Some questions to study

UNIT 4 REVIEW SHEET: AMERICA COMES OF AGE
 How did Margaret Sanger impact women’s health issues?
 Who was Jane Addams? What were some of her primary accomplishments during the Progressive Era?
 What was the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution, and for what reason was it passed?
 What was the 17 th Amendment?
 What was the 18 th Amendment? Why was it passed?
 How does the initiative process increase the influence of voters on
politics?
 Define the term Social Gospel:
 What was the major strategy used by the NAACP in their efforts to
achieve racial equality?
 Why did many Mexican Americans form Mutualistas?
 How did the Plessy v. Ferguson court case affect American society?
 How did Theodore Roosevelt believe that the government should manage
national forests?
 How did the United States gain control of Hawaii?
 How did Alfred Thayer Mahan help to strengthen American power?
 Why did Emilio Aguinaldo organize an insurrection against U.S. rule in
the Philippines?
 When Republican William McKinley ran for reelection in 1900, why did he
choose Theodore Roosevelt as his vice-presidential running mate?
 Why did the United States propose the open door policy?
 What was the American Anti-Imperialist League? Who were some of its
most famous members?
 How did the concept of Social Darwinism connect to American
imperialism?
 Explain William Howard Taft’s “Dollar Diplomacy.”
 Explain Theodore Roosevelt’s “Square Deal.”
 What was the Urban League and in what ways did it expand economic
opportunities for African Americans in the early twentieth century?

Wednesday 12/4/19

Week 16 PPT


OBJECTIVES
  1. Analyze the effects of Roosevelt’s “big stick” diplomacy and Taft’s “dollar diplomacy.”
  2. Compare Wilson’s “moral diplomacy” with the foreign policies of his predecessors.
AGENDA
  1. Warm Up 34:
    How did the Yellow Press and jingoism lead the Spanish American War?

  2. Review 3.6
  3. Spanish American War Flow Chart
  4. PPT 3.7
  5. 3.7 Questions
HOMEWORK
  1. Unit 3 Exam Monday! 3.7 Questions Due Friday 

 

Monday 12/2/19

PPT Week 16


  1. Objectives: Explain the causes of the Spanish-American War.Describe the consequences of the war, including the debate over imperialism.
  2. Agenda: 
    1. Warm up 33
      What is Frederick Jackson Turner’s Frontier thesis and how does it impact imperial policies of the US?

    2. 3.6
  3. Homework: Topic 3 Test on Monday. Finish any classwork (3.6 Questions)




Minimum Day Schedule


Monday 11/25/19

Objective: Identify the key factors that caused Americans to want to take a greater role overseas.
Evaluate the acquisition of Hawaii by the United States.
Agenda: 
-warm up 32:
What were the lasting legacies of the Progressive Era/Presidents?


-turn in Prohibition questions 
-review 3.4
-complete 3.5
-American Imperialism Map Assignment (if you were absent...come get this in class)

Homework: 3.5 Questions

Monday 11/18/19


Objective: Explain actions taken during the Progressive era to expand opportunities for women, including the right to vote. 
Agenda: 
Warm Up 
Review 3.2
Finish 3.2 PPT
Homework: 3.3 Vocabulary for Wednesday

Wednesday 11/13/19

Week 13 PPT Agenda:

  1. Identify the causes of Progressivism and compare it to Populism.
  2. Analyze the role that journalists and novelists played in the Progressive Movement.
  3. Evaluate some of the social reforms that Progressives tackled.
  4. Explain what Progressives hoped to achieve through political reforms.

    Today we will be discussing 3.1 as well as reading an excerpt from The Jungle and viewing an episode of Crash Course. 
     

Crash Course: Progressive Era
Questions for Crash Course

Friday 11/8/19

Today we will take the Topic Two assessment.

After, please pick up a Topic 3 Study Guide.

Homework: Read/notes/study guide for 3.1 due Wednesday 11/13

Wednesday 11/6/19



OBJECTIVES
  1. Evaluate the impact of the Populist Party, and explain why the party did not last
AGENDA
  1. PPT 2.4
    Populist Reading and Questions
  2. Review Game
Homework: Test Friday, 2.4 due Friday.
Populist reading questions: 

  1. What specific hardships did farmers face after the Civil War? (Please be specific in your answer).
  1. What were the three ways farmers reacted to their situation after the Civil War?
  2. What was the purpose of the Grange? What did they hope to accomplish?
  3. What six demands did the Populists make at their meeting in Omaha, Nebraska in 1892?
  4. What idea did the Populists embrace following the economic crisis in 1893?
  5. What was the result of the presidential election of 1896 between William Jennings Bryan and William McKinley?
  6. Even though the Populist movement failed to achieve its aim, what ideas of the Populists were eventually enacted in the first part of the 20th century?

