Blog Discussion DayWas bad working conditions in the late 1800's. Textile factories means clothing.Ida B. Well took care of her siblings after her parents and younger brother died of yellow fever. She spoke about racism.Amusement parks- built for rec
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Today in CWI Mr. Bruns told us about what is going to be on the oral test this week possibly. Then Mr. Bruns gave everyone in the class a topic for our assigned blogs. I got explain why we went to war with Iraq in 1990. Next we went over the Europe m
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Continued from fridayChapter 6.2 The Age of the RailroadsCh. 6.2:-What impact did railroads have on the US?expansion-Why were many people upset with the railroads?railroads and land grants. prices.-What did the Grangers or government do to regulate t
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Today we finished doing my presentation over chapter 6-2. Next we started with Jessicas presentation.Ch. 7.2-Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800's and early 1900's?Because immigrants were coming for jobs because they didnt ask for very mu
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Chapter Six section twoThe Age of the RailroadsQuestions:-What impact did railroads have on the US?-Why were many people upset with the railroads?-What did the Grangers or government do to regulate the railroads?Answers to Question One:-easier way of
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We started with Nick's Presentation6-2-What impact did railroads have on the US?Transported goods, created new towns and cities, helped establish Time Zones.-Why were many people upset with the railroads?The railroads were misusing the land grants th
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6.2 ContinuedWhat impact did railroads have on the US? (already answered, friday 10/9/09)Why were many people upset with the railroads? The railroads were misusings the land grants the government gave them by selling land to other rail road companies
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today in history nick finished his presentation and now jessica is going to give hers because we have people gone so she has to go. the title of her section is the challanges of urbanzation..
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6-1 The Expansion of IndustryToday Ray continued his presentation. Iron was soft and tends to break and rust easily so its hard to work with. So people started using steel. Steel is lighter, more flexible, and it won't rust. This was really the start
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Today in class we did blog talks. We talked about inventions and work conditions during the Industrial Revolution. We talked about the Settlement houses and how they were for immigrants and poor people that were coming to the country. That is all we
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Today was Tuesday. Apparently, if there were about four or more students gone from school yesterday, the school would have had to shut down for about a week or more. Bruns did the Chapter 6 Section 3 presentation.Ch. 6.3:-Tell me about Andrew Carnegi
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There were many things that helped people become more advanced. Like the light bulb and the telephone.-Tell me about Andrew Carnegie.-Tell me about John D. Rockefeller.-What was Social Darwinism and how did it apply to business?-Explain how companies
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Today is Tuesday, the thirteenth of two thousand and nine.Chapter 6 Section 3 was presented by Mr. Bruns instead of Markis Schones. This section is entitled Big Business and Labor....--Key Questionsss....-Tell me about Andrew Carnegie.> Scottish Immi
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Today we started with going over the questions from yesterday's presentation.Ch. 6.1:-What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's?Natural resources, such as steel and oil. Laissez-fairre; french for hands off of let al
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TGoday we talked about what we should have learned from the presetntation that we did yesterday, and covered the presentaon we were suppose to have done, which was over big buisness and labor. Andrew Canegie who was poor and came from scotland and in
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Today, the first thing we did was go over European countries. That's going to be a really hard test. Next we continued blog discussion on failed states. A failed state is basically where the government can't control or enforce anything. Things that c
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Today we will be picking what we will do for our assigned blog. how is UN involved in Iraq qar and stuff is what i am doing. And now we are going over the European Map. We are kind of getting it i think i know them pretty well its just the eastern co
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