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Another Work day
about 20 percent of the imigrants at ellis island were detained for a day or more before being inspected
only about 2 percent fo those were sent home
the proccessing was adn ordeaal that could take five hours or more
the proccess
had to p
today is a work day
- During the civil war the economy went into a huge slump.
the government produced $500 million of money called greenback, but the problem was that they didn't have any gold to back it up so it become pretty much worhtless. - During and
WORK DAY!!!!!
Do Works Cited page at the end
four sources
not to much info and not too little info
Blog didn't publish yesterday so here it is :)
A National Network
- 1856 - U.S. had railroads from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River, 3 years later, there were tracks all the way to the Missouri River
- Start of Civil War = 30,000 miles of tracks. 1890 - railroad tracks had reached 180,000 m
Today were working on our projects again. 2 days till we present
- notes
- Booker T. Washington was born April 5th, 1856 and died November 14th, 1915
- he was and educator and a reformer
- First president of Tuskegee University
- Most influential black speaker be
Taft Becomes President
-it is about William Howard Taft and in the presidental election Roosevelt did not run for reelection in 1908 so he picked hs secratary of war William Haward Taft to run for president against William Jennings br
Key questions
-What are labor unions and what is their purpose?
They are organizations that people join. They were origionally formed to protect workers from being underpaid and overworked. Now a days they are used more to ma
Chapter 6-A New Industrial Age
Section 1-The Expansion of Industry
Vocabulary:
Entrepeneur-A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a bussiness venture.
Incandescent-Giving off visible light as a result of being heated.
Bessemer Process