Great Depression Part 2 Review
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
How did GD affect cities? Cities were hard beginning in 1929 and lasting through most of the 1930s cities dependent on heavy industry such as steel.
How did the unemployed live? More unemployed rose 5 from a shocking 5 million in 1930
How did GD affect farmers? Prices of fruits and vegetables went up in companies
What other problems did farmers face? A lot of farmers sold their farms the price of corn went down and most could not afford to feed their families or pay off loans that the bank gave them.How did GD affect family life? The Great Depression in the 1930's affected American families in many ways. Some of these ways include the unemployment rate falling to 25%. Many couples put off marriage and divorce rates fell as the costs where too expensive and some men walked out on their families completely as they couldn't cope without having the jobs as a lot of women found it easier to get jobs.How did Hoover try to handle the depression? Hoover responded to the economic downturn very much like the current SEC and Federal Reserve response. While loath to interfere with markets, Hoover sought to support the banking system by offering funding to businesses in exchange for collateral, and began public works programs
Thursday, April 1, 2010
how does fdr respond to the accusiation that he feats on a breakfest of grilled millionaries?
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At about the same time that he [FDR] sent federal .... Those who received Johnson's patronage in turn made Johnson a millionaire and also financed ... That response spoke volumes about where the political influence in ..... Morgenthau responded, “You're going to have him for breakfast—fried. ...
New Deal Part 2 Review
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
Describe the Work Progress Administration: problems of the welfare and enact measures to protect workers rights.
Describe the Social Security Act: provided pension for the elderly established unemployment insurance
Describe how FDR favored Labor Unions in the New Deal: minimum wage,limits workweeks and outlaws child labor.
Describe the problems FDR had with the SC and his solutions: programs ruling the president did not have the ability to regulate interstaten commerce.
Describe the Effects of the New Deal:
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
Describe the Work Progress Administration: problems of the welfare and enact measures to protect workers rights.
Describe the Social Security Act: provided pension for the elderly established unemployment insurance
Describe how FDR favored Labor Unions in the New Deal: minimum wage,limits workweeks and outlaws child labor.
Describe the problems FDR had with the SC and his solutions: programs ruling the president did not have the ability to regulate interstaten commerce.
Describe the Effects of the New Deal:
Monday, March 29, 2010
Unit 3 Web Quest Words
1. Radical Republican: were a loose faction of American politicians within the Republican Party from about 1854 (before the American Civil War) until the,
2. Wade-Davis bill: of 1864 was a program proposed for the Reconstruction of the South written by two Radical Republicans, Senator Benjamin
3. Freedman’s Bureau: The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as the Freedmen's Bureau, was a U.S. federal government.
4. Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States (1865–1869). Following the assassination of President Lincoln:
5. Fourteenth Amendment: to the United States Constitution, as well as the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, was adopted after the CivilFifteenth amendment: to the United States Constitution prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen 1. Radical Republican: were a loose faction of American politicianswithin the Republican Party from about 1854 (before the American Civil War) until the,
2. Wade-Davis bill: of 1864 was a program proposed for the Reconstruction of the South written by two Radical Republicans, Senator Benjamin
3. Freedman’s Bureau: The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as the Freedmen's Bureau, was a U.S. federal government.
4. Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States (1865–1869). Following the assassination of President Lincoln:
5. Fourteenth Amendment: to the United States Constitution, as well as the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, was adopted after the Civil
6. Fifteenth amendment: to the United States Constitution prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen
7. Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States (1865–1869). Following the assassination of President Lincoln:
8. Fourteenth Amendment: to the United States Constitution, as well as the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, was adopted after the Civil
9. Fifteenth amendment: to the United States Constitution prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to ...
10. scalawag: was a moniker for southern whites
11. settlement house were important reform institutions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and Chicago's Hull House was the best known.
12. Jane Adams: was a founder of the U.S. Settlement House movement, and the second woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1. direct primary: A preliminary election in which a party's candidates for public office are nominated by direct vote of the.
2. initiative: also known as popular or citizen's initiative) provides a means by which a petition signed by a certain minimum number .
3. referendum: also known as a plebiscite or a ballot question) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject
4. recall: provides the services you need throughout the information life-cycle. From document storage
5. Upton Sinclair: was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author who wrote over 90 books in many genres. ...
6. Jim Crow Laws: were state and local laws in the United States enacted between 1876 and 1965. They mandated de jure racial segregation in all public
7. NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored people.
8. Plessey v Ferguson: is a landmark United States Supree Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding.
9. sphere of influence: is an area or region over which a state or organization has significant cultural, ...
24.Rough Riders: was the name bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish-American War22.Big Stick Diplomacy:
23.Roosevelt Corollary: was a substantial amendment to the Monroe Doctrine by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. Roosevelt's extension
24.Thomas Edison: was an American inventor, scientist and businessman who developed many devices that greatly ... of the Monroe
25.Corollary: was a substantial amendment to the Monroe Doctrine by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. Roosevelt's extension of the monore.
26. monopoly:
27. cartel: is a formal (explicit) agreement among competing firms. It is a formal organization of producers that agree to coordinate prices, marketing
28. John Rockefeller: was a major philanthropist and a pivotal member of the prominent Rockefeller family. ...
29. trust: presumed to seek to fulfill policies, ethical codes, law and their previous promises.
30. Andrew Carnegie: was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, on November 25, 1835. He was the first son of William Carnegie, a linen weaver and local leaders.
31. Sherman Anti-Trust Act: first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts; it was named for Senator John Sherman. Prior to its enactment.
32. collective bargaining: involves workers organizing together
33. Samuel Gompers: was an American labor leader and a key figure in American labor history.
34. Ellis Island: is the symbol of American immigration and the immigrant experience.
35. Wounded Knee: massacre or the battle of wounded knee was the last armed conflict between the great
36.Francis Ferdinand: was an archduke Austria Este
37.U-Boat: anglicized of the German word about the sound u boot 22.Lusitanian: was an ocean line owned by the canard
23.Zimmerman Telegram: between 1914 a d the spring of 1917 the European nations
24.Selective Service Act: was passed by the 65th United States Congress on May 18, 1917
25.Woodrow Wilson: was the 28th President of the United States.
26.14 Points: was a speech delivered by United States President Woodrow Wilson to a joint session of Congress on January 8, 1918.
27.League of Nations: was an inter-governmental organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919–1920,
28.Reparations: a proposal by extremist in the United States that some type of compensation should be provided to the descendants of enslaved ...
