Great Plains

Physical features/climate

Flatlands that gradually rise from

_______________to

_________________

Land erodedby ____________

and water

Low _______________

Frequent ________________

storms

Inventions and adaptations that made life possible on the Great

PlainsFenced in the Plains

Able to till the land

Plant crops in winter

Dwellings

Animal raised

Crop suited for Plains

Used to pump water

Brought goods from the East

Reasons for westward expansion

• Opportunities for ___________ ownership

• Technological advances like the Transcontinental ______________

• Possibility of wealth from the discovery of ________________ and ______________

• The fun and _____________________

• A new start for former ________________

Native American Leaders

• Chief _________ _________ led the Sioux Indians at the Battle of _________ _______ ______ in Montana. The Sioux defeated the US Army under LTC George________________.

• Chief ____________ led the Nez Perce Indians from Oregon to Montana. At his surrender he said the he would ________ no more forever. He then was forced to live on a _____________________ ending his way of life.

Advancement in the transportation of resources

• Moving natural resources to ________ factories

• Moving _____ ore deposits to _______, PA to make steel

• Transporting ____________ (completed) products to _______________ markets (all across country)

Key Manufacturing Areas

Manufacturing Areas

Steel Automobiles Textiles Meatpacking

Key Inventions and Inventors

Inventions and Inventors

Lighting andMechanical uses

of electricityTelephone Service

Use of Assembly

lineAirplane

Changes in the US after the Civil WarAfter the Civil War the US changed from a nation of farmers(_____________) to a nation of factory workers(_____________)The invention of the ________ by Cyrus McCormick was an example of _________(using machines) to reduce farm _________(workers) needs and increase___________ Negative effects of industrialization after the Civil WarChild__________ wages,____ hoursUnsafe_______ conditions

Captains of Industry

Captain

Henry Ford Andrew Carnegie

Oil Telephone Service

Philanthropy

• Philanthropy is when very wealthy people give _______ to charities, hospitals, colleges, and other organizations.

• Andrew Carnegie gave money to build _______________ in towns.

• Cornelius Vanderbilt gave money for a _____________ bearing his name.

• The Rockefeller family gave $ to rebuild Colonial___________ and to start Grand Teton ___________ Park in Wyoming.

Reasons for the rise of and prosperity of Big BusinessNational markets created by _________ advances.Lower _______ production________ of products nationwide in magazines and catalogues.________ of IndustryFactors resulting in the growth of industryAccess to _________ materials and energyAvailability of __________ forceNew ___________ like the light bulb that changed the way America_________________ resources (money)

Unions

• A______________ F______________ of L______________

• Led by ________ ___________

• Steel industry strike that the union lost- _____________

DemandsOf all

unions