Sorry for the delay

Homework due Tuesday 2/3:

Read 623-mid 636.

Optional Assignment:

Web all the economic/political/social causes of America's shift to Imperialism

Maybe look up the Venezuelan Squall on the internet, to be honest, it is a bit confusing

Make a timeline of the events in Hawaii...leave room, we'll add to it in class

Know why the Cubans were revolting, how they thought they could get American aid, and how we actually became involved in the Spanish American war

Describe the invasion of Cuba in 2 sentences

Today in class 1/30

Today we took our 23-24-25 test. Remember other upcoming tests!

February 5 (27/28)
February 13 (29/30/31)
February 24 (32/33/34)
March 4 (35/36/37)
March 12 (38/39/40)
March 20 (41/42)

America at mid century

THE CITY: http://www.elderweb.com/sites/elderweb/files/albums/history/4a18585r.jpg

ART:
MARY CASSATT http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/cassatt/reading-garden.jpg
JAMES WHISTLER
ASHCAN SCHOOL http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/e/images/eight_sloan.nightwin.lg.jpg
http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/a/images/ashcan_sloan.sunday.lg.jpg
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/sisterwendy/works/sta_large.html
WINSLOW HOMER http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Winslow_Homer_003.jpg
THOMAS EAKIN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Eakins_005.jpg
BUILDING:
CHICAGO SCHOOL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2006-03-30_2240x1680_chicago_school_windows.jpg
http://lh5.ggpht.com/7788fido/R72mqPvzcOI/AAAAAAAAAB0/YnDV3mEWuuc/003-FrankLloydWrightHouse.jpg

AMUSEMENT:
CONEY ISLAND: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dreamland_tower_1907.jpg
http://www.coneyislandhistory.org/collection/index.php?g=detail&object_id=101
http://history.amusement-parks.com/Steeplechase/Steeplechase%20Ride/oldsteeplechaseride.jpg
VAUDEVILLE: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA02/easton/vaudeville/arkansas.mp3
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA02/easton/vaudeville/unclejosh.mp3
CIRCUS & BEER GARDENShttp://www.ianjamison.com/resources/circus_Cyclists1897.JPG http://www.westland.net/coneyisland/articles/images/con-feltmansinterior.jpg

MUSIC:
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA:http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/starstripe.htm
RAGTIME: http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/originalragtime.htm

OUTDOORS:
PHYSICAL FITNESS:http://www.ihpra.org/imagesa/sargent2.jpg
http://www.ihpra.org/imagesa/sargenta6a.jpg
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PARKS http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/displayPhoto.pl?topImages=/award/mhsdalad/290000//290037r.jpg&topLinks=/award/mhsdalad/290000//290037v.jpg,&displayProfile=1&type=xml&dir=ammem&itemLink=D?alad:3:./temp/~ammem_rLxu::
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Goodness

Ms. Weaver doesn't teach you all by merely printing out worksheets. She attempts to find (based on data/research) the best ways to get the information stuck in your brains while still keeping pace with the AP course. In the same way, she doesn't test you by merely printing out some random book-published test. She attempts to analyze the test to make sure there is a variety of difficulty present. Every test you take is analyzed before you even receive it. Ask, she'll show you. The tests have all the questions categorized according to Bloom's Taxonomy and then tallied. She even figures out the percentage of the various levels in each test.

Your midterm was created in the same fashion. Second Period's test was marginally simpler. But, only in accordance to the fewer days of studying the class received. In turn, Sixth Period's was marginally more difficult. The study guides were identical. The questions were just different phrasings and a different balance of the various Taxonomy levels. 2 students from Second tried their hand (with only a 1 day study time) at the Sixth test. The results were almost exactly the same.

Some of in Second have complained about the points added to Sixth Period's test. First, all students received 5 points for no other reason than Ms. Weaver is a softy. Sixth received 5 more due to construction that disrupted the test. Again with the dorkiness, Ms. Weaver reviewed her test analysis and calculated the approximate time the noise started in order to remove the higher level thinking questions made more difficult by the racket. If the question asked you to simply recall a fact, it stayed while those that required application of knowledge were waived.

Homeowrk due Wednesday 1/28

Read 557-570 and mid 582-mid 586.

