Monday: Josh Cheek and his group went. Josh talked about the discovering of oil. The uses of steel how it constructed railroads for farm machines and allowed for innovative construction. The Power of electricity. Inventions of the 19th century, like the typewriter in 1867. The Telephone in 1876.
Tuesday: Eric Rivera presented. he talked about the Railroads they were started in the early 1800's After the civil war there was over 30,000 miles of railroads. the railroad companies hired thousands of Chinese immigrants. thousands of people died of Accidents and disease. it was hard for the workers because they had different time zones. there were 4 time zones in the U.S. Farmers were mad with the railroad companies because the misuse of government land grants. they kept lot of farmers in debt.the poor farmers elected legislators and passed for laws to protect their interstate. Eric had a map of the Railroads in the U.S.
Alec Talked about The Vertical Integration and how Andrew Carnegie did to improve his company. Vertical Integration is used to buys out suppliers. Alec talked about a Monopoly. Alec talked Andrew Carnegie who he was and how he was poor growing up and then work his way to power and became one of the riches people in the world. He used the Vertical Integration method. Sold his business to J.P Morgan. Alec talked about John D. Rockefeller. How he was company owner, he would pay his worker very low. Loward prices on oil. then when there was no other competition he would shot the prices up. Riches man in the world, at the time. Mr B talked about what the Sherman Trust Act.
Wednesday: Alec finished up his slide show. he talked about the labor union how they were groups that got together to change their condition at work. they had strikes and would sometime refused to go to work.
Thursday: we took the chapter 5-6 test.
Friday: Mr B talked about the test. Our class went over the quiz. Group 3 went talked about Immigration and urbanization. Tyler Thompson talked about Fong See he was a Chinese man who moved to america and became a great business man. a very good important. He was able to sponsor Chinese people to come to america. Why did People move to America? They came to escape religious hostility. Jews were driven out of Russia by massacre. They fled from political turmoil. Find Work. Where Did They Mostly Come Form? Europe, China, Japan, West Indies, Mexico. What Problems Did they Face. Finding a place to live. Getting a job. Daily Life. Different Language. Culture.
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You need to get the key questions and take notes within those. It will make studying for tests a lot easier.