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Bellringer:. What was assimilation? Who did we try to assimilate and how? Assimilation is forcing someone to adopt the dominant culture- changing someone to be like you.

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Bellringer:

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  1. Bellringer: • What was assimilation? Who did we try to assimilate and how? • Assimilation is forcing someone to adopt the dominant culture- changing someone to be like you. • We tried to assimilate Native Americans by forcing them to farm (stop being nomadic), and sending their kids to boarding schools

  2. Agenda • Bellringer • Wrap up • Farm Economics • QUIZ TOMORROW

  3. Bellringer • GET OUT YOUR HOMEWORK • What did the Chinese Exclusion Act state? Why was it created? • The CEA denied Chinese immigration into the US for ten years and denied citizenship to those already here. • It was created because our government saw Chinese workers as a threat to white workers since they would be competition for jobs (since they worked for less).

  4. Agenda • BR- check homework • Review • Ask questions • Go over homework • TEST TOMORROW • Bring headphones and notes

  5. Farm Economics And Populism

  6. Because of the Homestead Act and new forms of transportation, American started moving out West as the gov’t gave them 160 acres of land and many started farming on that land What are some problems faced by farmers on the Great Plains? -Snow in winters, lots of flooding in summers then High winds, lack of trees and water (no running water) Prairie fires, tornadoes, grasshoppers, and droughts Home Home on the Range

  7. As a farmer, weather is the most important and unpredictable aspect of their job What did farmers make their houses out of? Why? What did they use to make fires? B/c of a lack of trees, farmers made houses out of sod which is the top layer of soil. For fires, they burned dried manure Ewww

  8. What were some women able to do out West that they couldn’t in the east? (esp. in Wyoming) Why? Women owned and farmed land, raised families, made clothes, were teachers. Many voted in West b/c population was lower and they needed people to vote to gain statehood All the Single Ladies…

  9. List new inventions in farming that helped Plains farmers. -The John Deere steel plow, windmills, barbed wire, and reapers all made farming easier on the Great Plains. She thinks my tractor’s…

  10. What were farmers able to do because of new inventions from 1860-1890? Is this good or bad? Why? Farmers harvested their crops quicker able to produce more crops Production doubled in 30 years Good- more efficient Bad- creates a surplus of crops and prices could drop Define surplus: too much Things that make you go “hmm”

  11. In the 1870s, the prices of crops dropped because of over production Farmers were earning less money but were spending more to run their farms. Why? Machinery is expensive (bills), railroad rates are high (ship crops). To pay for everything (and buy more land), they had to borrow $ from the banks. If they couldn’t sell crops, they went into debt Uh-Oh

  12. Farmers wanted to make more $ and be represented so they created the Grange which became a political party that demanded action from the federal government The Grange

  13. Platform • What did the Grange want from the gov’t? (What was their platform?) • A platform is something you stand on- so for political groups- it’s their core beliefs/wants • The Grange wanted the gov’t to regulate the rxr- charging whatever they wanted, no set rate • Regulate = control/limit • Farmers wanted the gov’t to help out the little guy and not the powerful, rich rxr • End corruption in gov’t

  14. In the 1890s, the Grange became more popular and formed the Populist Party which means the “people’s party” The Populist Party’s platform was for the unlimited coinage of silver which they thought would cause inflation which would cause prices to rise (meaning more money for farmers). They also wanted the gov’t to represent the people My Peeps

  15. Who was their Presidential candidate in the 1892 and 1896 elections? What was the outcome? William Jennings Bryan ran for the Populist Party but lost to Grover Cleveland and then William McKinley (Fight the Power) The Biggest Loser

  16. Do you think the gov’t favored railroads/big business or farmers in the late 1800s and early 1900s? Why? Gov’t favored big business (bb) over farmers because bb had more $ and the gov’t favored people who could contribute $ to their campaigns $ = power In Your Opinion

  17. What is Supply? Supply is the amount of goods available. It is how much of a good there is (how much stuff) What is Demand? Demand is the want and the ability to buy/spend money on a good. Basically do people want something and do they have the $ to buy it? A Little Economics

  18. Supply increases and demand decreases, there is a SURPLUS and the price goes down. There’s too much stuff and people don’t want it, so price drops Examples? Supply decreases and demand increases, there is a SHORTAGE (or SCARCITY) and price goes up. There isn’t enough of the stuff and people want it, so price rises. Examples? What Happens If…

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