Ch. 17, 18, & 19 Short Response Questions

Please answer the questions below, handwritten, in a minimum of 1-2 paragraphs for each. I will not see you all again for regular class until Thursday, 03/11 due to FCAT testing. Please have the questions completed by then. They are due Thursday, 03/11 when you walk into class.
Chapter 17
1) Describe the major military confrontations between Native Americans and whites on the post-Civil war frontier.

2) What impact did the frontier have on American attitudes, behavior, and institutions? Is the "frontier thesis" of Frederick Jackson Turner viable?

3) Discuss the nature and hardships of life on the Great Plains in the late 1800s. What developments helped to alleviate these hardships?

4) Contrast life on the western frontier for the miner, cattleman, and farmer. What social and economic factors contributed to the lifestyle developed by each group?
Chapter 18
5) Why did industrial development occur at such a rapid pace after the Civil War?

6) Could American industrial growth have occurred without the industrial giants of the period? Explain.

7) Had the definition of work changed by 1900? How did workers respond to the change? Were they successful?

8) You are a steel worker in Pennsylvania. What reasons would you have for joining a union? Describe your hopes and aspirations for yourself and your family.
Chapter 19
9) What was the purpose of the Settlement House movement? Evaluate its objectives and methods.

10) The new immigrant of the late nineteenth century faced many hardships as they sought a place in American society. To what do you account their ability to make a home in America? What internal and external resources were available to make the transition easier for them?

11) Compare the role of the political machines and the social reformers in dealing with the new urban environment of the late nineteenth century. Which group was more successful?

12) How did the changing American residential patterns of the late nineteenth century reflect the larger changes of American society?