29.Red Scare: is an image database created by Leo Robert Klein. It focuses on the situation in this country immediately following WWI.
1. Radical Republican: were a loose faction of American politicians within the Republican Party from about 1854 (before the American Civil War) until the,
2. Wade-Davis bill: of 1864 was a program proposed for the Reconstruction of the South written by two Radical Republicans, Senator Benjamin
3. Freedman’s Bureau: The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as the Freedmen's Bureau, was a U.S. federal government.
4. Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States (1865–1869). Following the assassination of President Lincoln:
5. Fourteenth Amendment: to the United States Constitution, as well as the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, was adopted after the CivilFifteenth amendment: to the United States Constitution prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen 1. Radical Republican: were a loose faction of American politicianswithin the Republican Party from about 1854 (before the American Civil War) until the,
2. Wade-Davis bill: of 1864 was a program proposed for the Reconstruction of the South written by two Radical Republicans, Senator Benjamin
3. Freedman’s Bureau: The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as the Freedmen's Bureau, was a U.S. federal government.
4. Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States (1865–1869). Following the assassination of President Lincoln:
5. Fourteenth Amendment: to the United States Constitution, as well as the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, was adopted after the Civil
6. Fifteenth amendment: to the United States Constitution prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen
7. Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States (1865–1869). Following the assassination of President Lincoln:
8. Fourteenth Amendment: to the United States Constitution, as well as the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, was adopted after the Civil
9. Fifteenth amendment: to the United States Constitution prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to ...
10. scalawag: was a moniker for southern whites
11. settlement house were important reform institutions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and Chicago's Hull House was the best known.
12. Jane Adams: was a founder of the U.S. Settlement House movement, and the second woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1. direct primary: A preliminary election in which a party's candidates for public office are nominated by direct vote of the.
2. initiative: also known as popular or citizen's initiative) provides a means by which a petition signed by a certain minimum number .
3. referendum: also known as a plebiscite or a ballot question) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject
4. recall: provides the services you need throughout the information life-cycle. From document storage
5. Upton Sinclair: was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author who wrote over 90 books in many genres. ...
6. Jim Crow Laws: were state and local laws in the United States enacted between 1876 and 1965. They mandated de jure racial segregation in all public
7. NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored people.
8. Plessey v Ferguson: is a landmark United States Supree Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding.
9. sphere of influence: is an area or region over which a state or organization has significant cultural, ...
24.Rough Riders: was the name bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish-American War22.Big Stick Diplomacy:
23.Roosevelt Corollary: was a substantial amendment to the Monroe Doctrine by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. Roosevelt's extension
24.Thomas Edison: was an American inventor, scientist and businessman who developed many devices that greatly ... of the Monroe
25.Corollary: was a substantial amendment to the Monroe Doctrine by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. Roosevelt's extension of the monore.
26. monopoly:
27. cartel: is a formal (explicit) agreement among competing firms. It is a formal organization of producers that agree to coordinate prices, marketing
28. John Rockefeller: was a major philanthropist and a pivotal member of the prominent Rockefeller family. ...
29. trust: presumed to seek to fulfill policies, ethical codes, law and their previous promises.
30. Andrew Carnegie: was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, on November 25, 1835. He was the first son of William Carnegie, a linen weaver and local leaders.
31. Sherman Anti-Trust Act: first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts; it was named for Senator John Sherman. Prior to its enactment.
32. collective bargaining: involves workers organizing together
33. Samuel Gompers: was an American labor leader and a key figure in American labor history.
34. Ellis Island: is the symbol of American immigration and the immigrant experience.
35. Wounded Knee: massacre or the battle of wounded knee was the last armed conflict between the great
36.Francis Ferdinand: was an archduke Austria Este
37.U-Boat: anglicized of the German word about the sound u boot 22.Lusitanian: was an ocean line owned by the canard
23.Zimmerman Telegram: between 1914 a d the spring of 1917 the European nations
24.Selective Service Act: was passed by the 65th United States Congress on May 18, 1917
25.Woodrow Wilson: was the 28th President of the United States.
26.14 Points: was a speech delivered by United States President Woodrow Wilson to a joint session of Congress on January 8, 1918.
27.League of Nations: was an inter-governmental organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919–1920,
28.Reparations: a proposal by extremist in the United States that some type of compensation should be provided to the descendants of enslaved ...
29.Red Scare: is an image database created by Leo Robert Klein. It focuses on the situation in this country immediately following WWI.
Friday, March 26, 2010
World War I Part 2 Review
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
How does the US build an army during WWI? Gathered up groups of people a fought in the American Revolution.
How does the US gov control the economy during WWI?
The first and most important mobilization decision was the size of the army. When the United States entered the war.
How does the US gov control the press during WWI? what ever the u.s government control the government be making
Laws that thy must follow.
How does the US gov control dissent during WWI? They passed the Espionage Act, which was basically a violation of civil rights because it came into play with freedom of speech.
How are women affected by WWI? They had a few rights¸ right to vote. Women life changed or improve.
How are African Americans affected by WWI? More than 350,000 African Americans served in segregated units during World War I, mostly as support troops. Several units saw action alongside French soldiers fighting against the Germans, and 171 African Americans were awarded the French Legion of Honor. In response to protests of discrimination and mistreatment from the black community, several hundred African American men received officers' training in Des Moines, Iowa. By October 1917, over six hundred African Americans were commissioned as captains and first and second lieutenants
How are Mexican Americans affected by WWI? Between 250,000 and 500,000 joined the US Armed Forces. The reason the spread is so large
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
How does the US build an army during WWI? Gathered up groups of people a fought in the American Revolution.
How does the US gov control the economy during WWI?
The first and most important mobilization decision was the size of the army. When the United States entered the war.
How does the US gov control the press during WWI? what ever the u.s government control the government be making
Laws that thy must follow.
How does the US gov control dissent during WWI? They passed the Espionage Act, which was basically a violation of civil rights because it came into play with freedom of speech.
How are women affected by WWI? They had a few rights¸ right to vote. Women life changed or improve.
How are African Americans affected by WWI? More than 350,000 African Americans served in segregated units during World War I, mostly as support troops. Several units saw action alongside French soldiers fighting against the Germans, and 171 African Americans were awarded the French Legion of Honor. In response to protests of discrimination and mistreatment from the black community, several hundred African American men received officers' training in Des Moines, Iowa. By October 1917, over six hundred African Americans were commissioned as captains and first and second lieutenants
How are Mexican Americans affected by WWI? Between 250,000 and 500,000 joined the US Armed Forces. The reason the spread is so large
Thursday, March 18, 2010
ww1 part 2 review
Why did the us shift its position from neutrality to involvement Neutrality Act, law passed by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Franklin ... The acts also signify a power shift from the legislative to the executive ... Also, it disfavored Ethiopia because the act did not prohibit the .... and non-interventionism in the US following its costly involvement in World War I, ...neutrality to involvement ?
