Week of Oct 31- Nov 4

Monday: no school

Tuesday: presentations

Group 2 continued: 1890's

Sherman Anti-trust Act (July 2nd, 1890)
1. Got rid of big monopolies
2. Squeezed money out of monopolies
Panic of 1893
1. 2 major railroad companies collapsed
2. Not enough items to ship
3. Spiraled country into depression
4. 4 million unemployed
5. Done by 1897
Presidential Elections
1. Grover Cleveland
  1. Remembered for 2 separate elections
  2. Absence in November 1982 and let people deal with their problems
2. William McKinley
  1. Known for foreign affairs in Spanish American war
  2. Sent troops into war and within a few months the war was over

Wednesday: continue presentations

Group 3 (our group): 1900's

Basic facts
1. Marked the start of the progressive movement
2. Sport culture was strengthened
3. Writers played a big role in sparking the movement
4. McKinley was assassinated and replaced by Roosevelt
5. Wright brothers flew first plane
6. Queensboro Bridge opens
Popular Music and Movies
1. Music
  1. Preacher and The Bear (Arthur Collins)
  2. Because (Haydn Quartet)
  3. The Yankee Doodle Boy (Billy Murray)
  4. Take Me Out to the Ballgame
2. Movies
  1. Snow White
  2. The Three Musketeers
  3. Tom Sawyer
  4. The Life of Moses
Sports
1. Golf
  1. Bobby Jones: champion golfer
  2. PGA is established
2. Tennis
  1. Davis Cup introduced (1900)
3. Baseball
  1. American League formed (1901)
  2. Made up of 8 original teams
    1. Baltimore Orioles
    2. Boston Americans (Red Sox)
    3. Chicago White Stockings
    4. Cleveland Blues
    5. Detroit Tigers
    6. Milwaukee Brewers
    7. Philadelphia Athletics
    8. Washington Senators
  3. World Series (1903)
Olympics
1. 1900
  1. Paris, France
  2. 1st one US participated in
2. 1904
  1. St. Louis, USA
  2. 1st Olympic games US held
3. Margaret I. Abbott
  1. 1st Olympic woman to win a gold medal
  2. Nine-hole golf tournament-47
Fashion and Fads
1. Men
  1. Dressed up
  2. Wore suits and coats
  3. Wore dark colors
  4. Neck ties
  5. Hats
  6. Slicked hair with middle part
  7. Handlebar mustache
2. Women
  1. Corset
  2. Long dresses
  3. Blouses and long skirts
  4. Pale looking makeup
  5. Poofed hair
Inventions
1. Air conditioning (1902)
  1. Willis Carrier
2. First Flight (1903)
  1. Wilbur and Orville Wright
  2. Flew 20 ft above a beach in North Carolina
3. Plastic (1905)
  1. Leo Hendrik Baekeland
  2. Made from phenol and formaldehyde
4. Electric Washing Machine (1907
  1. Alva J. Fisher
  2. Drum-based
  3. Called the Thor
5. Assembly Line Production (1908)
  1. Henry Ford
  2. Invented for production of automobiles
  3. Reduced time to produce
Famous people
1. Babe Ruth
2. Mark Twain
3. Wright Brothers
4. Henry Ford
5. Theodore Roosevelt
6. William McKinley
Progressive Movement
1. 1900-1917
2. Effort to improve society
3. Came after populists
4. Attempted to
  1. regulate child labor and sweatshops
  2. outlaw sale of alcohol
  3. regulate trusts
5. Worked to get rid of corruption in government, female suffrage, etc..
Presidential Elections
1. William McKinley
  1. Defeated William Jennings Bryan in 1896
  2. Became president in 1896
  3. Assassinated in 1901
2. Theodore Roosevelt
  1. Succeeded to office at age 42
  2. Youngest man to become president
Prices for families
1. Avg income- $827.19
2. Avg money spent on food- $326.90
3. Avg money spent on all purposes- $768.54

