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try to assimilate and how?try to assimilate and how? Assimilation is forcing someone to Assimilation is forcing someone to

adopt the dominant culture- changing adopt the dominant culture- changing someone to be like you. someone to be like you.

We tried to assimilate Native We tried to assimilate Native Americans by forcing them to farm Americans by forcing them to farm (stop being nomadic), and sending (stop being nomadic), and sending their kids to boarding schoolstheir kids to boarding schools

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GET OUT YOUR HOMEWORKGET OUT YOUR HOMEWORK What did the Chinese Exclusion Act state? What did the Chinese Exclusion Act state?

Why was it created? Why was it created? The CEA denied Chinese immigration into The CEA denied Chinese immigration into

the US for ten years and denied citizenship the US for ten years and denied citizenship to those already here. to those already here.

It was created because our government It was created because our government saw Chinese workers as a threat to white saw Chinese workers as a threat to white workers since they would be competition workers since they would be competition for jobs (since they worked for less). for jobs (since they worked for less).

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Farm Economics And Farm Economics And PopulismPopulism

Home Home on the RangeHome Home on the Range

Because of the Homestead Because of the Homestead Act and new forms of Act and new forms of transportation, American transportation, American started moving out West started moving out West as the gov’t gave them as the gov’t gave them 160 acres of land and 160 acres of land and many started farming on many started farming on that landthat land

What are some problems What are some problems faced by farmers on the faced by farmers on the Great Plains?Great Plains?

-Snow in winters, lots of -Snow in winters, lots of flooding in summers flooding in summers thenthen

High winds, lack of trees High winds, lack of trees and water (no running and water (no running water)water)

Prairie fires, tornadoes, Prairie fires, tornadoes, grasshoppers, and grasshoppers, and droughts droughts

EwwwEwww

As a farmer, weather As a farmer, weather is the most important is the most important and unpredictable and unpredictable aspect of their jobaspect of their job

What did farmers What did farmers make their houses out make their houses out of? Why? What did of? Why? What did they use to make they use to make fires?fires?

B/c of a lack of trees, B/c of a lack of trees, farmers made houses farmers made houses out of sod which is the out of sod which is the top layer of soil.top layer of soil.

For fires, they burned For fires, they burned dried manure dried manure

All the Single Ladies…All the Single Ladies…

What were some What were some women able to do women able to do out West that they out West that they couldn’t in the couldn’t in the east? (esp. in east? (esp. in Wyoming) Why?Wyoming) Why?

Women owned and Women owned and farmed land, raised farmed land, raised families, made families, made clothes, were clothes, were teachers.teachers.

Many voted in West Many voted in West b/c population was b/c population was lower and they lower and they needed people to needed people to vote to gain vote to gain statehoodstatehood

She thinks my tractor’s…She thinks my tractor’s…

List new inventions List new inventions in farming that in farming that helped Plains helped Plains farmers.farmers.

-The John Deere steel -The John Deere steel plow, windmills, plow, windmills, barbed wire, and barbed wire, and reapers all made reapers all made farming easier on the farming easier on the Great Plains. Great Plains.

Things that make you go Things that make you go “hmm”“hmm”

What were farmers What were farmers able to do because of able to do because of new inventions from new inventions from 1860-1890? Is this 1860-1890? Is this good or bad? Why?good or bad? Why?

Farmers harvested their Farmers harvested their crops quickercrops quicker able to able to produce more cropsproduce more crops

Production doubled in Production doubled in 30 years30 years

Good- more efficientGood- more efficient Bad- creates a surplus Bad- creates a surplus

of crops and prices of crops and prices could dropcould drop

Define surplus: too Define surplus: too muchmuch

Uh-OhUh-Oh

In the 1870s, the In the 1870s, the prices of crops prices of crops dropped because dropped because of over productionof over production

Farmers were Farmers were earning less money earning less money but were spending but were spending more to run their more to run their farms. Why? farms. Why?

Machinery is Machinery is expensive (bills), expensive (bills), railroad rates are railroad rates are high (ship crops). high (ship crops). To pay for To pay for everything (and buy everything (and buy more land), they had more land), they had to borrow $ from the to borrow $ from the banks. If they banks. If they couldn’t sell crops, couldn’t sell crops, they went into debtthey went into debt

The GrangeThe Grange

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

PlatformPlatform

What did the Grange want from the gov’t? What did the Grange want from the gov’t? (What was their platform?)(What was their platform?)

A platform is something you stand on- so for A platform is something you stand on- so for political groups- it’s their core beliefs/wantspolitical groups- it’s their core beliefs/wants

The Grange wanted the gov’t to The Grange wanted the gov’t to regulate regulate the rxr-the rxr- charging whatever they wanted, no charging whatever they wanted, no set rateset rate Regulate = control/limitRegulate = control/limit

Farmers wanted the gov’t to Farmers wanted the gov’t to help out the help out the little guylittle guy and not the powerful, rich rxr and not the powerful, rich rxr End corruption in gov’t End corruption in gov’t

My PeepsMy Peeps

In the 1890s, the In the 1890s, the Grange became more Grange became more popular and formed popular and formed the Populist Party the Populist Party which means the which means the “people’s party”“people’s party”

The Populist Party’s The Populist Party’s platform was for the platform was for the unlimited coinage of unlimited coinage of silver which they silver which they thought would cause thought would cause inflation which would inflation which would cause prices to rise cause prices to rise (meaning more money (meaning more money for farmers). for farmers).

They also wanted the They also wanted the gov’t to represent the gov’t to represent the peoplepeople

The Biggest LoserThe Biggest Loser

Who was their Who was their Presidential candidate Presidential candidate in the 1892 and 1896 in the 1892 and 1896 elections? What was elections? What was the outcome?the outcome?

William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan ran for the Populist ran for the Populist Party but lost to Party but lost to Grover Cleveland and Grover Cleveland and then William McKinley then William McKinley

(Fight the Power) (Fight the Power)

In Your OpinionIn Your Opinion

Do you think the Do you think the gov’t favored gov’t favored railroads/big railroads/big business or business or farmers in the late farmers in the late 1800s and early 1800s and early 1900s? Why?1900s? Why?

Gov’t favored big Gov’t favored big business (bb) over business (bb) over farmers because farmers because bb had more $ and bb had more $ and the gov’t favored the gov’t favored people who could people who could contribute $ to contribute $ to their campaignstheir campaigns

$ = power$ = power

A Little EconomicsA Little Economics What is Supply?What is Supply? Supply is the amount Supply is the amount

of goods available. It of goods available. It is how much of a good is how much of a good there is (how much there is (how much stuff)stuff)

What is Demand?What is Demand? Demand is the Demand is the wantwant

and the and the ability to ability to buy/spend moneybuy/spend money on a on a good. Basically do good. Basically do people want people want something and do something and do they have the $ to buy they have the $ to buy it?it?

What Happens If…What Happens If…

Supply increases and Supply increases and demand decreases, demand decreases, there is a SURPLUS there is a SURPLUS and the price goes and the price goes down.down.

There’s too much There’s too much stuff and people stuff and people don’t want it, so don’t want it, so price dropsprice drops

Examples?Examples?

Supply decreases and Supply decreases and demand increases, demand increases, there is a SHORTAGE there is a SHORTAGE (or SCARCITY) and (or SCARCITY) and price goes up.price goes up.

There isn’t enough of There isn’t enough of the stuff and people the stuff and people want it, so price rises.want it, so price rises.

Examples? Examples?