October 5th- October 9th

Monday: Started going over chapter 7-9

Tuesday: We kept on talking about chapters 7-9

Wednesday: We watched some videos on Ellis Island and Angels Island which have to do with Immigration.

Thursday: We got groups if we aren't doing a family history project and continued talking about Angel and Ellis Island.

Key Questions:

Ch. 7.1:


Why did immigrants come to the US?

Where did immigrants come from?

What problems/issues did immigrants face on the trip over and once they got here?

Why did some people want to put restriction on immigration? What were those restrictions?


Ch. 7.2

Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800's and early 1900's?

What problems did cities face due to the rapid increase in population?

What did some people do to try to help the bad situation in the cities?


Ch. 7.3

What was the political machine and what did they do for a city?

Tell me about Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring.

What caused all this corruption in government?

What laws came about to reform government?

Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland and William Mckinley were all presidents during the late 1800's. Were they a reform president or a status quo president?


Ch. 8.1:

-What advances in science and technology help solve urban problems?


Ch. 8.2:

-How did education change in the late 1800's and early 1900's?


Ch. 8.3:

-What laws and restrictions were put on African-Americans and other minorities after Reconstruction ended?

-Explain the significance of Plessy v. Ferguson.


Ch. 8.4:

-Explain what people did for entertainment in the late 1800's and early 1900's.

 

 

Ch. 9.1

-Define the Progressive Era, why it started and it goals.

-What is prohibition? Why did people want prohibition to come about? What tactics were used to bring about prohibition?

-Describe the impact aid organizations had on our country.

-What did the 18th Amendment do and why did people want it?

-What is socialism? How was it started in the United States?

-What/who were muckrakers and what impact did they have on our country?

-What did local government do to reform itself during the Progressive Era?

-What did businesses do to bring better efficiency to their business?

-What did the progressives do to make the workplace safer?
-What did the progressives do to help end or reduce child labor?
 -What did progressives do to help workers reduce the number of hours they had to work?

-What did progressives do to bring about better wages for workers?

-What did progressives do to make our country more democratic?

-What did the 17th Amendment do?

 

Ch. 9.2

-Describe the major social changes that affected women during the Progressive Era.

-Describe women's push for suffrage(voting) and the passing of the 19th Amendment.

-Describe some women who were leaders in the push for suffrage and temperance.

 

Ch. 9.3

-Describe the major accomplishments of Teddy Roosevelt as President.

-Square Deal

-Breaking up strikes

-Regulating railroads

-Regulating food and drugs

-Conservation

-Policy towards African-Americans

 

Ch.9.4

-Describe the major accomplishments and problems of William Howard Taft's presidency

-Payne-Aldrich Tariff

-Land disputes

-Breaking up trusts

-16th Amendment

-Policy towards African-Americans

-Break-up of the Republican Party

-Describe the outcome of the 1912 Presidential Election.

 

Ch. 9.5

-Describe the major accomplishments/issues of Woodrow as President.

-Clayton Anti-Trust Act

-Federal Trade Commission Act/Commission

-Federal Farm Loan Act

-Underwood Tariff

-Federal Reserve Act

-Keating–Owen Act

-Adamson Act

-US Neutrality in WWI

-Policy towards African-Americans

Friday: We continued talking about immigration and the laws and acts that were set then.

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