Why might the Germans have destroyed LouvainNeutrality Act, law passed by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Franklin ... The acts also signify a power shift from the legislative to the executive ... Also, it disfavored Ethiopia because the act did not prohibit the .... and non-interventionism in the US following its costly involvement in World War.
Why might the Germans have destroyed LouvainNeutrality Act, law passed by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Franklin ... The acts also signify a power shift from the legislative to the executive ... Also, it disfavored Ethiopia because the act did not prohibit the .... and non-interventionism in the US following its costly involvement in World War.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Progressive Part 2 Movements Review
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
Describe what a settlement house is: were important reform institutions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and Chicago's Hull House was the best know.Who was the leading figure of the settlement house movement? Why? Between the late 1880s and the end of World War I, the settlement house movement was an influential Progressive-era response to the massive urban social problems of the day, The United States was in a period of rapid growth, economic distress, labor unrest, unemployment, low wages, unfair labor practices.
Describe Progressive Children’s reforms: Industrialization did not create child labor, but it did contribute to the need for child labor reform. The replacement of skilled artisans by machinery and the growth of factories and mills made child labor increasingly profitable for businesses.
Describe Progressive Industrial Workers Reform: What was the leading cause of it? Students will examine the Craft Revival movement as a reaction to the industrialization of America by middle class northern reformers. This lesson can easily be integrated into a United States history unit and discussion of the process of industrialization, its effects, and its response. Having analyzed the initial industrialization of the country, this lesson can serve as a component of the discussion of progressivismDescribe gov reforms during progressive era: At the local level, many Progressives sought to suppress red-light districts, expand high schools, construct playgrounds, and replace corrupt urban political machines with more efficient system of municipal government. At the state level, Progressives enacted minimum wage laws for women workers, instituted industrial accident insurance, restricted
Direct primary-A preliminary election in which a party's candidates for public office are nominated by direct vote of the.Recall-to take back
Referendum-also known as a plebiscite or a ballot question) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a ...
Initiative-also known as popular or citizen's initiative) provides a means by which a petition signed by a certain minimum number.
Jim Crow Laws-were state and local laws in the United States enacted between 1876 and 1965. They mandated de jure racial segregation in all public.
Plessey vs. Ferguson-163 U.S. 537 (1896), is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding the
Describe how the NAACP started and its mission
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
Describe what a settlement house is: were important reform institutions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and Chicago's Hull House was the best know.Who was the leading figure of the settlement house movement? Why? Between the late 1880s and the end of World War I, the settlement house movement was an influential Progressive-era response to the massive urban social problems of the day, The United States was in a period of rapid growth, economic distress, labor unrest, unemployment, low wages, unfair labor practices.
Describe Progressive Children’s reforms: Industrialization did not create child labor, but it did contribute to the need for child labor reform. The replacement of skilled artisans by machinery and the growth of factories and mills made child labor increasingly profitable for businesses.
Describe Progressive Industrial Workers Reform: What was the leading cause of it? Students will examine the Craft Revival movement as a reaction to the industrialization of America by middle class northern reformers. This lesson can easily be integrated into a United States history unit and discussion of the process of industrialization, its effects, and its response. Having analyzed the initial industrialization of the country, this lesson can serve as a component of the discussion of progressivismDescribe gov reforms during progressive era: At the local level, many Progressives sought to suppress red-light districts, expand high schools, construct playgrounds, and replace corrupt urban political machines with more efficient system of municipal government. At the state level, Progressives enacted minimum wage laws for women workers, instituted industrial accident insurance, restricted
Direct primary-A preliminary election in which a party's candidates for public office are nominated by direct vote of the.Recall-to take back
Referendum-also known as a plebiscite or a ballot question) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a ...
Initiative-also known as popular or citizen's initiative) provides a means by which a petition signed by a certain minimum number.
Jim Crow Laws-were state and local laws in the United States enacted between 1876 and 1965. They mandated de jure racial segregation in all public.
Plessey vs. Ferguson-163 U.S. 537 (1896), is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding the
Describe how the NAACP started and its mission
Monday, March 8, 2010
unit 3 web quest
Unit 3 Web Quest Words1. Radical Republican: were a loose faction of American politicians within the Republican Party from about 1854 (before the American Civil War) until the,2. Wade-Davis bill: of 1864 was a program proposed for the Reconstruction of the South written by two Radical Republicans, Senator Benjamin3. Freedman’s Bureau: The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as the Freedmen's Bureau, was a U.S. federal government.4. Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States (1865–1869). Following the assassination of President Lincoln:5. Fourteenth Amendment: to the United States Constitution, as well as the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, was adopted after the Civil6. Fifteenth amendment: to the United States Constitution prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to ...7. scalawag: was a moniker for southern whites who supported Reconstruction following the Civil War. ...8. carpetbagger: was a negative term Southerners (Americans living in the southern half of the United States, also known as ...9. sharecropping: is a system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crop produced on the land10. Muckraker: seeks to expose corruption of businesses or government to the public. The term originates with writers of the Progressive movement.11. settlement house were important reform institutions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and Chicago's Hull House was the best known.12. Jane Adams: was a founder of the U.S. Settlement House movement, and the second woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize13. 14. direct primary: A preliminary election in which a party's candidates for public office are nominated by direct vote of the.15. initiative: also known as popular or citizen's initiative) provides a means by which a petition signed by a certain minimum number .16. referendum: also known as a plebiscite or a ballot question) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject17. recall: provides the services you need throughout the information life-cycle. From document storage18. Upton Sinclair: was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author who wrote over 90 books in many genres. ...19. Jim Crow Laws: were state and local laws in the United States enacted between 1876 and 1965. They mandated de jure racial segregation in all public20. NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored people.21. Plessey v Ferguson: is a landmark United States Supree Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding.22. sphere of influence: is an area or region over which a state or organization has significant cultural, ...24.Rough Riders: was the name bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish-American War22.Big Stick Diplomacy:23.Roosevelt Corollary: was a substantial amendment to the Monroe Doctrine by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. Roosevelt's extension24.Thomas Edison: was an American inventor, scientist and businessman who developed many devices that greatly ... of the Monroe25.Corollary: was a substantial amendment to the Monroe Doctrine by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. Roosevelt's extension of the monore.26. monopoly:27. cartel: is a formal (explicit) agreement among competing firms. It is a formal organization of producers that agree to coordinate prices, marketing28. John Rockefeller: was a major philanthropist and a pivotal member of the prominent Rockefeller family. ...29. trust: presumed to seek to fulfill policies, ethical codes, law and their previous promises.30. Andrew Carnegie: was born in Dunfermline, S35. Wounded Knee: Massacre or the Battle of Wounded Knee was the last armed conflict between the Great Sioux Nation and the United States of America.Francis Ferdinand: was an cotland, on November 25, 1835. He was the first son of William Carnegie, a linen weaver and local leaders.31. Sherman Anti-Trust Act: first measurwas an American labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers founded the ...34. Ellis Island: is the symbol of American immigration and the immigrant experience. Use our Free Search to find your immigrant ancestors arriving throughe passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts; it was named for Senator John Sherman. Prior to its enactment.32. collective bargaining: involves workers organizing together (usually in unions) to meet, discuss, and negotiate upon ...33. Samuel Gompers: was an American labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers1. Francis Ferdinand: was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungarian and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia
2. U-Boat: is the anglicized version of the German word About this sound U-Boot (help·info), itself an abbreviation
3. Lusitania: was an ocean liner owned by the Cunard Line and built by John Brown and Company of Clydebank, Scotland. She was torpedoed.
