Guilded Age/2nd Industrial Revolution, Essay ?'s, Ch. 20 ID's

WOTD from Monday: Bessemer Process

Ch. 20 ID's, click HERE

Possible Guilded Age Essays:

2000 How successful was organized labor in improving the position of workers in the period from 1875 to 1900?

1999 How were the lives of the Plains Indians in the second half of the nineteenth century affected by technological developments and government actions?

1998 Analyze the impact of any TWO of the following on the American industrial worker between 1865 and 1900.

Government actions Labor unions
Immigration Technological changes

1989 Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois offered different strategies for dealing with the problems of poverty and discrimination faced by Black Americans at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. Identify and assess the relative effectiveness of each of their policies.

1986 Andrew Carnegie has been viewed by some historians as the "prime representative of the industrial age" and by others as "an industrial leader atypical of the period." Assess the validity of this statement.

New South, New West, here we go! (19 ID's)

As we embark on our journey into 1865-1900 we are starting in the South and then heading West. Keeping in mind what is going on in the North all the time as well. We started today with some WOTD's; Jim Crow, Disenfranchisement, Industrialization, etc. You will find the ID list for Ch. 19 by clicking here.

December Calendar

Hey folks, now that the 3rd stage of the Civil War (Reconstruction) is over we can start looking at the new, modern (late 1800's) North, South, and West. To do so please read along with this calendar, click here.

ID's for Reconstruction (Ch. 18)

Hey Historians,

Time for the 3rd stage of the Civil War, Reconstruction. Here are your ID's. They are broken into first half and second half of the chapter. There may be a quiz on the first half Wednesday!!!! Click here for the ID's

11/19/09

Hello Civil War Historians,

Today's WOTD's:
Lincoln's Inaugurals
General Sherman
Jay Cooke

Tomorrow's Essay: 1988: Reconciling Lincoln's pre-war statements about African Americans and his Emancipation Proclamation. (See the sheet you were given in-class for exact wording of the quote and question).

WOTD's and Ch. 17 ID's

The Civil War is in full swing, a sad time in US History.

Here are the WsOTD for the last 2 days:
Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, "Slows" McClellan, U.S. Grant, Mass. 54th, Clara Barton/Dorothea Dix

Here are the Ch. 17 ID's

Ch. 16 ID's

Here are the Ch. 16 ID's

Calendar and 14/15 ID's

Hello folks,
Today, Nov 9th our WOTD was David Wilmot

Here is the November Calendar.

Here are the 14/15 ID's.


Enjoy the 1850's!

Essay

Hello everyone,
Tomorrow will be a day to review essay writing and the essay topic, Jacksonian America.

Our prompt for Friday's essay will be:
"Reform movements in the United States sought to expand democratic ideals." Assess the validity of this statement with specific reference to the years 1825-1850."

Contemplate how you would answer this in anticipation of tomorrow's class.

Jackson ID-Presentation

Here is a copy of the Jackson assignment sheet in case you misplaced it. Looking forward to seeing your presentations! Jacksonian Era

Ch 10-11-12 ID's

History folks.....

In preparation for your test on Monday and Review Day on Friday, click here the ID's for ch. 10-12.

Here are the WOTD's for Thursday, 10/15/09:
Commonwealth v Hunt
Locofocos
Preemption
Graduation

Social History of the Jacksonian Era

Believe it or not History fans all this talk about Jacksonian Democracy being an Age of the Common Man is finally going to deal with the lives of common folks! Yes Ch. 12 deals with social history. Our first chapter almost completely devoted to social history. For those of you who like learning about how technology changed business and everyday lives, or immigration, or how people spent their free time, or how workers organized themselves, or about education, or women's roles in society....well this is a chapter for you!

Keeping that in mind our WOTD from the last 2 days have been the following:
Minstrel Show
Coffin Ships
Know-Nothings
Stephen Foster
Rhode Island System
Putting Out System
1825 (Erie Canal and 1st commercial railroad)

I will try to post the 10, 11, 12 ID's sometime today!

Enjoy!

Jackson, Jackson, Jackson

WOTD's from the week of Homecoming!!!

Studying the 1820's and 1830's can be a confusing but exciting time! Jackson and his rich personal life is such an exciting element, it is easily to be lured into just focusing on him! (Think "old hickory", Eaton Malaria, saying he never trusted anyone who only knew one way to spell a word.....Oll Korrect). Meanwhile though the nation is struggling with significant growing (think expansion) pains that come out in the battles between Nationalism and Sectionalism. I like to look at the Jacksonian Era (Age of the Common Man) like a doctor giving a physical to a patient, the patient is US Democracy and on the surface it seems great.....more people can vote and most of them are doing it.....but underneath the surface (think doctors tests to see how your organs are doing) there are real signs of trouble......when you look at the Bank, the Tariff, Maysville Road, Corrupt Bargain election, etc....remember in 25 years there will be a Civil War!!! Anyway here are a bunch of the WOTDS;
Langdon Cheves
Roger Taney
Pet Banks
Thomas Hart Benton
Eaton Malaria
Floride Calhoun
Force Bill
The God-like Daniel
Great Compromiser
Corrupt Bargain/Electoral College
William Crawford

WOTD 10/2/09

Wow what a long short week! With a review day, test, and then half-day seems like we barely had any Words Of The Day....but we did! So here are the Words of the WEEK:
-Fletcher v Peck

-Nationalism
-Era of Good Feelings

-Speculative Bubble
-Langdon Cheves
-William Crawford
-Seminole

I am looking forward as we enter into the second generation of US Leadership and an expanding nation!!! Have a great weekend,
Smith

Ch. 8 and 9 ID's

Happy long weekend to all and Yom Kippur to many!