Monday 11/4/19


OBJECTIVES
  1. Analyze the economic issues farmers faced in the late 1800s.
  2. Describe the groups farmers formed to address their problems and what they accomplished.
  3. Evaluate the impact of the Populist Party, and explain why the party did not last

AGENDA
  1. PPT 2.4
  2. The Rise and Fall of the Populist Party

HOMEWORK
  1. 2.4 Vocabulary 
  2. Friday  11/8/19 (remember we do not have school on that Monday) 

Warm Up 25:

What is civil service reform? Why was it enacted in the late 1800s?

Friday 11/1/19


 OBJECTIVES
  1. Analyze the issues of weak leadership and corruption in national politics in the 1870s through 1890s.
  2. Discuss civil service reform in the late 1800s.

AGENDA
  1. Warm up/PPT 2.3
  2. Political Machines Reading & Questions
  3. Study Guide Unit 2

    Homework: Complete 2.3 both vocabulary and questions from the study guide.

Wednesday 10/30/19

OBJECTIVES
  1. Analyze the impact of mining and railroads on the settlement of the West.
  2. Explain the impact of physical and human geographic factors on the settlement of the Great Plains.
  3. Analyze treatment of Chinese immigrants and Mexican Americans in the West.

AGENDA
  1. Warm Up
  2. Stamp/review 2.2
  3. Finish Bury My Heart
  4. Westward Expansion Map 

CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK
  1. Unit 2 Study Guide

Wednesday 10/23/19


OBJECTIVES
  1. Compare the ways Native Americans and white settlers viewed and used the land.
  2. Analyze the impact of the Indian Wars.
  3. Evaluate the effectiveness of the government’s Americanization and reservation policies towards American Indians.
AGENDA
  1. PPT 2.1
  2. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

HOMEWORK
2.1 Study Guide due Friday

Friday October 18, 2019

We reviewed for our assessment on Monday.

Don't forget to study this weekend!

Study Guide for Topic 1



  • Americanization Movement
  • Vertical & Horizontal integration
  • Captain of Industry vs. Robber Baron
  • Chinese Exclusion Act
    • What did it enforce?
    • Effects?
  • Company Towns / Wage Slavery - How did they work?
  • Interstate Commerce Act (1887)
  • Mary Harris (“Mother”) Jones
  • Immigrant Process
    • Steerage
    • Ellis Island/Angel Island
    • How were they treated? Who got in? Who got sent back?
  • Horatio Alger
  • Haymarket Square Riot
  • Jacob Riis - How the Other Half Lives
  • John Wanamaker
  • Labor Unions:
    • Knights of Labor
    • American Federation of Labor
    • Leaders?
    • Similarities/Differences?
  • Nativism
  • Protective tariffs - How do they help American business? How can they be harmful to American business?
  • Pullman Strike (1894) - Outcome & Long-term impact?
  • “Push” and “Pull” factors leading immigrants to the United States. What were “chain” immigrants?
  • Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) - What was it designed to do? Was it effective?
  • Social Darwinism
  • Tin Pan Alley - Why was it important to the music industry?
  • Zoning Laws

Monday 10/14/19

Agenda:
- warm up 21
-Questions about 1.5?
-Discuss schedule
-1.6 PPT
-work time for 1.5/1.6

Unit test on Topic One is Monday 10/21/19

Friday 10/11/19

Agenda:
review 1.4
discuss 1.5
Jacob Riis photograph analysis (this is in class/a paper copy)

Homework: Read 1.5, take notes, complete the vocabulary.

Have a nice weekend.

Wednesday 10/9/19

Today we:
reviewed 1.3
discussed 1.4
analyzed political cartoons (if you were absent, stop by to pick this up)
Homework: Finish 1.4 in the study guide.

Monday 10/7/19


OBJECTIVES
  1. Assess the impact of business practices on workers in the late 1800s. Compare the goals and strategies of the first labor unions. Analyze the causes and effects of strikes in the late 1800s
AGENDA
  1. Warm Up
  2. Powerpoint 1.3
  3. Do “Study Guide” questions for 1.3 and begin reading 1.4
HOMEWORK
  1. Read/Vocabulary/Notes for 1.4

Wednesday 9/25/19


OBJECTIVES: Analyze the factors that encouraged industrialization in the United States in the late 1800s. Explain how new inventions, scientific discoveries, and technological innovations fueled growth and improved the standard of living.
  1. Warm Up 16
  2. Review 1.1 Study Guide and essential question
  3. MWBA: Vanderbilt
  4. 1.2 PPT
HOMEWORK
  1. Complete 1.2 Study Guide (both the vocabulary and the questions) and notes