4. Zimmerman Telegram: was a coded telegram dispatched by the foreign
5. Selective Service Act: was drafted by Brigadier General Hugh Johnson after the United States entered the First World War. The law authorized President.
2. U-Boat: is the anglicized version of the German word About this sound U-Boot (help·info), itself an abbreviation
3. Lusitania: was an ocean liner owned by the Cunard Line and built by John Brown and Company of Clydebank, Scotland. She was torpedoed.
4. Zimmerman Telegram: was a coded telegram dispatched by the foreign
5. Selective Service Act: was drafted by Brigadier General Hugh Johnson after the United States entered the First World War. The law authorized President.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Unit 3 Web Quest Words
1. Radical Republican: were a loose faction of American politicians within the Republican Party from about 1854 (before the American Civil War) until the,
2. Wade-Davis bill: of 1864 was a program proposed for the Reconstruction of the South written by two Radical Republicans, Senator Benjamin
3. Freedman’s Bureau: The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as the Freedmen's Bureau, was a U.S. federal government.
4. Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States (1865–1869). Following the assassination of President Lincoln:
5. Fourteenth Amendment: to the United States Constitution, as well as the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, was adopted after the Civil
6. Fifteenth amendment: to the United States Constitution prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to ...
7. scalawag: was a moniker for southern whites who supported Reconstruction following the Civil War. ...
8. carpetbagger: was a negative term Southerners (Americans living in the southern half of the United States, also known as ...
9. sharecropping: is a system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crop produced on the land
10. Muckraker: seeks to expose corruption of businesses or government to the public. The term originates with writers of the Progressive movement.
11. settlement house were important reform institutions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and Chicago's Hull House was the best known.
12. Jane Adams: was a founder of the U.S. Settlement House movement, and the second woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
13.
14. direct primary: A preliminary election in which a party's candidates for public office are nominated by direct vote of the.
15. initiative: also known as popular or citizen's initiative) provides a means by which a petition signed by a certain minimum number .
16. referendum: also known as a plebiscite or a ballot question) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject
17. recall: provides the services you need throughout the information life-cycle. From document storage
18. Upton Sinclair: was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author who wrote over 90 books in many genres. ...
19. Jim Crow Laws: were state and local laws in the United States enacted between 1876 and 1965. They mandated de jure racial segregation in all public
20. NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored people.
21. Plessey v Ferguson: is a landmark United States Supree Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding.
22. sphere of influence: is an area or region over which a state or organization has significant cultural, ...
24.Rough Riders: was the name bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish-American War
22.Big Stick Diplomacy:
23.Roosevelt Corollary: was a substantial amendment to the Monroe Doctrine by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. Roosevelt's extension
24.Thomas Edison: was an American inventor, scientist and businessman who developed many devices that greatly ... of the Monroe
25.Corollary: was a substantial amendment to the Monroe Doctrine by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. Roosevelt's extension of the monore.
26. monopoly:
27. cartel: is a formal (explicit) agreement among competing firms. It is a formal organization of producers that agree to coordinate prices, marketing
28. John Rockefeller: was a major philanthropist and a pivotal member of the prominent Rockefeller family. ...
29. trust: presumed to seek to fulfill policies, ethical codes, law and their previous promises.
30. Andrew Carnegie: was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, on November 25, 1835. He was the first son of William Carnegie, a linen weaver and local leaders.
31. Sherman Anti-Trust Act: first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts; it was named for Senator John Sherman. Prior to its enactment.
32. collective bargaining: involves workers organizing together (usually in unions) to meet, discuss, and negotiate upon ...
33. Samuel Gompers: was an American labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers founded the ...
34. Ellis Island: is the symbol of American immigration and the immigrant experience. Use our Free Search to find your immigrant ancestors arriving through
35. Wounded Knee: Massacre or the Battle of Wounded Knee was the last armed conflict between the Great Sioux Nation and the United States of America.Francis Ferdinand: was an Archd
1. Radical Republican: were a loose faction of American politicians within the Republican Party from about 1854 (before the American Civil War) until the,
2. Wade-Davis bill: of 1864 was a program proposed for the Reconstruction of the South written by two Radical Republicans, Senator Benjamin
3. Freedman’s Bureau: The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as the Freedmen's Bureau, was a U.S. federal government.
4. Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States (1865–1869). Following the assassination of President Lincoln:
5. Fourteenth Amendment: to the United States Constitution, as well as the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, was adopted after the Civil
6. Fifteenth amendment: to the United States Constitution prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to ...
7. scalawag: was a moniker for southern whites who supported Reconstruction following the Civil War. ...
8. carpetbagger: was a negative term Southerners (Americans living in the southern half of the United States, also known as ...
9. sharecropping: is a system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crop produced on the land
10. Muckraker: seeks to expose corruption of businesses or government to the public. The term originates with writers of the Progressive movement.
11. settlement house were important reform institutions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and Chicago's Hull House was the best known.
12. Jane Adams: was a founder of the U.S. Settlement House movement, and the second woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
13.
14. direct primary: A preliminary election in which a party's candidates for public office are nominated by direct vote of the.
