Thursday, January 31, 2013

Booker T. Washington














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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

African-Americans after Reconstruction

How is Racism today different than racism practiced immediately after reconstruction?
racism today is different because it is not really in your face. Before they would do racist things right in front of you and it wouldn't matter what you thought. for example before they had an idea of "separate but equal". the equal part was not true though. they created laws to keep the African-Americans separate from the whites like in schools or a play. they also tried to keep African-Americans from voting by adding the poll tax and the Grandfather Clause. today racism is not as noticeable like before.
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Monday, January 28, 2013

Mid-Term Exam Reflection

1.What was your score /25?
my score was 23/25

2.Why did you get the questions wrong?
i got them wrong because i was not careful on it. i was trying to go through it fast

3.write a reflection
i learned that i need to be more careful. i tried to finsh to quickly. i did not read carefully. next time i will be more careful

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

China & WWI

1. Which country's interest did the Open Door Policy in China favor?
It favored the U.S.

2. What were the reasons behind the Boxer Rebellion?
they hated that all the Europeans and Americans were coming into their country

3. List three causes of World War I?
militarism-builing up armies, imperialism-forming empires, formation of alliances- having a gang mentality when there was problems

4. How did the U.S. deal with German U-boats?
they sent the ships in groups gaurded by military boats

5. What was the Selective Service Act used for?
it was a law that made men sign up for the army draft so the U.S. could build a bigger army

6. What new weapons did WWI introduce?
some new weapons were machine guns tanks and airplanes

7. How did the Espionage and Sedition Act affect Freedom of Speech and Labor Unions?
you could get a $10,000 fine or up to 20 years of prison if you spoke out against the war decision or for interfereing with the war effort

8. Why was there opposition to President Wilson's League of Nations?
they believed that it would threatend the U.S. policy of isolationism, their plicy of minding your own buisness.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

American Imperialism after Spanish-American War

a.How did the U.S. change Cuba's Constitution?
The U.S. made them add the Platt Aamendment to their constitution which gave some power to the U.S. over Cuba.

b.What did the Roosevelt Corollary build on?
It built on the Monroe Doctrine

c. Pancho Villa was pursued by whom?
Pancho Villa was pursued by the U.S. who sent a military of 15,000 men to find him in Mexico led by Brigadier General John J. Pershing

d. How did the U.S. get the land for the Panama Canal?
The U.S. bought the land from Panama after they declared their independence from Colombia

e. What is meant by “speak softly and carry a big stick" mean?
When the U.S. negotiated it was going to be backed up by the Military

Friday, January 18, 2013

Spanish-American War

Why did Jose Marti destroy U.S. property?
He did this because he wanted the U.S. to get involved in the war and help the rebels against the Spanish.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Education has changed. A little or A lot?

Essential Question: What examples from your years as a student are different from a student's from the early 1900's? What's still the same?



Friday, January 11, 2013

Unit Exam Study Guide

1.Immigrants in the 1870's arrived via what mode of transportation?
  • they arrived via steamships
2.what technology most allowed factories to locate away from rivers?
  • electricity
3.The number one strategy that made Andrew Carnegie wealthy was to be cheaper than his competitors, true or false?
  • False
4.The main immigration processing station in San Fransisco was called?
  • Angel Island
5.tammany hall was a famous: immigration processing station, NYC political machine, Chicago Business?
  • NYC political machine
6.what law was enacted to decrease chinese immigration to U.S.?
  • Chinese exclusion act
7.these people were used to break labor strikes by working for less money.
  • scabs
8.what would best reduce monopolies and trusts? consolidation, competition, or corruption
  • competition
9.the main purpose of Americanization movement was to
  • assimilate immigrants into the dominant 'american culture'
10.new immigrants moved here because it was cheap and lots of jobs.
  • cities
11.the sherman antitrust act was created to do what?
  • outlaw trusts and monopolies that interfered with competition
12.settlment houses helped new immigrants assimilate. who made these houses: reformers, politicians, workers?
  • social reformers
13.this industrialist made vertical and horizontal integration famous
  • Andrew Carnegie
14.the smaller men in the room are
  • united states senators

15. many rich people believed they worked hard, were smarter, and that god selected them is called
  • social darwinism
16.this new metal allowed the U.S. to make skyscrapers and new forms of construction?
  • steel
17.an old apartment usually occupied by poor people was called a
  • tenement
18.upton sinclair wrote his book on what industry
  • meatpacking industry
19.the triangle shirtwaist factory was infamous for what?
  • a shameful fire that killed 146 women
20.upton sinclair's book the jungle was responsible for this law
the meat inspection act

21.patronage is :bribe not doing what you

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Coming to the United States 1870's

1. How much time was the trip from Europe and Asia and how would you have liked it?
  • The immigrants coming from parts of Europe faced a trip of about 1 week to get here. While those coming from China faced a trip of almost 3 weeks to arrive in San Fransisco. I would not of liked it at all. most people went on the steamships the cheapest way possible. which was riding in the cargo area with no windows or fresh air and lots of other people in there. Many people got sick and died before ever reaching their destination, but this also made reaching the U.S. a lot more special.
2. What are the names of the main immigration processing stations in San Fransisco and New York? Describe the immigrants experience at each.
  • Any immigrants coming from Europe would enter the United States at New York through Ellis Island where it sometimes took up to a day or more. The inspection time was about five hours where they had to pass a criminal record check, a doctor had to check them to see if they were healthy enough and they had to prove that they had $25 which today is $625. Arriving at San Fransisco it was a little different experience. They arrived at Angel Island where it took many days to get through the inspections. The immigrants had to stay in very filthy conditions while they waited to get inspected to get approved or denied.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

The Meat Inspection Act

Meat
Everyone wanted change
A book
The president helped with the change

Inspections failed
Not a healthy place
Surprise
People found out
Even workers were disgusted
Conditions of the meat
There were rats
It was disgusting to see it
Occured in the meat factories
Not healthy

A law
Created to help with sanitation
Thank those people

How did The Jungle affect the way americans
thought about the ways meat was produced?

They found out that it was very disgusting in the meat factories.
they were in very disgusting condition in there. Even the president
was disgusted with these conditions. They made the Meat Inspection Act
a law to make the sanitation better. This made everyone happy.