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PART V: Bold Experiments in an Era of Industrialization 1877-1929

    PRESIDENTS:  Remember to use the EVEN NUMBERS (election year dates), not the actual "served" dates - unless the Pres died in office.
    PRESIDENTS through Woodrow Wilson  (Click on Presidents Tab)
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Week   1   January 3  * * 
THURSDAY :
Ch 17 AMSCO  (for your reference. Do try the quiz.)
Ch 17 Henretta - Capital and Labor in the Age of Enterprise
     (Don't forget to JUST READ the introduction and the summary at the end of the chapter. Most people find it useful to read the summary before launching into the chapter. )

    LABOR is a major theme - Be sure to understand the Labor Movement. 

    What were the arguments  about women working outside the home? -- What were the opinions held by (some) married women? by single women? (pp 534-5) 
   		The Homestead Strike in Ten Days That Changed America

Respond in writing (bring to class) Remember to provide SHI in your responses.
 1. To what extent were labor (trade) unions and city life related to each other? 
 2.  What factors made the AFL successful? To what extent was the leadership of Gompers relevant to its success?
 3.  How was the AFL different from industrial unions, such as that led by Eugene V. Debs?
 4. Explain the differences and similarities between socialism, as espoused by Debs, and the so-called "Western Radicalism" among miners in the west, and Big Bill Heywood's IWW.
Week  2  January 9  * * *     (Essay Week)
 SKILLS 10 -    Print and bring to class

Chapter 18 - "The Victorians Meet the Modern  1880-1917 "

For WEDNESDAY:
  READING (handout) - Carefully read all articles and respond to the questions at the end of each piece. The questions at the end ask you to compare information across all articles. (AP Spiral: Center for Learning lesson)
 Prepare for another quiz.

FRIDAY:  Iron-Jawed Angels




 

 
 


 

  
Week   3   January 16  (M) W-F
 
   Ch 19 Henretta - "Civilization's Inferno" The Rise and Reform of American Cities 1880-1917
   Bring SKILLS 12 to class
REVIEW: Triangle: The Fire that Changed America. We will review (in class) your responses to the questions for January 4th. (I will return these to you on Wednesday)
Finish  Iron-Jawed Angels
FOR THURSDAY: TBA

For (next)THURSDAY: Go to READINGS tab to find a prompt about the Progressives. (Essay in class!) You will want to see how this week's and next week's readings can help you!

(AMSCO 18)
These questions are NOT about the Triangle book (sorry - I told a couple of people the wrong thing....In fact, THESE questions should have been up there in Chapter 17)) We will get to this in our review.
Respond in writing (bring to class) Remember to provide SHI in your responses.
 1. To what extent were labor (trade) unions and city life related to each other? 
 2.  What factors made the AFL successful? To what extent was the leadership of Gompers relevant to its success?
 3.  How was the AFL different from industrial unions, such as that led by Eugene V. Debs?
 4. Explain the differences and similarities between socialism, as espoused by Debs, and the so-called "Western Radicalism" among miners in the west, and Big Bill Heywood's IWW.
 

 

"Old"/"new Immigrants
ethnic neighborhoods
political machine -Tammany, Plunkitt, Boss Tweed
A.P. Giannini
tenement/dumbbell tenement
NY Tenement House Law 1901
Ida Tarbell
Upton Sinclair
Jacob Riis
W.C. Handy
Scott Joplin
vaudeville

white slavery
Jane Addams/Hull House
Florence Kelley
Rose Schneidermann
   
Week   4   January 23  Tu Th  
Ch 20 "Whose Government? Politics, Populists, and Progressives 1880-1917

Respond to the Chapter Review Questions at the end of the chapter, and add to them your response: explain the approaches to racism as proposed by Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. How might their backgrounds  account for their differences? In all responses, supply SHI for your thoughtful exploration of the topics.  
 
 For Thursday: Reading: - The Progressives (See Readings tab) ALSO Become familiar with the readings at the end of the AMSCO chapter. 

Then, associate the images (see right-hand column) to one or more of the readings. Bring this information to class on Thursday for a discussion to help  prepare for your essay.   You may also want to review the Henretta chapter for further SHI.

 
For THURSDAY: Go to READINGS tab to find a prompt about the Progressives. (Essay in class!) You will want to see how this week's and next week's readings can help you!
    
  		  
 Of the three Progressive Era presidents (Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson), who was the most effective in accomplishing the Progressives' goals?