15. initiative: also known as popular or citizen's initiative) provides a means by which a petition signed by a certain minimum number .
16. referendum: also known as a plebiscite or a ballot question) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject
17. recall: provides the services you need throughout the information life-cycle. From document storage
18. Upton Sinclair: was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author who wrote over 90 books in many genres. ...
19. Jim Crow Laws: were state and local laws in the United States enacted between 1876 and 1965. They mandated de jure racial segregation in all public
20. NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored people.
21. Plessey v Ferguson: is a landmark United States Supree Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding.
22. sphere of influence: is an area or region over which a state or organization has significant cultural, ...
24.Rough Riders: was the name bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish-American War
22.Big Stick Diplomacy:
23.Roosevelt Corollary: was a substantial amendment to the Monroe Doctrine by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. Roosevelt's extension
24.Thomas Edison: was an American inventor, scientist and businessman who developed many devices that greatly ... of the Monroe
25.Corollary: was a substantial amendment to the Monroe Doctrine by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. Roosevelt's extension of the monore.
26. monopoly:
27. cartel: is a formal (explicit) agreement among competing firms. It is a formal organization of producers that agree to coordinate prices, marketing
28. John Rockefeller: was a major philanthropist and a pivotal member of the prominent Rockefeller family. ...
29. trust: presumed to seek to fulfill policies, ethical codes, law and their previous promises.
30. Andrew Carnegie: was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, on November 25, 1835. He was the first son of William Carnegie, a linen weaver and local leaders.
31. Sherman Anti-Trust Act: first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts; it was named for Senator John Sherman. Prior to its enactment.
32. collective bargaining: involves workers organizing together (usually in unions) to meet, discuss, and negotiate upon ...
33. Samuel Gompers: was an American labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers founded the ...
34. Ellis Island: is the symbol of American immigration and the immigrant experience. Use our Free Search to find your immigrant ancestors arriving through
35. Wounded Knee: Massacre or the Battle of Wounded Knee was the last armed conflict between the Great Sioux Nation and the United States of America.Francis Ferdinand: was an Archd
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Civil War Part 7 Review
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition. Where it says from a certain number that tells you what number it is from in your notebook.
How did Lincoln’s death effect US? People was shocked that he was assionated
Why did the North win the war?A combination of a greater population to draw manpower from, combined with more industrial capacity to produce war materials, and the ability to blockade.
How was the economy effected by the war/the war was responsible for a heavy strain on the financial resources of the us economy.
How was society effected by the war? Had a great loss of things.
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition. Where it says from a certain number that tells you what number it is from in your notebook.
How did Lincoln’s death effect US? People was shocked that he was assionated
Why did the North win the war?A combination of a greater population to draw manpower from, combined with more industrial capacity to produce war materials, and the ability to blockade.
How was the economy effected by the war/the war was responsible for a heavy strain on the financial resources of the us economy.
How was society effected by the war? Had a great loss of things.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Civil War Part 5 Review
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
What two strategies does Grant use to win the war? He sought to win control of the Mississippi Valley. In February 1862 he took
Describe how Grant takes it to Lee: union warrior who has puzzled so many for so long. Its gives a detailed one fascinating anecdoteDescribe Sherman’s March to the Sea: is the name commonly given to the Savannah Campaign conducted across Georgia during November-December 1864 by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army in the American Civil War. The Lincoln Administration Pursuit of Freedom There are many ways to describe what freedom is; in fact Webster’s dictionary offers nine different explanations of what the word means. “A right or the power to engage in certain actions without control or interference,” is one of
Describe the Battle of Petersburg: campaign was a series of battles around Peterburg Virgina fought from june 9,1864the during the American cilvil war
Describe Lee’s surrender: With his army surrounded, his men weak and exhausted, Robert E. lee realized there was little choice but to consider the surrender of his Army to General Grant. After a series of notes between the two leaders, they agreed to meet on April 9, 1865, at the house of Wilmer McLean in the village of Appomattox Courthouse
Describe the death of Lincoln: The Lincoln Administration Pursuit of Freedom There are many ways to describe what freedom is; in fact Webster’s dictionary offers nine different explanations of what the word means. “A right or the power to engage in certain actions without control or interference.
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
What two strategies does Grant use to win the war? He sought to win control of the Mississippi Valley. In February 1862 he took
Describe how Grant takes it to Lee: union warrior who has puzzled so many for so long. Its gives a detailed one fascinating anecdoteDescribe Sherman’s March to the Sea: is the name commonly given to the Savannah Campaign conducted across Georgia during November-December 1864 by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army in the American Civil War. The Lincoln Administration Pursuit of Freedom There are many ways to describe what freedom is; in fact Webster’s dictionary offers nine different explanations of what the word means. “A right or the power to engage in certain actions without control or interference,” is one of
Describe the Battle of Petersburg: campaign was a series of battles around Peterburg Virgina fought from june 9,1864the during the American cilvil war
Describe Lee’s surrender: With his army surrounded, his men weak and exhausted, Robert E. lee realized there was little choice but to consider the surrender of his Army to General Grant. After a series of notes between the two leaders, they agreed to meet on April 9, 1865, at the house of Wilmer McLean in the village of Appomattox Courthouse
Describe the death of Lincoln: The Lincoln Administration Pursuit of Freedom There are many ways to describe what freedom is; in fact Webster’s dictionary offers nine different explanations of what the word means. “A right or the power to engage in certain actions without control or interference.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
exit ticket
current event
janary12, 2010 A major earthquake struck southern Haiti on Tuesday, knocking down buildings and power lines and inflicting what its ambassador to the United States called a catastrophe for the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation.
Several eyewitnesses reported heavy damage and bodies in the streets of the capital, Port-au bopeople is runing out of food and water, body bags,etc these people need help.
how it will affect us all ouver the workd: we need to help we give these people and what is takin out of our packet and all the destruction all over get haiti will need to rebuilt even when the news and carmas go off people will for get about it a little but these people in haiti will still need help years from now.
janary12, 2010 A major earthquake struck southern Haiti on Tuesday, knocking down buildings and power lines and inflicting what its ambassador to the United States called a catastrophe for the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation.
