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Massive earthquake in Pakistan kills hundreds.

Republicans now join Democrats to try to agree on a compromise (most likely raising the debt ceiling).

Immigration Discussion

• 11 million undocumented workers
• Doubled the number of troops on the border
• Put in

We talked about Cult of Personality.  Then we started going over the islands in the Europe map. Then we talked about  immigrants Mr.B showed pictures of borders with mexico and US we talked about illegal immigrants coming into the us is going down be

At the beginning of class we talked about Obama and how there aren't posters and statues of him everywhere. Then we went over the European map and found out the test is in forty eight hours on Friday. After that we started on our discussions. Then we

At the beginning of class we went over what a cult of personality. It is a person or leader who really has like a god like status. Then we went over the current events. The events were a earthquake in Afghanistan that killed over 30 people. We also t

We talked about what a Cult of Personality is, and some people who have had them were normally dictators in other countries. Then we talked about how the republicans have unexpectedly joined the democrats in a plan to help the debt and the government

We went over our map with Europe, going through the islands with little to no enthusiasm (we're tired, don't judge). Then, my group (without Scott, whoops) presented on Border Security. 

There was an earthquake in Pakistan, that created an island. Iran's new leader said before that 'the Holocaust didn't happen', but then he said at a conference that 'the Holocaust did happen'. Now, our discussion about the Immigration Plan. So far th

Assigned Blog #1

Square Deal and Pure Food and Drug Act

                President Roosevelt’s Square Deal is making things fair between companies. Square Deal became Roosevelt’s platform when running for president and he said that he would not favor an

We talked about the Cult Of Personality and people in the past have had them.

Cult of Personality = Intense devotion to a particular person

Then we also talked about the Government is suppose to be shutting down next Tuesday.

Notes:

11 Million undocument

Notes: The Progressive Reform Era 1890-1920

Topics:

-Temperance Movement-18th Amendment

-Muckrakers-Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens

-Laws making the workplace better, safer, etc

-Direct Election of US Senators-17th Amendment

-Women's Suffrage

Teddy Roosevelt's Policy toward African-Americans

http://millercenter.org/president/roosevelt/essays/biography/4

Teddy thought blacks were inferior to whites when it came to many things, but on a few topics he thought blacks could be superior to the wh

Today we did blog discussion on our Assigned blog #1

The temperance movement- a group of people who wanted to change things in society, against alcohol. designed to ban alcohol. Women progressives would blame domestic abuse, cheating and lazy or being

Quiz Day 9.30.13

Assigned Blog Presentation-

Topics:

-Temperance Movement-18th Amendment- The ban of alcohol- Prohabition made it so that people would start making alcohol being illegally made, Smuggling alcohol across states, Women made it so that the

Today we presented and took notes.  1890-1920.. All about progressing.   4 goals. 

September 30th- we took a quiz today over the topics we went over in class.

Topics:

-Temperance Movement-18th Amendment a group of people who wanted to change lots of thi

Today was blog discussion. The Progressive Reform Era (1890-1920) 

GOALS of PROGRESSIVISM

1. protecting social welfare (helping the poor)

2. promoting moral improvement (push toward getting rid of alcohol)

3. creating economic reform (capitalism (people

Today we presented our Assigned Blogs. 1890-1920 The Progressive Reform Era. 9-30-13 we took a quiz.

4 Goals: 

1. Protecting Social Welfare- helping the poor

2. Promoting moral improvement- ban alchohal

3. Creating economic reform- make things equal, no

Blog day

9.30.13 - quiz day^2
10.03.13 - quiz day*10^10^10^10^10

Topics:

-Temperance Movement-18th Amendment

• A woman used hatchets to destroy bars after she had a dream where God told her to.
• The WCTU was one of the groups that got alcohol banned.

-Muckrake

QUIZ 9/30/13

-Temperance Movement-18th Amendment

The ban of alcohol production, transportation, distribution, selling it, never said drinking it 

Prohibition-Smuggling alcohol, bootleggers, across the states and into secret organizations like gangs the 

today we began assigned blogs discussion. We took notes over the blogs. 

Temperance movement 18th amendment- The banning of alcohol. 18th amendment banned alcohol. Prohibition was a very criminal time. Home made alcohol smuggling of alcohol. Banned se

PROGRESSIVE ERA NOTES

the progress reform era was 1890-1920

4 goals of progressivism

  -protection social welfare

  - promoting moral improvement

  -creating economics reform

   -fostering efficiency

-Temperance Movement-18th Amendment

 was designed to band