"There are two types of education. One should teach us how to make a living, and the other how to live..."

--John Adams

Friday, March 12, 2021

Week 28: March 15-19, 2k21

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Study Guide For Monday/Tuesday's Test
Enjoy the flick below and posted on The Gram!

Progressive Era Flick!  This, too, is on The Gram!
  • What does Gilded mean?
  • What is a trust?
  • What is a monopoly?
  • What are the differences between vertical and horizontal integration?
  • What industries were Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Rockefeller, and JP Morgan in?
  • How did steel change how cities were built?
  • What were two positive and negative effects of urbanization and immigration?
  • How do we live in Edison's America today?
  • What was the purpose of the Progressive Era
  • Be able to explain at least five Progressive Era reforms.
  • What is a muckraker?
Day 1
In Class:  Test on the Gilded Age/Progressive Era!  -- When finished with the test, please read the first two pages of this Google Doc on Native America 1865-1900 -- Create a new page in your SS Journal titled "Native American West" and answer the Q's below on those pages in your journal for a HW grade due by Day 2 of this week.  For Block 7, these Q's are due when we return on Monday next week after Parent-Teacher Conferences as we will not meet for a Day 2 this week.


Native American West
  1. Do you think the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era had any impact on Native Americans living in North America? Xplain your answer. (opinionated)
  2. What does the quote by Wamditanka (Big Eagle) of the Santee Sioux mean?
  3. Based on the quotes on pages 1 and 2 do you think the exchanges between whites and Native Americans were peaceful/friendly during this time?
  4. Manifest Destiny meant that it was the nation's destiny to move westward and settle/take over the North American continent from sea to shining sea.  Is Manifest Destiny also an invasion on Native Americans living on the lands?  Xplain your answer. (opinionated)
Day 2
In Class:  Native America 1865-1900 -- Native America Doc