Chapter+16-Ruby+Surgent

**Chapter 16: The Last West and the New South 1865-1900**

1.) THE WEST: SETTLEMENT OF THE LAST FRONTIER A. The mining frontier - discovery of gold in Cali 1848 - 1/3 western miners were Chinese - Chinese exclusion act 1882 B. Cattle frontier -cattle roamed Texas C. Farming frontier - water scarce, extreme weather - barbed wire- Joseph Glidden - many failed, irrigation saved many Turner Thesis: frontier experience shaped unique character of american society D. Removal of Nat. Americans -their frontier taken over by whites - war inevitable -Assimilationists - Dawes Act 1887- break up tribes - Ghost Dance

2.) THE NEW SOUTH A. Economic progress - steel industry - lumber industry -tobacco industry B. Continued poverty - south poorest region b/c late industrialization + poorly educated work force C. Agriculture -mainly cotton - the glut of cotton decreased value - many lost farms D. Segregation - civil rights cases 1883- congress couldn't legislae against racial discrimination - Plessy vs. Ferguson- seperate but = - Jim Crow laws- segregated public places - loss of civil rights- grandfather clause, literary test, etc. - Bishop Turner- International migration society- immigrate to Africa - Ida B. Wells - Booker T. Washington- industrial schools - Du Bois- = rights

3.) FARM PROBLEMS: NORTH, SOUTH, WEST A. Changes in agriculture -falling prices b/c of overproduction and global competition - high tax on farmers and high manufactured goods B. Fighting back - Nat. Grange of patrons 1868- oliver kelley; save costs charged by middlemen - Interstate Commerce Act 1886- required railroad rates to be reasonable - Wabash vs. Illinois- ruled that individual states could not regulate interstate commerce - Nat. Alliance- to address problems of rural Am.

__So what__: Gold in Cali Chines Exclusion Act Impact of gold on politics and the economy Turner's frontier thesis Dawes act 1887 Poverty in south Cotton prices declined Civil rights cases 1883 Grandfather clause + literacy tests Nat. Grange movemement

__Questions:__

1. Which of the following did not contribute to the end of the open range cattle industry? a. droughts b. farming c. railroads d. barbed wire e. sheep herding

2. After the Granger laws ran into legal problems and were overturned in the case of //Wabash v. Illinois//, Congress attempted to provide relief through the? a. Sherman Antitrust Act b. graduated income tax c.Homestead Act d.Atlanta Compromise e.Interstate Commerce Act

3. The Supreme Court upheld the principle that state governments could regulate railroad and grain elevator companies with its decision in? a. Munn v. Illinois b. Plessy v. Ferguson c. Muller v. Oregon d. McCulloch v. Maryland e.Dred Scott vs. Sanford

4. What was the Chinese exclusion act of 1882?

5. What impact did gold have on the economy?