Week of Mar. 31-April 4, 2k25

The Gilded Age continues

Gilded Age Quiz - Friday, April 4

1. In what ways did the United States need to rebuild after the Civil War?
2. What does gilded mean?  Can you think of something gilded today?
3. What is a monopoly?
4. What is a trust?
5. How did companies take over America after the Civil War?  Do you think their practices were fair?
6. What are the differences between vertical & horizontal integration?
7. How are companies like Amazon & Apple not monopolies, but pretty darn close?!
8. What were the industries of Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan & Ford
9. How did the Johnstown Flood change Carnegie's life & shape his public image?
10. How did Rockefeller change his public image?
11. How did the Chicago Fire of 1871 change the way modern cities were built?
12. What were some of the pros and cons of immigration in the late 19th century & how did/do immigrants contribute to society both then and now?
13. What are two pros and cons of urbanization in the late 19th century?
14. What were some new inventions in the late 19th century?  How did the inventions of the late 19th century make America a "modern" nation?
15. How do we still live in a "gilded" age?

Week of March 24-28, 2k25

 When finished with the Civil War Assignment...

Here is your Reconstruction Writing Assignment...

Your Introduction is due Monday, March 24 when you arrive to school...

Typed...Printed..No Exceptions

Thursday March 13 & Monday March 17, 2k25

Classes,

I am in New York City for the Nike High School Indoor Nationals as I am sure many of y'all know.  This is what I expect of you while I am gone...

ALL Classes need to watch the following video that is me "talking" about the Civil War and instructing you to read the last parts of the Civil War Unit Doc.  You must read the remainder of the Civil War Doc & answer the following Q's for a HW grade.  These Q's are due by the end of the class period Monday.  Please answer the Q's in your notebook & submit them.  No typing at all.  ALL of you...Handwritten.  ALL of you.

Answer these Q's in your notebooks...Watch the flicks...Seriously....Watch them.  I don't put them in there so you can skip them...

1. Who was William T. Sherman and how did his tactics practically end the rebellion in the South? – They need to watch the William T. Sherman video in order to answer the question  

2. Do you think Sherman’s tactics were too much? Not enough? Just right?  Explain your answer!

3. What was Andersonville?

4. What happened at Appomattox, Va in 1865?

5. If you could ask Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant about the surrender, what would you ask them & why?

6. What was the purpose of John Wilkes Booth's plan and was it successful? – They need to watch the video “April 1865” in order to answer this question.

7. Based on what we’ve learned, discussed, and read, explain how the Civil War was both a success and a failure for the United States.  Provide a specific example for each of your explanations.

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When finished with the Civil War Assignment...

Here is your Reconstruction Writing Assignment...

Your Introduction is due Monday, March 24 when you arrive to school...

Typed...Printed..No Exceptions

Week of March 10-17, 2k25

The Civil War continues...

Civil War Doc

1. What roles did women play in the Civil War?

2. How were Jews involved in the Civil War?

3. What is an ironclad and how did it change warfare forever?

4. How did the Battle of Antietam and Matthew Brady's picture gallery change the way people felt about the war?

5. What were the details of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and why didn't it free all the slaves in the United States?  What is Lincoln's objective in his proclamation?

6.  What made 1863 the turning point in the war?

7.  What was the purpose of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address & what was the most important phrase of this speech that changed the nature of the war?

8. Who was William T. Sherman and how did his tactics practically end the rebellion in the South?

9.  What was Andersonville?

10. What happened at Appomattox, Va in 1865?

11.  What was the purpose of John Wilkes Booth's plan and was it successful?

The Ironclads! -- Merrimack and Monitor

Battle of Antietam...Bloodiest Day in American History...

The Dead of Antietam...Matthew Brady

Emancipation Proclamation

Gettysburg Address