Today in class Monday 1/26

Today we continued to answer the question "How did rapid industrialization occur during the period after the Civil War?"
We finished taking notes on the "Gilded Age" by completing the sections on Farmers and Industry. We also recieved a short reading on the rise of labor unions and discussed some of the problems facing the industrial worker.
For more information (optional): http://www.lucyparsonsproject.org/haymarket/haymarket_trajedy_cpl.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._P._Morgan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Vanderbilt
http://www.biltmore.com/visit/house/default.asp

Homework due Monday 1/26

Read 528-mid 538.
After you read, you should be able to:
explain how the railroads provided the basis for the industrial transformation (maybe web the ways the RR = bigger industry)
identify abuses in the RR industry and discuss the first efforts at industrial regulation by the federal government (maybe list abuses and match attempts at regulation, then write a 2 sentence summary on the effect of these regulations)
describe how the economy came to be dominated by giant trusts (maybe write a short 2-3 sentence summary)
Be prepared to correctly use the following terms/topics:
credit mobilier
paddies
railroad competition
pool
rebate
Vanderbilt's contributions
railroad refinements
time zones
opposition to the lord of the rails
free enterprise
regulatory commission
new inventions
vertical integration
horizontal integration

Today in class 1/22

Today we answered the question:
We answered a journal (Given the political climate of the Gilded Age, was the end of Reconstruction justified? Understandable? Why?) and started a graphic organizer on the Gilded Age. Today we discussed the political climate and the development of the west. Next class we will finish the last 2 sections of notes: Industry and Farmers.

Homework due Thursday 1/22

Read CH 23 (500-501 & mid 503-top 508 & mid 511- mid 514).



By the end of your reading, you should be able to:

describe the politcal corrutption of the Grant administration and the various efforts to clean up politics in the Gilded Age.

describe the economic slump of the 1870's and the growing conflict between "hard-money" and "soft-money" advocates.

explain the intense political activity of the Gilded age, despite the low quality of political leadership and the agreement of the two parties on most issues.





Vocab you are expected to be able to USE:
Fisk & Gould
corner (as in market)
Boss Tweed
Credit Mobilier
Horace Greely
censure
amnesty
civil service
pointees
unsecured loans
contraction (as in finance)
deflation
inflation
consensus
Kearneyites
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

Midterm Study Guide

Figures of the enlightenment
Describe Ma and Va
Calvinism
Salutary neglect
Colonial Rel. tolerance
Great Awakening
Rev.Era writers
Proclamation of 1763
Women role(colonial)
pros of the Articles
Townshend Acts
Stamp Act
Peace of Paris
New Jersey Plan
Federalists
Election of Jefferson
War of 1812, causes
KY and VA Resolutions
Alien and Sedition Acts
The American System
the Marshall court
Tecumseh
Trail of Tears
Transcendentalists
Mexican War
Early textile mills
Ed. in 19th century
Whig Party, beliefs
The Liberator
Seneca Falls
Manifest Destiny
“54 40 or fight”
Books of the Civil War
Border States
13th Amendment
Know Nothings
Compromise of 1820
Compromise of 1850
Big politicians, N & S
John Brown
Dred Scott
BlackCodes/JimCrow

Homework due 1/12

2nd period: no homework. review chapter 22. Be prepared to review for the midterm on Monday. Please bring your book to class. Your midterm is Wednesday 1/14.

6th period: study and review chapter 22. You will recieve your midterm review at the end of class. Your midterm is Friday 1/16.


Topics to study for Test 22

Today in class

We answered the question "What were the successes and failures of Reconstruction?"

We completed a journal, took a quiz, filled out a graphic organizer, summarized the 5 periods of Reconstruction, and read an opinion on the legacy of reconstruction.

(If absent, please get the notes & journal for a classmate and stop by after school any day other than Friday to read the opinion (page 32 yellow book, section F, documents 1,2,or 3.)

In class Tuesday 1/6

Today we answered the question "What were the causes and effects (political, social, economic) of the Civil War?"

We took our 20 & 21 test and discussed the possiblity of a Southern victory.

Check the Homework section for tonight's assignment.
All make up tests must be completed by Thursday at 2:30.

Homework Due Thursday 1/8

Read chapter 22 pages 477-top 485
(Stop at Congressional Reconstruction)



By the end of your reading, you should be able to...

* define the major problems facing the South and the nation after the Civil War
* describe the responses of both whites and blacks to the end of slavery
* explain Lincoln's and Johnson's plans for Reconstruction & analyze the effectiveness of presidential reconstruction

You may want to create a T-chart to define the problems and make a venn diagram to describe the responses.

Vocabulary that is expected to be USED in class on Thursday in reference to Reconstruction:

pardon
treason
civil disablities
legalistically
emancipation
mutual aid societies
10 percent
Wade Davis Bill
Black Codes

Take a look at the ad below (click on the picture to see the full image). What is the viewpoint expressed? What were the actual goals of the Freedman's Bureau?