Several eyewitnesses reported heavy damage and bodies in the streets of the capital, Port-au bopeople is runing out of food and water, body bags,etc these people need help.
how it will affect us all ouver the workd: we need to help we give these people and what is takin out of our packet and all the destruction all over get haiti will need to rebuilt even when the news and carmas go off people will for get about it a little but these people in haiti will still need help years from now.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
describe the nort confederation of the northwest ordinance: was an act of the congress of the of the confederation of the united states.
describe jefferson plan to expand the us: basiston reacted with anger to american propasol to expand its drone missile strike inside the county.
describe the louisiana purchase: Finally, the question of the Louisiana purchase marked the beginning of a debate over constitutional interpretation that still goes on today. Jefferson and others advocated a strict interpretation of the document, because they wanted to restrict intrusions by the ... Briefly describe the extent of this territory
describe the lewis and clark expedition: Lewis and William Clark as they explore the American Northwest.
describe the monroe doctrine:The Monroe Doctrine was a United States policy that was introduced on December 2, 1823, which said that further efforts by European governments to colonize land or interfere with states in the American.
describe jefferson plan to expand the us: basiston reacted with anger to american propasol to expand its drone missile strike inside the county.
describe the louisiana purchase: Finally, the question of the Louisiana purchase marked the beginning of a debate over constitutional interpretation that still goes on today. Jefferson and others advocated a strict interpretation of the document, because they wanted to restrict intrusions by the ... Briefly describe the extent of this territory
describe the lewis and clark expedition: Lewis and William Clark as they explore the American Northwest.
describe the monroe doctrine:The Monroe Doctrine was a United States policy that was introduced on December 2, 1823, which said that further efforts by European governments to colonize land or interfere with states in the American.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Chart of the three branches of government
Legislative judicial
Congress
Make laws
House of Representatives
1) two years
2) must be 25 years to be in office
3) house of representative have the power to taxes
4) house of representative
Senate
5) 6 years
6) 30 years old
7) The senate approve all appointments
8) The senate approve all treaty
9) The senate have the power to try in placement
Both together
10) Congress has the power to make a law
11) Congress has the power to declare war
12) Over ride the president vote
13) Congress have the power to pass the
Executive
President, vice president, cabinet
Legislative judicial
Congress
Make laws
House of Representatives
1) two years
2) must be 25 years to be in office
3) house of representative have the power to taxes
4) house of representative
Senate
5) 6 years
6) 30 years old
7) The senate approve all appointments
8) The senate approve all treaty
9) The senate have the power to try in placement
Both together
10) Congress has the power to make a law
11) Congress has the power to declare war
12) Over ride the president vote
13) Congress have the power to pass the
Executive
President, vice president, cabinet
Thursday, January 28, 2010
1) What is history: history is the study of the past, focused on human activity and leading up to the present day.
2) Why might Indians have participated in the fuel trade: Thus, Indians have been made subject to state income taxation, Leahy v ... The only federal statutes which might be construed to exempt Indians from the ... the Commissioner of Indian Affairs the power to regulate trade with Indians
3) From what counties did the ship come and what goods were they carrying? If the colonist considered themselves English why would they violate English law: The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas? The invasion began in February 1519 and was acclaimed victorious
4) What unusual opportunities do atoms say Americans have? Why have few people in human history had these opportunities? The procedure adopted in 1795 regarding the ratification of the Jay Treaty by the United States was a most unusual one. While two originals ... And whereas it will satisfy and be conformable with the said Advice and consent of the Senate, if there be added to the said Treaty.
5) Why the Virginia House of Burgesses through it was too radical: Hodge and Kirkland’s pamphlet describes the descendants of Randall III through his son Joseph John and his descendants in North Carolina. ... In 1657, Randall was a member of the Virginia house of burgesses
6) What are rangers: An army ranger is part of the U.S. military and is known for their skilled-art for remaining undetected in warfare. They are specialized fighting forces
2) Why might Indians have participated in the fuel trade: Thus, Indians have been made subject to state income taxation, Leahy v ... The only federal statutes which might be construed to exempt Indians from the ... the Commissioner of Indian Affairs the power to regulate trade with Indians
3) From what counties did the ship come and what goods were they carrying? If the colonist considered themselves English why would they violate English law: The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas? The invasion began in February 1519 and was acclaimed victorious
4) What unusual opportunities do atoms say Americans have? Why have few people in human history had these opportunities? The procedure adopted in 1795 regarding the ratification of the Jay Treaty by the United States was a most unusual one. While two originals ... And whereas it will satisfy and be conformable with the said Advice and consent of the Senate, if there be added to the said Treaty.
5) Why the Virginia House of Burgesses through it was too radical: Hodge and Kirkland’s pamphlet describes the descendants of Randall III through his son Joseph John and his descendants in North Carolina. ... In 1657, Randall was a member of the Virginia house of burgesses
6) What are rangers: An army ranger is part of the U.S. military and is known for their skilled-art for remaining undetected in warfare. They are specialized fighting forces
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Web Quest Unit 1 Words
1. missionary: A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to carry on ministries of the word,
2. viceroy: is a royal official who runs a country or province in the name of and as representative of the monarch. ...
3. Northwest Passage: is a sea route through the, artic ocean along the northern coast of north America via waterways
4. charter:
5. joint stock company: is a type of business entity: it is a type of corporation or parthership involving two or more legal persons.
6. Powhatan: is the name of a Virginia Indian tribe. It is also the name of a powerful confederacy
7. House of Burgess: was empowered to enact legislation for the colony, but its actions were subject to veto by the governor
8. Royal Colony: a colony governed directly by a king or queen in other countries.
9. Proprietary Colony: is a colony in which one or more private land owners retain rights that are normally the privilege of the state, and in all cases
10. Puritan:were a group of people who grew discontent in the Church of England and worked towards religious, moral and societal reforms
11. Separatist:is the advocacy of a state of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental or gender separation from the larger group
12. Pilgrim:were English Separatists. In the first years of the 17th century, small numbers of English Puritans broke away from the church of englang.
13. Mayflower Compact:was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the colonists, later together known to history as the pilgrims.
14. John Winthrop: 12 January 1587/8– 26 March 1649 obtained a royal charter, along with other wealthy Puritans, from King Charles for the Massachusetts Bay
15. Pequot War: was an armed conflict in 1634-1638 between an alliance of Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies, with Native American allies
16. King Phillip’s War:In the 55-year span between the arrival of the Mayflower and the outbreak of King Philip's War, the English had prospered, multiplied and expanded their
17. Bacon’s Rebellion:was an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony, led by Nathaniel Bacon, a wealthy planter. It was the first rebellion in the american
18. Pocahontas:was a Virginia Indian princess notable for having assisted colonial settlers at Jamestown in present-day Virginia
19. Walter Raleigh:
1554 Sir Walter Raleigh was born in Hayes Barton in Devonshire
Part of a leading Protestant family
1. missionary: A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to carry on ministries of the word,
2. viceroy: is a royal official who runs a country or province in the name of and as representative of the monarch. ...
