Blogs

This week we only had Monday and Tuesday because of Thanksgiving. 

We watched European videos 

Dow Jones 

For the first time the Dow Jones it was over 19,000 for the first time 

Trump on "Lock Her Up" 

Trump has no plans to lock Clinton up 

He isn't going

Monday- Watched European videos

Tuesday- Dow Jones went over 19,000 for the first time 

This means that companies are doing well and people are buying 

Trump says that he will not be going after Hilary even though he said he would "lock her up" on debat

Monday: notes

1. Explain what people did for entertainment in the late 1800's and early 1900's 
   1. Basketball
      1. Dr. James Naismith 
      2. First public game was in 1892 
      3. NBA--1920's
      4. Original Rules
         1. 3 fouls in a row you got two points
         2. If you scored there is a tip ball every

Monday - 

• Entertainment continued
  • Basketball
    • Dr. James Naismith - inventor of basketball
    • First public game was in 1892
    • Original rules are pretty close to now
  • Baseball
    • Invented by Abner Doubleday in 1839
    • Major League baseball became big in the late 1800s
  • Footb

Monday- 

Basketball

• Dr. James Naismith
• First public game was in 1892 

Baseball

• Invented by Abner Doubleday in 1839
• Major league baseball became big in the late 1800's 

Football

• Late 1800's college football became popular 
• NFL would not start until the 1920's 

Monday - 

Entertainment

• Sports
  • Basketball
    • Dr. James Naismith
    • First public game in 1892
    • Basic rules close to the same
  • Baseball
    • Invented by Abner Doubleday in 1839
    • Major league baseball became big in late 1800's
    • Honus Wagner was great player in 1890's
  • Football
    • Mor

Basketball

• Dr. James Naismith
• First public game was in 1892

Baseball

• Invented by Abner Doubleday in 1839
• Major league baseball became big in the late 1800's
• Honus Wagner

Football

• Late 1800's college football became popular
• NFL would not start until the 1920's

Monday- 

Jim Crow Laws

Plessy vs. Ferguson- Separate and unequal when it said it was supposed to be "separate but equal"

Lynching and violence

KKK persecuted African Americans

Segregation was mainly in the south. The north had laws that forbade segregatio

Monday - Notes

- Went to freakshows and circuses for entertainment

- Coney Island amusement park

- Parks - Central Park in NYC

Tuesday - Notes

Goals of Progressionism

- Protecting Social Welfare - (set up settlement houses for poor, opened libraries, spons

Monday- continue powerpoint

-Segregation

• different restrooms for whites and Negros
• colored people sitting in the backs of buses and restaurants
• Up until Vietnam war, military was segregated

Entertainment

• Circus
• Vaudeville
• Amusement parks
• Minstrel Shows
• Parks

Sp

Monday (11/21/16)

Segregation- (Blacks and Whites)

Literacy Test- A test if you could speak designed to eliminate African Americans from voting and poor whites from voting.

Poll Tax- In order to vote they had to pay a tax- Designed to keep blacks from v

Monday(November 21st) 

• Segregation 
  • Literacy test(goal was element  Blacks to vote and poor white people) 
  • Poll tax(kept blacks from voting) 
  • Grandfather Clause(1-1-1867) 
    • If your Grandfather could vote before that date then you could vote
  • Jim Crow laws
  • Ple

Monday

• Watched Videos on the Punic Wars

Tuesday

• Watched Videos on the Punic Wars

• The Roman Empire

  • The Roman Republic Falls apart

    • Why

      • Growing gap between rich and poor- income inequality

        • As Rome took over areas, it took in slaves as well

        • By 100 BC, slaves made

Monday-  Mr. Bruns Power point 

Chapter 8

Tuesday- Mr. Bruns power point chapter 9

The Progressive Reform Era 1890-1920

Benefit women

Benefit Democracy

1. Protecting Social Welfare

• Set up settlement houses for poor

• Opened libraries
• Sponsored education classes

Monday - Notes 

Tuesday - Notes 

Wednesday - Thanksgiving break

Thursday - Thanksgiving break

Friday - Thanksgiving break 

Gentlemen's agreement- unwritten rule

Put in fire escapes for people because there were a lot of fires and building were built out of wood

Tuesday-  Lack of transportation garbage crime was a huge problem

Wednesday- All they wanted was their vote, they

Monday-No school

Tuesday- Non map test

Wednesday-Non- map test

Thursday- Non- map test

Friday- Europe map overview.

Monday-Sick

Tuesday-Sick

Wednesday- Europe map project

Thursday-Europe map project

Friday- Europe map project

1890s

Men's fashion- three piece suits and vests.

Fads- board games because of their increased free time. Bicycles.

Inventions- Jukebox, escalators, shredded wheat, tractor.

World fairs- Omaha in 1898 to show development of East coast. Nashville in 1897