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Ch. 8.2:

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

  • Congress passed a law requiring kids to go to school for 12-16 weeks a year.
  • As public education became more available, more students began going to school. Also kids finally starte
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Tuesday, October 9

Ch. 5.1: -Describe Native American culture. settled in small villages, lived near Lower River, hunted and planted crops, hunted and gathered food, Western tribes were nomadic

-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains? because the plains were u

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Tuesday, October 9

  1. 7-3
    1. Political Machines
      1. A political machine is a group that controlled a political party in a city
  2. 8-2
    1. between 1865 and 1895 states passed a low requiring 12 to 16 weeks of schooling
    2. kindergarten was like a daycare
    3. of the 10 million immigrants who came to t
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Tuesday, October 9th

we did presentations today.. The test will be Thursday from A to Z.


Ch. 8.2: Expanding public Education.

-How did education change in the late 1800's and early 1900's? A lot of kids went to school but many did not due to farming and other farm acti

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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Ch. 7.3

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

  •  They were a organized group who would control a political party in a city


Tell me about Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring.

  •  Born 1869-1817
  • It was a ring of people who were involved in
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10/9/12

Ch. 8.2:

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

The separated the blacks from the whites. 2/3 of people attended to a privet school. only a few people attended high school and only minority of Americans had high school diploma

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Tuesday Oct. 9th, 2012

Ch. 8.2: -How did education change in the late 1800's and early 1900's?

  • a lot more children were able to go to school.
  • African American were mostly excluded in schooling education.
  • not very many people attended colleges and and universities.
  • professional
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Tuesday 10-9-12

-          Running out of money

The roman economy suffered from inflation (an increase in prices) beginning after the reign of Marcus Aurelius. Once the Romans stopped conquering new lands, the flow of gold into the Roman economy decreased. Yet much g

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Tuesday October 9th, 2012

Reasons Why the Roman Empire Fell:

1) An increase in army size

Towards the end of its reign in the Mediterranean, the Roman empire had greatly increased the size of its army. It had increased to 600,000 members strong. However, 250,000 of these members

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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Why did the Roman Empire fall?

  • Military decay
  • Christianity
  • Lead

           The Roman Empire fell for many reasons including military decay, the rise of Islam, and barbarian invasion. Military problems included out of date weaponry and they didn't receive

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Tuesday October 9

3 Reasons Why the Roman Empire Fell-

1. Political Problems.

During this time period Rome had split into Eastern and Western Rome, and they were ruled by two different Emperors. The eastern empire had taken all of the western empire because the capital

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October 9th 2012

Reasons Why the Roman Empire Fell:

  • Rome split into Eastern and Western empires governed by separate emperors
  • The rise of Christianity, a new religion
  • Political and Military difficulties

Some would argue that the initial break up of Rome cause the empire

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october 9th

why the roman empire fall?

PUBLIC- There were many public health and environmental problems that the poeple had.Those  people who had to  lived on the streets in continuous contact  would allowed for an
uninterrupted strain of disease much like the ho

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tuesday october 9th, 2012

power point presentation notes on political problems-

boss tweed, over charged tax payers, he helped immigrants to get their votes, democratic party

political machines- immigrants gained full citizenship, they could get jobs, and vote

not a lot of kids

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Tuesday October 9

Why did the Roman Empire fall?

Select 3 reasons and write 5 paragraphs explaining why.

  • the split into eastern and western empire governed by 2 separate emperors-difficult to manage, cost too much money/more money going out than in, put a strain on trad
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Tuesday October 9, 2012

1. Christanity-When the roman empire started, there was no religion. When the second emporer in Rome came around, Jesus had been executed for treasonous behavior. It took his followers a few centuries to gain enough followers and confidence to be abl

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Tues, Oct 9th

Why did the Roman Empire fall?

1- Many people believe that Rome began to fall because of the split between the eastern and western empire. Also because they were each run by two different emperors. When there are two different emperors, it can be very

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Tuesday, October 9th, '12

Why did the Roman Empire Fail?

 

Reason 1: Military

One reason that could have led to the Roman Empire’s failure, is Rome’s military problems. In the past, Rome had a superior infantry. By 300 AD, the majority of the army was made up of barbarian traine

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Tuesday, Oct. 9

We have to find 3 reasons and write 3 paragraphs explaining why the empire fell.

 

German barbarians-

The German barbarians lived right across from the empire. The Rhine and Danube Rivers separated them. The Germans would attack killing more people. The

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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Fast expansion of the Roman empire led to the need to defend their borders from the Barbarians that were established on that land. They increased the taxes on the barbarians and they constantly increased them and the barbarians hated the Romans. This

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