3. Northwest Passage: is a sea route through the, artic ocean along the northern coast of north America via waterways
4. charter:
5. joint stock company: is a type of business entity: it is a type of corporation or parthership involving two or more legal persons.
6. Powhatan: is the name of a Virginia Indian tribe. It is also the name of a powerful confederacy
7. House of Burgess: was empowered to enact legislation for the colony, but its actions were subject to veto by the governor
8. Royal Colony: a colony governed directly by a king or queen in other countries.
9. Proprietary Colony: is a colony in which one or more private land owners retain rights that are normally the privilege of the state, and in all cases
10. Puritan:were a group of people who grew discontent in the Church of England and worked towards religious, moral and societal reforms
11. Separatist:is the advocacy of a state of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental or gender separation from the larger group
12. Pilgrim:were English Separatists. In the first years of the 17th century, small numbers of English Puritans broke away from the church of englang.
13. Mayflower Compact:was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the colonists, later together known to history as the pilgrims.
14. John Winthrop: 12 January 1587/8– 26 March 1649 obtained a royal charter, along with other wealthy Puritans, from King Charles for the Massachusetts Bay
15. Pequot War: was an armed conflict in 1634-1638 between an alliance of Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies, with Native American allies
16. King Phillip’s War:In the 55-year span between the arrival of the Mayflower and the outbreak of King Philip's War, the English had prospered, multiplied and expanded their
17. Bacon’s Rebellion:was an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony, led by Nathaniel Bacon, a wealthy planter. It was the first rebellion in the american
18. Pocahontas:was a Virginia Indian princess notable for having assisted colonial settlers at Jamestown in present-day Virginia
19. Walter Raleigh:
1554 Sir Walter Raleigh was born in Hayes Barton in Devonshire
Part of a leading Protestant family
The Causes of Am Rev Part 2 Review
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
Describe where the protest over new taxes got many of their ideas: The act required that many printed materials in the colonies carry a. Tax These printed materials were legal documents, magazines, newspapers and many other types of paper used throughout the colonies.
Describe what action the Stamp Act Congress took, and the British response to it: These printed materials were legal documents, magazines, newspapers and many other types of paper used throughout the colonies. Like previous taxes, the Stamp tax had to be paid in valid British currency, not in colonial paper money.
Describe the Boston Massacre and its causes: The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British soldiers on March 5, 1770. It was the culmination of civilian-military tensions that had been growing since royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts in October 1768 to enforce the heavy tax burden imposed by the Townshend Acts.In response to these tensions, Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hutchinson ordered that the British soldiers be withdrawn to Castle Island, giving the colonists a much-celebrated victory and indicating the rudderless nature of British policy.
Describe British response to the Boston Massacre:
Conflicts between the British and the colonists had been on the rise because the British government had been trying to increase control over the colonies and raise taxes at the same time. The event in Boston helped to unite the colonies against Britain. What started as a minor fight became a turning point in the beginnings of the American Revolution. The Boston Massacre helped spark the colonists' desire for American independence, while the dead rioters became martyrs for liberty.
Describe the Boston Tea Party and the British response to it: The Boston Tea Party was not a party but a raid that happened in the Boston harbor. The reason the Boston Tea Party happened was because the British government called, "The Parliament" put duties or taxes on some imported items (tea, for one) in America. The colonist had two fears about this. One: The local merchants that sold tea would be put out of business due to the tax on their tea
Describe the First Continental Congress and what policiews came out of it: he Continental Congress was called in the American colonies in response to the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) enacted by Parliament. Among other things, the act closed the port of Boston. 12 of the 13 colonies sent representatives to Philadelphia which met on 5 September 1774. The Congress composed a list of complaints they had against Great Britain. The Declaration of Rights and Grievances was address to the King
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
Describe where the protest over new taxes got many of their ideas: The act required that many printed materials in the colonies carry a. Tax These printed materials were legal documents, magazines, newspapers and many other types of paper used throughout the colonies.
Describe what action the Stamp Act Congress took, and the British response to it: These printed materials were legal documents, magazines, newspapers and many other types of paper used throughout the colonies. Like previous taxes, the Stamp tax had to be paid in valid British currency, not in colonial paper money.
Describe the Boston Massacre and its causes: The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British soldiers on March 5, 1770. It was the culmination of civilian-military tensions that had been growing since royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts in October 1768 to enforce the heavy tax burden imposed by the Townshend Acts.In response to these tensions, Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hutchinson ordered that the British soldiers be withdrawn to Castle Island, giving the colonists a much-celebrated victory and indicating the rudderless nature of British policy.
Describe British response to the Boston Massacre:
Conflicts between the British and the colonists had been on the rise because the British government had been trying to increase control over the colonies and raise taxes at the same time. The event in Boston helped to unite the colonies against Britain. What started as a minor fight became a turning point in the beginnings of the American Revolution. The Boston Massacre helped spark the colonists' desire for American independence, while the dead rioters became martyrs for liberty.
Describe the Boston Tea Party and the British response to it: The Boston Tea Party was not a party but a raid that happened in the Boston harbor. The reason the Boston Tea Party happened was because the British government called, "The Parliament" put duties or taxes on some imported items (tea, for one) in America. The colonist had two fears about this. One: The local merchants that sold tea would be put out of business due to the tax on their tea
Describe the First Continental Congress and what policiews came out of it: he Continental Congress was called in the American colonies in response to the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) enacted by Parliament. Among other things, the act closed the port of Boston. 12 of the 13 colonies sent representatives to Philadelphia which met on 5 September 1774. The Congress composed a list of complaints they had against Great Britain. The Declaration of Rights and Grievances was address to the King
Friday, January 15, 2010
The Causes of Am Rev Part 1 Review
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
Describe the similarities and differences between the British and colonial govs: British government not a formal document but series of law and tradition while colonies had formal document. Most colonies owned enough property to qualify to vote while most British did not
Describe why the British gov imposes new taxes on the colonies: Colonies merchants avoided taxes by smuggling and bribing officials. New prime Minster set up formal system in sugar act meant colonies could not get around tax.
Describe some of the new taxes imposed by the British gov in the 1760’s: political upheaval in GB and European wars had allowed the elections assemblies to increase power at expense of government.