Terms for Chapter209:

Social  Darwinism (Herbert Spencer)
patronage/spoils system
Mugwump
WCTU
NAWSA
Separate Spheres
Frances Willard
"The New South"
Jim Crow laws
Ida B Wells
Tom Watson 		Populism
Mary Elizabeth Lease
Free Silver
William Jennings Bryan / "Cross of Gold"
Social Gospel


Progressives Images
Week  5  January 30    *  *  *  (Essay Week)    
 
  Ch 21- Henretta - An Emerging World Power 1877-1918
(reading quiz Monday)
      Respond to ALL "CHAPTER REVIEW questions at the end of the Henretta chapter (in writing.) YOur responses will demonstrate your thoughtful consideration of the question and will include SHI to support your reasoning.

 For Wednesday: Readings - Section on Imperialism (Go to READINGS tab) Make margin notes to answer the questions at the beginning of each reading.  Highlight, make notes on questions you have.
     For WEDNESDAY: Prepare to (orally) explain any of the vocabulary words at the end of the AMSCO chapter*. You  should be able to explain how/why the term is significant to the undestanding of the history of US Imperialism/foreign policy. You will be called upon to stand and deliver in class!
*AMSCO Chapter 20

      For FRIDAY:
     Be sure to bring your AMSCO book to class AND a copy of the Imperialism Readings ("Chapter 20")
     

SKILLS 11 -   
     **Read the Summary, pp 114-115; Work on "ideas for discussion" (p 115) (BTW, see SKILLS ch 8 for Q1- or your reading notes, or AMSCO.) each prompt will be identified identified by your use of complete sentences in your response.
   ** Read the "historical thinking skill" instruction and practice on p 119. Work the "Applying the skill" exercise. (For Aguinaldo, Strong, and Dewey.)  Format like the example.
   (You will work the other exercises along with Chapter 22 in the next unit.)
 		  

 FOREIGN POLICY:

Roosevelt: Big Stick "Walk Softly, but carry a BIG STICK."

Taft:  Dollar Diplomacy

(Both these policies focused on the Caribbean)

Wilson: Moral Diplomacy 
 
Week  6  February 6    Tu Th     (Test is Monday 2/13)

Chapter 22 - Wrestling with Modernity 1918-1929
  Thursday: Prepare for the quiz.

In class on Thursday: Take the quiz. (10 minutes, including getting settled, take quiz, hand in.)

Materials provided in class -- WORK WITH AT LEAST One, but no more than 3 other people (your choice of people) 

Packet one is from the SKILLS chapter; 1. do all exercises! (15 minutes, max: finish at home

    Packet 2 is from AMSCO -
 2. Read and annotate the Documents.
3. Discuss questions 1, 2, and 3 (p 491)- (jot down main points of the discussion) - 10 minutes, max!
      
4. Prepare a thesis paragraph (LPR & ACID)  and an outline (topic sentence plus several instances of SHI for each paragraph): (finish for homework)
   a. Page 488 Question 2 - "assess the validity of the statement"
   b. Page 488 Question 5 - Analysis of Two items

STUDY FOR YOUR TEST ON MONDAY! (doing these exercises will help. Don't forget to use the SKILLS chapters as review tools.)
 
Test postponed to FRIDAY, but it will also include chapter 23.  (2/17)
   		    Take READING Notes (Template available above)

1.       Redefining American Identity

a.       What changes in American Society prompted the dissent expressed by nativist activists, the Ku Klux Klan, and religious fundamentalists?  How did these groups express their outrage?

b.      How do you explain the simultaneous appearance of the new Klan, the Harlem Renaissance, and Marcus Garvey’s UNIA movement?


 2.       A New National Culture

a.        How do we explain the rise of a new national culture in the 1920s? In what ways did American across the nation begin to share common experiences?  

b.      How did the automobile epitomize the new values of mass consumption  and the changing patterns of leisure in America?


. 3.       The Business-Government Relationship

a.       In what ways did business and government work together during the “new era”? What were the sources of this relationship?

b.       What changed from the Progressive Era, when corporate executives were held in contempt?

FOR MONDAY, February 13:  READ CHAPTER 23 - The Great Depression and the New Deal

The UNIT TEST for Unit Five will include this chapter, and it will be on FRIDAY, Feb 17. 		 link to next unit
(sorry- actually ready last Friay - but I didn't link to it)
   
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