Hey Gang! The Research Papers are DUE this Monday...To be honest, it is crazy to think how much y'all have done with these assignments and I look forward to reading through them. We have a good week ahead of us looking at the end of the Gilded Age, immigration from 1880-1920, and then enter the Progressive Era 1900-1920, which cleans up the "Gilded Age" crap :)
Gilded Age Video Podcast that Summarizes last week
Gilded Age Video Podcast that Summarizes last week
We are still answering these questions this week...
- What does gilded mean?
- What is a trust? A monopoly?
- What enabled the tycoons like Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Morgan, etc. to do what they did in the business world?
- What industries thrived in the Gilded Age?
- What is the difference between vertical and horizontal integration?
- What was the Sherman Antitrust Act?
- How did men like Carnegie and Rockefeller spend their millions of dollars in retirement?
- What is the greatest invention of all time? *I'm biased here :)
- How did the inventions of the late 19th century revolutionize America?
- What is urbanization and what are the effects of urbanization?
- What contributions did immigrants bring to the United States from 1880-1920?
- What was the Progressive Era?
- Why did the Progressive Era take place? How do we see a Progressive Era today?
- What were some progressive reforms in the early 20th century?
- Who was the most progressive president..EVER!?
- Who were Jacob Riis? Ida Tarbell? Upton Sinclair?
- What is a muckraker?
Day 1
In Class: President Research paper due!!! -- Gilded Age continues! We'll look at the inventions of the Gilded Age and their effects: Lightbulb, telephone, airplane then dive into the era of immigration 1880-1920.
HW: Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, and McKinley due March 25!
Notes: Test on Monday, March 14 -- Gilded Age, Immigration, Progressive Era
In Class: Enter the Progressive Era: Looking at the images of Jacob Riis -- How the Other Half Lives and watch the Crash Course Progressive Era video below!
HW: Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, and McKinley due March 25!
Notes: Test on Monday, March 14 -- Gilded Age, Immigration, Progressive Era
Day 3
In Class: Analyzing some of the Progressive Acts and Events of the late 19th and early 20th century:
-1883 - Pendleton Act
-1890 - Sherman Antitrust Act
-1890 - Jacob Riis publishes How The Other Half Lives
-1890 - Yellowstone National Park created
-1904 - Ida Tarbell publishes History of Standard Oil
-1906 - Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle
-1906 - Meat Inspection Act & Food and Drug Act
-1909 - Roosevelt calls National Conservation Conference
-1909 - NAACP formed
-1911 - Standard Oil Trust broken up by the Supreme Court
-1911 - Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
-1913 - XVI Amendment & XVII Amendments Passed
-1916 - Keating-Owens Act passed
-1917 & 1920 - XVIII & XIX Amendments passedHW: Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, and McKinley due March 25! Notes: Test on Monday, March 14 -- Gilded Age, Immigration, Progressive Era
Day 4
In Class: Summarize the events and movements of the Progressive Era
HW: Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, and McKinley due March 25!
Notes: Test on Monday, March 14 -- Gilded Age, Immigration, Progressive Era
Sneak Peak of upcoming project!