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

--John Adams

Friday, January 21, 2022

Week 20: Jan. 24-28, 2k22

Day 1
In Class:  
  • Turn in the 9 Gilded Age Q's HW 
  • Pop Quiz on the Gilded Age...Do not ask me about it.  
  • Have a good time! -- Enter the Progressive Era!
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HW:  Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, McKinley Presidential Projects due Friday!

Day 2
In Class:


Below are the Flicks from the Progressive Era Doc to Watch!

Jacob Riis - How the Other Half Lives...

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle -- Yummy!

Child Labor in the Gilded Age...

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire....

Roosevelt and Conservation in America!

The NAACP...

  1. Who was Ida Tarbell and what is a muckraker?
  2. What did the progressives focus on from 1900-1920
  3. What did Carnegie and Rockefeller argue to the public about their corporations?
  4. What was Rockefeller’s argument in the italicized quote on page four.
  5. What group of people were the first to push for reforms and why?
  6. What did the new Populist Party argue they wanted?
  7. How did Rockefeller and Carnegie rehabilitate their images during the Progressive Era?
  8. Who were the Progressive Presidents?
  9. What did Jacob Riis do in 1890? How do you think this led to changes in the cities?
  10. What book did Upton Sinclair publish and what industry did he expose in this book? What were some results of Sinclair’s book?
  11. In the early 1900s, how many children worked in mines or factories?
  12. By 1900, what percent of all labor in the United States were children under 16 years old? What was the name of the law that modified child labor?
  13. How did the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire shock the nation and what were some new reforms that came out of this horrible incident?
  14. What is conservation and what law did TR sign into law in 1906? What did the law do?
  15. What is the NAACP and what were their goals?
  16. What amendments were added to the Constitution during the Progressive Era?
HW: Have the Q's answered by Day 3 so we can go over them and answer them in class -- The 16 above Q's are a HW grade that will be collected on Day 3.

Day 3
In Class: Finish going over the Progressive Era Q's -- HW assignment to spend time in class working on.  Answer the following Q in as much detail as possible -- Answer must be handwritten!

After reading about the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, explain two things from the Gilded Age that led to the Progressive Era and provide two examples of how our lives are affected by the Progressive Era.

HW: Above Q is due Monday, Jan. 31 -- Handwritten 

Day 4
In Class:  Workday on Presidential Projects...
HW:  Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, & McKinley presidential projects due Monday, Jan. 31 -- Above Q is due Monday, Jan. 31 -- Handwritten 
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