1. what impact did the construction of the transcontinental railroad have on the country, and which immigrants were used for labor?
2. how did the growth of the western population and innovations in farming and
ranching impacted plains indians?
3. how did plains indians’ resist to western expansion of the united states, and what were the
consequences of their resistance.
ssush13 evaluate efforts to reform american society and politics in the progressive era.
4. why did the muckrakers have a major influence on affecting change by bringing attention to social
problems?
5. why did women play major roles in reform movements?
6. what connection did the decision of plessy v. ferguson have to the expansion of jim crow laws and the formation of the naacp?
7. why did the progressive legislative actions such as voter, labor laws, and the conservation movement empower the people?