Since there is no new reading and just time to study for this weekend I am posting your Ch. 8 and 9 ID's that you can look at when you have a chance. Don't forget the 8 and 9 test is on Wednesday, and there are a lot of ID's in these 2 chapters.

Ch 8 ID's
Ch 9 ID's

Catch-up WOTD's and ESSAY

Hello everyone.....wow, the Marbury v Madison discussion really wore me out, too tired to keep up with the words of the day!!!

Here they are....or were!
Tuesday: Aaron Burr
Wednesday: Judicial Review
Thursday: OGRABME, Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, Hartford Convention

Two Possible Essay Questions for tomorrow (Friday), I will choose which one.

1. “The War of 1812 was fought solely in defense of national honor.” Assess the validity of this statement in relation to the successes and failures of events from 1800-1816.

2. With respect to the federal Constitution, the Jeffersonian Republicans are usually characterized as strict constructionists who were opposed to the broad constructionism of the Federalists. To what extent was this characterization of the two parties accurate during the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison?

October Calendar and last Summertime WOTD

9/21 WOTD
Logan Act
VA and KY Resolutions

October Calendar

9/18 WsOTD

The day after constitution day....hmm, how about:
Bill of Rights
Tariff
Citizen Genet

WsOTD 9/17

Sorry a bit late getting these posted!

Eli Whitney (great discussion period 2)
Assumption of Debt
Federalist

No WOTD but Constitution Day instead!

Since we tested today there are no WsOTD today but since tomorrow 9/17 is Constitution Day I thought I would post this link so you can go and check out the Constitution we have just been studying. Constitution Link

WOTD 9/15 and Ch7 ID's

Here it is folks the much awaited for WOTD for 9/15:
John Jay + Alexander Hamilton + James (Lil Jemmy) Madison
Charles Beard
Confederation Congress


And Ch. 7 ID's

WOTD 9/14/09

Way to go period 3, especially Jon, for adding a couple of great words of the day to our list:
Daniel Shays (Shay's rebellion)
Lil' Jemmy (James Madison)
Confederation (loose union of states)

9/11 WOTDs

Hello Historians,

Some great WOTD's:
Newburgh Conspiracy
Adam Smith
American Exceptionalism

Additionally, historians are already starting to debate the significance of 9/11 on the US. While most historians, at least the serious/scholarly/respected historians, agree that we cannot know what 9/11 will mean for US History until we live several more decades. Nonetheless it makes it even more important for you to understand the facts surrounding the events that happened in your life, your children and grandchildren will probably do reports in school asking you about your memories and knowledge of 9/11 one day.....could you give them an accurate account?

Here are 2 articles about 9/11, one is an opinion piece from the LA Times today, and another is an article from 2008. Enjoy.

Ch. 6 ID List and 9/10 WOTD

Here is a link for the list of IDs from Ch. 6.

WOTD's for Thursday 9/10:
Mum Bett
Molly Pitcher

9-9-9 WOTD

Wednesday, 9-9-9

WOTD's
Sir Banastre Tarleton
Overmountain Men
Battle of King's Mountain

Introduction writing

Here is a link to the writing an introductory paragraph explanation.

Give Me Unity or Give Me Death!

A little bit of irony there in the title of today's post. Our essay question about how much "unity" there was amongst the colonists at the start of the revolution is a nice example of several aspects of historical study. One, it asks an open ended sort of question with a multi-faceted response being easily acceptable. (By multi-faceted I am saying that more than just a political or economic analysis is required, something that looks at many aspects of society to arrive at a thesis is required.) These multi-faceted appraisals of society are much more common in the last 50 to 100 years of historical study. Two, it is, or could be, inclusive of social history. Third, it is asking you to discuss change over time....ie from when colonists were less unified to a time when they are supposedly more unified (the Revolutionary period). Finally, our Gary Nash article about how the colonists had begun to develop a uniquely 'American' culture by the 1700's is a nice compliment to this question.....if Nash is correct that there was a unique American culture then how/when/why does it become a unified one as well?

Finally our two words of the day:
FRQ .... Free Response Question
DBQ ... Document Based Question

These are the styles of essay questions you will be seeing all year long, lets make sure we know the acronyms and the requirements of each since we will be talking about them for the next 8 months!

Little bit of Geography!

Here is a link to a blank map of the 13 colonies, make sure you know it for a possible quiz!

Happy Labor Day!!!! And your essay for Tuesday.

Hello students! If you want to preview the essay question for Tuesday here it is:

To what extent had the colonists developed a sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolution?

Feel free to prepare or review for the essay, but you do not have to and no notes are going to be allowed when you write it.

I will post an article about Labor Day on the links page shortly!

Have a great weekend.

WOTD 9/3/09

Lexington and Concord
Declaration of Independence

WOTD 9/1/09

Crispus Attucks
Virtual Representation
Currency Act

September Calendar

Click here for the September Calendar

Chapter 5 ID reviews

Click this link for a copy of the Chapter 5 ID's

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