Thursday: continue presentations

Group 4: 1910's

Music
1. Operas
2. Blues
3. Classical
4. Pop
5. Jazz
6. Ragtime
Musicians
1. Opera- Madame Sherry, Naughty Marietta
2. Blues- Big Bill Broonzy, Charley Patton
3. Classical- Franz Schmidt, Amy Beach
4. Jazz- James Reese Europe
Fashion
1. Becoming more loose fitted
2. Women
  1. Wore more comfortable dresses
  2. Loose fitting dresses- more room to move
  3. Hats
  4. Short heels
3. Men
  1. Lounge suits
  2. Hats
  3. Walking sticks
  4. Cuffed pant legs
Fads
1. Ballroom dances
2. Movie theaters
3. Crossword puzzles
Sports
1. Golf
  1. US Open- Alex Smith
2. Cycling
  1. Tour de France- Octave Lapize
3. Tennis
  1. Wimbeldon- Tony Wilding and Dorothea Chambers
4. Baseball
  1. World series- Philadelphia Athletics
5. Boxing
  1. Heavyweight Championship- Jack Johnson
6. Black Sox Scandal
  1. 8 players from Chicago White Sox threw the 1919 World Series to earn money from gamblers
Presidential Elections
1. William Taft- 27th president (1909-1913)
2. Woodrow Wilson- 28th president (1913-end of decade)
Living
1. Avg US wage: 22 cents/ hr
2. Avg worker made $200-$400
3. Avg life expectancy for men was 47 yrs
4. Avg life expectancy for women was 50-51
Prices
1. Eggs- 14 cents/ doz
2. Coffee- 15 cents/ lb
3. Meat: 10-40 cents
Inventions
1. Oreo (1912) by National Biscuit Company
2. Stainless steel (1913) by Harry Brearley
3. Motorized movie cameras (1912)
4. Blood bank (1917)
5. Gas mask
6. Boy Scouts of America (1910)
7. Raggedy Ann doll (1910)
World War 1
1. Between Central Powers and Allies
2. Central Powers
  1. Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire, Turkey
3. Allies
  1. America, Britain, Japan, France, Russia, Italy
4. 1914-1918
5. America joined on April 6, 1917
6. Woodrow Wilson ran an anti-war slogan
7. 17 million deaths and 20 million wounded
8. 38 million casualties
9. Known as the the Great War
Flanders Poppy Field
1. John McCrae wrote the poem in 1915
2. Battle of Flanders Field a million soldiers from 50 countries were wounded or missing
3. For every soldier that died on that field a poppy grew

Friday: talked about semester test and chap 6

Semester Test

1. What are the main historic events that took place in 8th grade US history that helped shape the United States up to 1877? Choose your top five. (10 pts) Chap 1-4

2. How did the US change during the late 1800's and early 1900's? (10 pts) Chap 5-8

3. What impact did the Progressives have on the United States? (10 pts) Chap 9

4. Describe US Foreign Policy in the late 1800's and early 1900's and be able to give examples (15 pts) Chap 10

5. What impact did World War 1 have on the United States and what impact did the US have on WW1? (20 pts) Chap 11

6. What positive and negative impact did the 1920's have on the United States? (20 pts) Chap 12-13

Semester Test Blog-- answer all 6 questions as group or individually

Creates study guide

Chap 6: Immigration and Urbanization (1870-1920)

Why did immigrants come to the US?
1. Push-pull factors
  1. Famine
  2. Land shortages
  3. Religious or political persecution
  4. War
  5. In debt or in trouble
  6. More opportunities-$$-The American Dream
    1. Farming(Homestead Act), mining, working on the railroad, cattle ranching, factory work
  7. Reunite with family
  8. "Streets paved with gold"
    1. Shipping companies advertised in European countries saying that streets were paved with gold
2. Legal Immigration Statistics
  1. 2013- under a million people are granted lawful permanent residence in the US
    1. Green cards
  2. Top countries of origin are
    1. Mexico
    2. China
    3. India
    4. Philippines
    5. Dominican Republic
Where did immigrants come from?
What problems/issues did immigrants face on the trip over and once they got here (Ellis/Angel Island)?
Why did some people want to put restriction on immigration? What were those restrictions?

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