Monday- We basically had the whole class period to work on our presidential candidate projects. There is going to be Extra Credit for watching the Democratic Debate on October 13th at 8:00 pm on CNN. We are pushing off the big test for a little bit b
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Monday: We continued to work on our Political Presentations. We will be presenting them tomorrow during class. We also went over some of the Asian maps.
Leaders from all over the world are talking to United Nations right now. It will be happening thro
Monday- Continue presentations
Tuesday-review for group tests
Wednesday-watch video about Carnegie/Vanderbilt while groups take tests
Thursday-Continue group test taking
-Railroads Span Time and Space
1856 Railroads reached all of Mississippi
Union Pacific
Monday- presentations
I presented
granger laws - people abused the railroads, and the owners mistreated everyone by overpricing everything
interstate commerce act- reasonable prices,
panic and consolidation- business were ruined, 5 million jobs lost, ba
Monday:
continuing presentations:
Railroads span time and space:
- the railroad untied the united states
- 1865 the railroad reached Mississippi
- 10 miles of railroad a day
Transcontinental railroad:
- went from Omaha across the rocky mountains and into Californ
Monday
Ch. 6.2:
-What impact did railroads have on the US?- connected cities, tows, and settlements. Made easier trade and more independence. Transcontinental Railroad. Went from Omaha to Sacramento California. Could travel any were in the US.
Monday-
Ch. 6.2:
-What impact did railroads have on the US?
- Connects cities, towns, and settlements.
- Trade and independence
- no railroads=towns not known today
-Why were many people upset with the railroads?
- Misuse of land grants
- overcharging the farmer
Monday- Forum post leaders discussed their stories, Presentations on Chapter 6 Section 3
Ch. 6.3:
-Tell me about Andrew Carnegie.- Born in Scotland in 1843 grew up in a poor household and at age 13 he moved, he monopolized the steel industry (bought ot
Monday: Today we started we started with finishing the presentation of the last group. After it we watched a video.
Tuesday: Today we talked about the test that will start tomorrow. We talked again over the key questions because this is the most impor
Mon:
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Ch. 5.1:
-Describe Native American culture.
-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?
-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?
-Describe a cowboy's life.
Ch. 5.2:
-How did railroa
Monday- Discussed forum posts and continued presentations
John, CJ, Dylan, Conner-
Labor Unions-
- Black/white males/females..Joined together to make unions so that they could improve their conditions
- All people had long days and terrible conditions. They
Monday-
- Discussed new forum posts
- Talked about video we watched on Friday
- Continue CJ, John, Connor and Dylan's Presentation
Sherman Antitrust Act
- Stopped businesses from creating monopolies
- Dissolved trusts
- Big companies couldn't take over small
- Equal pla
Monday: We discussed forum posts. We also finished presentations.
Click here for key questions of sections 5 and 6.
Tuesday: We reviewed for the test.
Wednesday: I was gone, but the class started on the test.
Thursday: I was gone, but we are taking a t
Mon- did more notes, then watched video
6-3 (John, Chad, Dylan, Conner..continued)
SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT
- Stopped businesses from creating monopolies
- Dissolved trusts
- Big companies couldn't take over small
- Equal playing field
LABOR UNIONS
- All races and gender
Monday:
Ch. 6.3
-Tell me about Andrew Carnegie.
Steel
Started out poor
Was an assistant for Thomas Scott
Thomas Scott was the second person ahead of the railroads
-Tell me about John D. Rockefeller.
Standard Oil Company
Workers got paid really low
-What was S
Monday Things that the Indians used out of buffalo
Tuesday presentations
Wednesday presentations
Thursday presentations
Friday- Watched a video
Monday- Christina presented
Tuesday- we finished presenting
Deren, Colton, and Keaton presented
Ch. 5.3:
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?
Lost money because of economy, people had big loans to pay, greenbacks were causing problems, sh
Monday 21
We practiced/studied the former Soviet republics map.
We then discussed "Why the republicans do not like the pope?"
Then we discussed about who is in the lead of the democratic debate. Hillory clitten is by the way. Donald Trump is in the lead
Monday - Presentations
Tuesday - Looked at cool a artifacts
Wednesday - Presentations
Thursday - Presentations
Friday - Watched a video
Monday: Today we got a presentation about buffalo. She brought some stuff that they used thousand years ago.
Tuesday: Today we were going on with the presentation.
Wednesday: Today was our presentation about chapter 6.1.
Thursday: Today we were going o
