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Safe Drinking Water 6.2

Back in the mid to late 1800's the drinking water was so bad that it often gave people horrible diseases. Most of the water was pumped straight out of the rivers directly into the homes without be filtered or cleaned at all! Chemicals would also leak
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Friday, October 23

Today in class we worked on our blog topics. I learned that Mr. Bruns are going to be grading our websites a lot harder for this semester. The key to having a good presentation is knowing your information. When I was working on my assigned blogs I le
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Thursday, October 22

Today in class I learned that some of the problems in the late 1800's are that they were cramped, old, dirty housing. There was a lack of transportation. Slums were like poor apartment buildings. They would hang things off there telephone wires. The
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10/21/09

Today Andrea presented. ...Municipal grafting is what some people turned to, its illegal, corruption in the government. Some political machines would pay people off to vote for a certain candidate. People would also change their name and image and go
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Wednesday. October 23

Today in class I learned that the Spoils system was when people in two different political parties would give jobs to people for a certain amount of money. William Marcy Tweed was head of the democratic party machine. I also learned that democrats ha
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10/23/09

-What laws and restrictions were put on African-Americans and other minorities after Reconstruction ended?-Explain the significance of Plessy v. Ferguson.separation of races was equal.When the african americans got their citizenship the native americ
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Thursday Oct. 22

8-1What advances in science and technology help solve urban problems?steel and elevaters helped invent skyscrapers. the brooklyn bridge was built in 1833 and before the bridge workers would have to go in a water tight chamber under the East river.8-2
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10/21/09

What was the political machine and what did they do for a city?Tell me about Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring.he tried to be the boss of government. between 1869-1871What caused all this corruption in government?patronage- greedy,dishonest people,poor p
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Tuesday October 20, 2009

What was the political machine and what did they do for a city?Tell me about Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring.he was boss of new york city.What caused all this corruption in government?What laws came about to reform government?Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherfo
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Tuesday, October 20

Today in class I learned that that immigrants wanted to retain their ethnic backgrounds so they went off and formed their own colonies. Catholics sought a special education for their children. In the early twenties the amount of people in school went
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10-25-09 Dugouts and Soddies

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A dugout is a house that lies in the earth. This is one of the most acient types of houses know to man. Dugouts are fully in the earth and have a flat roof top. They also can be dug into the side of a hill.Dugouts were us
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Battle Of Wounded Knee

Perhaps one of the most popular battles of the Indians War was "The Battle Of Wounded Knee". The battle took place on the freezing cold day of December 28, 1890. General George Custer's old regiment, the Seventh Cavalary, took over 350 freezing Sioux
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'Lipstick Killer' behind bars since 1946

It’s typically about a killer of three women. The name lipstick killer came from one of the crime scenes were he wrote the message, "for heavens sake catch me before I kill more I cannot control myself." (www.cnn.com)

This was written in red lipstick.
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The First Telephone

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The first telephone was invented in 1876, by Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson. This invention was extremely important because it made communication so much easier. With the introduction of this device, the world continued to become a smaller,
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10/16/09

I presented today.Then Djasa and andrea presented. Chapter 7 section 3 Politics in the Guilded AgeEmergence of Political Machines--They were expecting a new power structure because theirs wasnt working. They had organized groups throughout the city a
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Puerto Rico Oil Fires

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Friday in Puerto Rico a oil storage place caught on fire. Over 350 firefighters were needed and 1,000 police men. The police were needed for traffic issues and security. This fire caused over a 1,000 people to evacuate their homes. The fire has been
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Chapter 5 Section 3

The late 1800’s brought much strife and fear for Americans, especially the farmers that had conquered the “Great American Desert” and supported America with crops. Why were times bad for farmers? A number of reasons sparked this era of despair. One m
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