1. Chapter 17
Industrialism

2. 2 Resources that helped the US
produce goods
1. Raw Materials

7. 2. Labor force
– Companies wanted to hire immigrants because
they worked for less and didn’t complain

8. Ellis Island
• Temporary stopover for incoming immigrants
• Had to look healthy enough to hold a job and
they had money to reach distant destinations

12. Naturalization Test
1. What do we call the first 10 amendments to
the Constitution?
2. Name one branch or part of the government.
3. We elect a US Senator for how many years?
4. What is the name of the Vice-President of
the United States now?
5. How old do citizens have to be to vote for
President?

13. 6. Why did colonists fight the British?
7. When was the Declaration of
Independence adopted?
8. When is the last day you can send in
federal income tax forms?
9. What territory did the United States
buy from France in 1803?
10.Name one state that borders
Mexico.

14. Technology
• Alexander Graham
Bell – telephone

15. • Thomas Edison
– light bulb and
appliances

16. • George Westinghouse
– air brakes for trains

17. • Andrew Carnegie
– steel empire

18. • John D. Rockefeller – oil
tycoon

19. How did Industrialism change
American life?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Trade increased greatly
City population increased greatly
More leisure time
Number of women in work force increased

20. Creation of Unions
• Unions were to stand up to management and
demand better wages and working conditions
• Haymarket Square Riot – Union strike that
ended with 11 people killed

24. Chapter 18
Settling the West

25. Miners
• Miners found gold and silver in the west
• Miners took land from the Indians

28. Cowboys
• Had to get cattle to market without railroads

30. Trouble with Cattle Drives
1. Forests and brush in Oklahoma

31. 2. Cattle ticks caused Texas fever

33. 3. Laws to keep Texas herds out of certain areas

34. Meatpacking industry

35. Homesteaders
• Homestead Act of 1862
– Gave families 160 acres
– Had to build 12x12 house with well and live there
5 years

41. Morrill Land Grant of 1862
• Gave states 30,000 acres of land for each
representative for educational purposes.
• Texas A&M and University of Arkansas came
out of this

42. Oklahoma Land Rush
• April 22, 1889 Indian Territory was opened up
to Oklahoma settlers
• Boomers – people that made their way to the
area
• Sooners – people that jumped the gun and
illegally made their claim