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9/11 assigned blog

 September 11th was a tragic day. Our Country was under attack. Al Queda hijacked the first plane and flew it into one of the twin towers.

 At first the country was in a daze and didn't really know what to think of the attack. Only a little bit later

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sunday seotember 11th

9/11 wSas a day that changed m,erica. Some terrorist flew planes into the worl trade center and the pentagon. Osoma bin laden was the leader of the attack and he orederd guys vto attack us. he hated th u.s.  Following the attacks a,erica immedietly w

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technology and urban life

- cities in the industrial area expanded outward and upward.

- in 1870 25 cities in america had populations over 50,000 people by 1890 there were 58 cities

 

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Friday, September 16

The Origins of Progressivism1) Four Goals of Progressivisma) Vocab- progressive movement, prohibition, muckraker, scientific management, initiative, referendum, recalli) Progressive movement-b) Protecting Social Welfare
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Friday September 16

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
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Friday Septmeber 16

Today was a work day for our projects.

 

1.Skim entire chapter
2.Read your section
3.Make note of things you don't understand
4.Start outlining your section in daily blog
5.Find info from 3 other sources
6.Put your powerpoint together

 

Ch. 6.1:

Vocabulary:

Ent

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Friday, September 16

Key questions:What was the political machine and what did they do for a city?Controlled the political party of a city. Offered services to citizens in return for political and financial support (basically gave things to people that voted in their pre
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Friday, September 16

Ch. 6.3:

-Tell me about Andrew Carnegie.
was born in Scotland in 1836. He was poor and he moved to the U.S. when he was 12 years old in 1848. In six years he worked his way up to private secratary for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Thomas Scott gave him a
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Friday, September 16. Daily blog.

Well. Work day for our prooooojects!Extra Credit possible!Project: Section 1 - Chapter 5.My questions: -How did the US govt deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?-Describe a cowboy's life.Notes:The Gov't restr
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Friday, September 16

Work on Project.

 

 

 

1.Skim entire Chapter.
2.Read your section.
3.Make not of things you dont understand.
4.Start outliningg your section in daily blog.
5.Find info from 3 other sources.
6.Put powerpoint together.

 

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Friday, September 16

today is a work day
wioll be working and taking some notes and outlining for teh project
i am splitting chapter 7 section 1 with malisa
Millions fo imigrants entered the U.S. in the late 19th century and early 20th century

many were lured with the promis

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Friday September 16

-Skim/read Chapter, read you section, outline of Info/ key topics, put together powerpoint-4 sources, text book, wikipedia, and two others put in daily blog-key things and explain them on monday-go to history page and class summary for September 15 t
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Friday September 16

Today is a work day for our project. I have chapter five section 3. Today im going to read my section and maybe start some notes. these are the following questions i need to make sure that i answer.

 

Ch. 5.3:
-What problems did farmers face on the Grea

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Friday Sept 16

Work day.

-What laws and restrictions were put on African-Americans and other minorities after Reconstruction ended?

-Explain the significance of Plessy v. Ferguson.


Voting Restrictions:
All southern states made new voting restrictions for African Am
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Thursday September 15th

today we got in groups and talked about who's doing what for presentations. My group is me dirk voge and weston. We're doing chapter 6.
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