assigned blog for this week (5) is to research what we consider the greatest american invention of all time. fun.
so, heres the rest of the summaries for q&a.\
7-2 q&a:
Why did cities grow so quickly?
rush of immigrants from europe, etc. and people moved from farms to cities to get jobs.
What problems did cities face due to the rapid increase of population?
Transportation problems, litter, highly unsanitary living conditions. Shortage of clean water. Innefective police force (where they existed, anyways). Fires started and spread quickly.
What did people do to try and help the situation in the cities?
Settlement House Movement: gave the poor more say in things.
Social Gospel Movement:many people preached Christianity and helped the poor.
7-3 q&a:
What was the political machine and what did they do to help citites?
an organized group that helped out in citiezs in exchange for support. also used bribery and blackmail. - helped cities by oragnizing events, building things, cleaning up, etc.
Tell about Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring.
Boss Tweed- head of tammany hall. between 1865 and 1871, made 75,200 million dollars on kickbacks and business bribes...120 counts of fraud and extortion. thomas nast's cartoon got him arrasted a third time when he fled to london. Apparently he looked like Santa Claus.
What caused all this corruption in government?
Tghe spoils system was partially to blame- people with political power would give people who helped them get their power, jobs in the government. many of those people took advantage of the situation and stole money from the government. aka, patronage.
What laws came about to reform government?
reasonable people pushed for termination of patronage. they preferred the merrit system. Pendleton civil service, passed by pres Chester Arthur.
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?
Hayes was reform, Garfeild was reform, Arthur was first patronage then reform, Cleveland was reform, Harrison was patronage, Mckinley was reform,. (i think....)
8-1 q&a:
What advances in science and technology help solve urban problems?
as the literacy rate increased, demand for paper and stuff increased. invented electric something-or-other press that could print on both sides of sheetes of paper,paper. trhis made it easier and faster to read. and printing, made books more available, etc...so people were more educated and stuff.
8-2 q&a:
How did education change in the late 1800's and early 1900'?
Children were required to go to school from ages 8-14, then 8-16 later. mostly rich white children in private schools. Taught 3 r's, penmanship, geography, how to dance, and for girls how to be a lady. In public schools, (for poor kids) usually taught just the 3 r's. Many kids couldnt go to school year-round cuz they had to work.
8-3 q&a:
What laws and restrictions were put on African-Americans and other minorities after Reconstruction ended?
Jim Crow Laws, Plessy vs. Fergusen court case, etc. Laws claimed to have 'equal but separate' status. Liars.
Explain the significance of Plessy v. Ferguson.
Plessy was black, rode in the white section of a bus, got arrested. Argued innocence, because the part of the bus reserved for blacks was in worse condition than the white side. He still lost the case. Naturally, this outraged other blacks.
8-4 q&a:
What did people do for entertainment in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
Spectator Sports. baseball especailly.
And thats about it. So while i was doing this, the class was sharing the chapter 8 blogs form oh-so long ago. I shared mine today as well, about the racial discrimination in education in the late 1800's. So missed writing down a lot of other peoples stuff, but i was listening, i promise.
We'll finish discussing ch8 and family blogs tomorrow. Test on ch5-8 sometimes this week.
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