why**__ __**When**__ __**Where**__
 * Who, What, Where, Why, When. (The Spanish American War)**
 * **The United States, Spain, and Cuba were all involved in the Spanish-American**
 * **Fighting between the US, Spain, and Cuba**
 * **The Us intervened beacause of mouinting pressure that the US should involve itself because of the brutality on both sides**
 * **A war for the freedom of Cubans from Spanish rule**
 * **Mckinley asked for a declaration of war when negotiations failed to satisfy congress or public opinoin**
 * **Mounting pressure form cubans within the US**
 * **The American ship Maine blew up in Havana harbor with a lossof 260 people. The ship had been ordered to Cuba to protect American lives and property that might possible be attacked by spanish loyalists**
 * **A cuban agent in Havna stole a private letter written by Dupuy de lome, the spanish minister in Washington, and he turned it over to the American press which described president Mckinley as a coward and had a corrupt administration**
 * **April 25, 1898**
 * **Dclared in April, over in August**
 * **Cuba**
 * **Phillipines**
 * **Guam**
 * **Puerto Rico**

Chapter 20 Questions AP US History Chapter 20 Questions

What were the motivations for US imperialist behavior in the late 19th/early 20th centuries? One major motivation behind the imperial behavior of the US during the late 19th and early 20th centuries was the continuing belief of the manifest destiny. Americans believed that they were subject to more land and resources. There was also competition between the major powers for these many lands and Americans thought that if the didn't act soon, there would be no more land left to imperialize for themselves. Another motivation was the increasing importance of trade to the American economy. In 1870, the nation's exports led to a total of 392 million, in 1890, 857 million, and by the 1900s, 1.4 billion.

What were the causes and consequences of the Spanish-American War? Why was it called "A Splendid Little War?" Is that an accurate nickname?

The growing urge for independence by the cubans was a major cause for the Spanish-American WAr. The cubans believed that if they caused the damage to many of the United Staes' resources, it would cause them to interfere and hopefully help the cubans with their cause. Only after an American battleship was blown up outside the Havana harbor would President Mckinley ask the congress of the United States to declare for war and they did.The Spanish-American War was called "A Splendid Little War" because the war only lasted four months. It is an accurate name for the people that were not involved, but for the people that were, a war is still a war.

Describe American interest and intervention in China.

The Americans were interested in the future of China because it was an important trade for them and it was now so incapable that it provided a tempting target for exploitation by stronger countires. Americans intervened in China to make sure amny other powers could not take over by using the open door ploicy, which would allow the United States to trade freely with China without fear of interferance and without having to becoame millitary involved in the region. President Mckinley and Secreatary of Sate John Hay, agrred in interveening in the boxer rebellion to secure a voice in the settlement of uprising and to prevent the partition of China by other European countries. The open door policy could now be used because both England and Germany accepted and the US paid for the damages the boxer rebellion had caused.

What were the various results of American imperialistic activity between 1880 and 1910?

The United Sates help liberate Cuba from the spanish, they annexed the Phillipines, they Annexed Hawaii, and they saved a prominant trade in China by saving it from the other major European countries.


 * What is your thesis of the United States history, 1781 to 1915?**
 * From 1781 to 1915, history in The United Sates of America has been composed of wars, annexation, land acquisition, political battles, and many other steps toward becoming an organized and coherent world leader.**
 * Pair Share: Vanesha's Thesis: Between 1781 and 1915 the United States of America struggled to take on the position of a leading world power, this seen in America's political strides, economic growth, and foreign involvement during this period.**


 * Refined Thesis: From 1781 to 1915, history in the United States of America has been composed of wars, annexation, land acquisition, political battles and many other steps in development toward becoming an organized and coherent world power.**


 * Group Thesis: Between 1781 and 1915 the United States of America went through a constant state of change and progression as they struggled to take on the position of a leading wolrd poer,m this seen in America's political strides, economic growth, and froeign involvement during this period.**
 * **Imperialsm**
 * **War**
 * **Industrialization**
 * **Urbanization**
 * **Political Parties**
 * **Education**
 * **Civil Rights**
 * **Interpretation of the constitution**
 * **Popular Soveregnity**


 * Chapter 21**
 * Key terms**
 * Pgs 566-567**
 * Antimonopoly- The fear of concentrated power and the urge to limit and disperse authority and wealth. This belief appealed to workers, farmers, and middle-class Americans. It also helped to empower governemnt to be able to regilate or break up trusts at both the state and national levels. The belief that major power and authority concentrated in one place is not good for the people still exists today and has caused people to take even further steps to regulate such authority.**
 * Pgs 570-**
 * Rise of Social Sciences- The use of scientific techniques in the study of society and its institutions. Produced a generation of beuracratic reforemers concerned with the structure of organizations and commited to the building of new political and economic intstitutions capable of managing a modern society. Also chelped create a movement toward organization amoung the expanding new group of middle-class professionals.**