Students,
We will NOT Zoom together until Tuesday, Feb. 23. -- See the times below for Zoom Schedule...
Tuesday - Block 6, 7
Wednesday - Block 1, 4, 6
Thursday - Block 7, 4, 6
Friday - Block 1, 7
We will go over the Civil War Q's and Reconstruction Q's this week in our Zooms. Have them ready
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This week's work is below and be ready to go over these Q's beginning Monday, March 1 in class. Quiz grade graded on completion and accuracy.
Read through the Gilded Age Doc above and answer the following Q's in your notes.
- Pre-Q: Who do you think is the most powerful person in the United States? (opinionated)
- Pre-Q: Why do you think this person/group of people are the most powerful person/people in the United States? (opinionated)
- Who was the new type of person created after the Civil War?
- What did the nation need to do after the Civil War?
- Define gilded.
- Define monopoly.
- Define trust.
- Define laissez-faire.
- Define labor union.
- After watching the Gilded Age Intro Flick what was one thing you noticed or learned? (above)
- Just after the Civil War were there regulations, tax laws, wage laws, or worker protection laws?
- How many immigrants came to the United States from 1880-1920?
- How much of America lived in poverty during the Gilded Age?
- What is the amount of money one needs to make to be considered in poverty? (today's money)
- How much of America makes less than $30,000 per year income?
- Where did people start moving during the Gilded Age?
- Briefly explain what a tenement is based on the reading, the pictures below the reading, and the flick.
- What is the difference between horizontal and vertical integration?
- How is Amazon not a monopoly?
- What did the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 try to do?
- Explain how the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 is illustrated/portrayed in the political cartoon on page 8 of the Doc.
- Who specifically are the "men who built America"?
- What industry was Cornelius Vanderbilt the tycoon of during the Gilded Age and what was his nickname? What was one thing Vanderbilt did as a tycoon?
- What industry was Andrew Carnegie the tycoon of during the Gilded Age? What did Carnegie do after he sold his business to JP Morgan?
- Explain why the Johnstown Flood happened and what the effects of the flood?
- What industry was John D. Rockefeller the tycoon of during the Gilded Age and how was he a ruthless businessman?
- What are some of the oil companies around today that were once a part of Standard Oil?
- What industry was JP Morgan a tycoon of? What were some companies that he invested in or bought?
- What was Henry Ford's major contribution to the Gilded Age?
- What were some effects of the automobile? (somewhat an inference)
- What is the greatest invention of all time? Yes, I know the answer seems weird and biased in the Doc, and no, I don't care. It is the correct answer.
- Where did cities begin building after the Chicago Fire of 1871?
- Provide two negative effects of the rise of cities in 1870s-1890s.
- What do you think were three struggles immigrants face both then (during the Gilded Age) and now? (opinionated)
- What kind of message do you think America is sending in 1882 by passing a law called the Chinese Exclusion Act? (opinionated)
- Look at the political cartoon on page 25 of the Doc with the five businessmen telling the immigrant to "keep out" of America. Explain what you see/notice about this political cartoon in detail.
- After watching the short flicks about Edison and Tesla, how did these two men revolutionize America? (inference-based answer...You gotta think!)