Birth of Modern America

Using Your texts (Chapter 13 14); p 412 - 459) to answer the following. Each answer is worth one mark unless otherwise noted. This is due today! Look at the picture of the new mining sluice on page 415. How does this help Prospectors find more gold? ________________________________________________________________ 2. After reading the quote/blurb on page 418, what is the most import characteristic of a cowboy: 1.

Cowboys had to be tough.but did you know that the best shot in the west came from a young 51 Quaker girl from Ohio? Read this blurb about ANNIE OAKLEY:
Using a .22 calibre rile 90 feet Oakley reputedly could split a playing card edge-on and put five or six more holes in it before it touched the ground. She toured Europe and played for Queen Victoria and Kaiser Wilhelm. (Remember him as the German king in WWISPVY!) Oakley had such good aim that, at his request, she knocked the ashes off a cigarette held by the Kaiser!!!!! Some people say that if Annie would have shot Wilhelm and not his cigarette, she could have prevented WWI! After the outbreak of World War I, Oakley sent a letter to the Kaiser, requesting a second shot. The Kaiser did not respond.

We will learn about the Cowboy tomorrow: What do you think the following are used for: (see page 419)

Cowboy Hat

Chaps Spurs

Lariats
3. Summarize the battle of Little Big Horn: (2 marks)

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Why should America be ashamed of Wounded Knee?

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Look at the inventions on page 438 439. Who are the 2 inventors whose names are used event today by the company that manufacture their product?

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What is Laissez-Faire mean: What did Edison do for America?

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What is meant by Robber Barons Look at the picture on page 449. Explain in words the difference
between Verticle and Horizontal integration. Also can you think of a modern day example of a company that is vertically and horizontally integrated? (3 marks)

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What is a trust?

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What did Henry Dow and Edward Dow do for the New York stock exchange (see blurb 451)

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Look at the vacuum on page 450. What kind of problems is this person going to have cleaning the house? What is the purpose of the AFL: (2 marks)

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