Describe the Stamp Act and the colonist response to it: 1765 parliament also passer stamp act which requires colonist to pay tax on printed materials colonist angrily protested cause did not think parliament could tax colonist directly without rep in parliament
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
Describe the similarities and differences between the British and colonial govs: British government not a formal document but series of law and tradition while colonies had formal document. Most colonies owned enough property to qualify to vote while most British did not
Describe why the British gov imposes new taxes on the colonies: Colonies merchants avoided taxes by smuggling and bribing officials. New prime Minster set up formal system in sugar act meant colonies could not get around tax.
Describe some of the new taxes imposed by the British gov in the 1760’s: political upheaval in GB and European wars had allowed the elections assemblies to increase power at expense of government.
Describe the Stamp Act and the colonist response to it: 1765 parliament also passer stamp act which requires colonist to pay tax on printed materials colonist angrily protested cause did not think parliament could tax colonist directly without rep in parliament
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Other Settlements Review
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
Describe initial Spanish exploration of the New World: Cortez was a young Spaniard who went to Cuba to find his fortune. He heard stories of gold in Mexico and South America. In 1519 Cortez left Cuba to find this gold. With 300 Aztecs to every one of Cortez's men the Spanish fought. After 3 battles the Indians gave up. They could not complete against the guns and horses. The Spaniards also wore metal armor. More than this the Indians
Describe Spanish exploration of what would become US including their treatment of Indians: The impact of the Age of Exploration has led some historians to consider this period as a "turning point" in history. Students learning aspects of the Age of Exploration need to be aware of the myriad motives that drove the European countries to explore, conquer, and settle the New World.
Describe French Exploration of the New World: Plantation owners would sometimes hang their slaves because the slave was causing ... Myers and Massy describe the extent of many punishers, “The punishment of .... In many households, treatment of slaves varied with the slave's skin color. ..... Including Kentucky and Tennessee which became slave-selling states in...
Describe French founding of New Orleans: The French first came to the New World as explorers, seeking a route to the Pacific Ocean and wealth. Major French exploration of North America began under the reign
Describe Dutch Exploration in North America: The first phase of European activity in the Americas began with the Atlantic Ocean crossings of Christopher Columbus, sponsored by Spain, whose original attempt was to find a new route to India and China, known as He was followed by other explorers such as
Describe the discovery of Pennsylvania: When first discovered by Europeans, Pennsylvania, like the rest of the continent, was inhabited by groups of American Indians, people of Mongoloid ancestry unaware of European culture. The life of the Indians reflected Stone Age backgrounds
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
Describe initial Spanish exploration of the New World: Cortez was a young Spaniard who went to Cuba to find his fortune. He heard stories of gold in Mexico and South America. In 1519 Cortez left Cuba to find this gold. With 300 Aztecs to every one of Cortez's men the Spanish fought. After 3 battles the Indians gave up. They could not complete against the guns and horses. The Spaniards also wore metal armor. More than this the Indians
Describe Spanish exploration of what would become US including their treatment of Indians: The impact of the Age of Exploration has led some historians to consider this period as a "turning point" in history. Students learning aspects of the Age of Exploration need to be aware of the myriad motives that drove the European countries to explore, conquer, and settle the New World.
Describe French Exploration of the New World: Plantation owners would sometimes hang their slaves because the slave was causing ... Myers and Massy describe the extent of many punishers, “The punishment of .... In many households, treatment of slaves varied with the slave's skin color. ..... Including Kentucky and Tennessee which became slave-selling states in...
Describe French founding of New Orleans: The French first came to the New World as explorers, seeking a route to the Pacific Ocean and wealth. Major French exploration of North America began under the reign
Describe Dutch Exploration in North America: The first phase of European activity in the Americas began with the Atlantic Ocean crossings of Christopher Columbus, sponsored by Spain, whose original attempt was to find a new route to India and China, known as He was followed by other explorers such as
Describe the discovery of Pennsylvania: When first discovered by Europeans, Pennsylvania, like the rest of the continent, was inhabited by groups of American Indians, people of Mongoloid ancestry unaware of European culture. The life of the Indians reflected Stone Age backgrounds
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Other Settlements Review
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
Describe initial Spanish exploration of the New World: Spanish discovery and colonization in the united. The door to European exploitation of the new world.
Describe Spanish exploration of what would become US including their treatment of Indians: Cabaza de Vaca explored Americans gulf coast just prior to de soto while in houstion visting the native conviced vaca
Describe French Exploration of the New World: French commissioned exploration in the New World, especially American East Coast ... Verazzani coasted further northward, and it is evident, from his topographical description, that he entered the harbor of New York and discovered the mouth of the Hudson River. He made a ... He appears to have left the service of the French king,
Describe French founding of New Orleans: The land grant wasn't motivated by fond familial regard; Louis sought keep his precious Louisiana Territory out of British hands. The French had lost the Seven Years' War to the British, and King Louis foresaw the upcoming repercussions. The next year, Britain and France signed the Treaty of Paris that ended the war officially and gave the English all of Louisiana east of the Mississippi River -- except for New Orleans
Describe Dutch Exploration in North America: The Dutch were also engaged in the exploration of America. Formerly a Protestant province of Spain, the Netherlands was determined to become a commercial power and saw exploration as a means to that end. ... US History Companion: Exploration Of North America...
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
Describe initial Spanish exploration of the New World: Spanish discovery and colonization in the united. The door to European exploitation of the new world.
Describe Spanish exploration of what would become US including their treatment of Indians: Cabaza de Vaca explored Americans gulf coast just prior to de soto while in houstion visting the native conviced vaca
Describe French Exploration of the New World: French commissioned exploration in the New World, especially American East Coast ... Verazzani coasted further northward, and it is evident, from his topographical description, that he entered the harbor of New York and discovered the mouth of the Hudson River. He made a ... He appears to have left the service of the French king,
Describe French founding of New Orleans: The land grant wasn't motivated by fond familial regard; Louis sought keep his precious Louisiana Territory out of British hands. The French had lost the Seven Years' War to the British, and King Louis foresaw the upcoming repercussions. The next year, Britain and France signed the Treaty of Paris that ended the war officially and gave the English all of Louisiana east of the Mississippi River -- except for New Orleans
Describe Dutch Exploration in North America: The Dutch were also engaged in the exploration of America. Formerly a Protestant province of Spain, the Netherlands was determined to become a commercial power and saw exploration as a means to that end. ... US History Companion: Exploration Of North America...
Thursday, January 7, 2010
New England Settlement Review
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
Describe the Puritans and why they came to the New World: most of the New England colonist New England the churches are called Anglican. The leader of the churches is the king. The king don’t like people going behind his churches
Describe Puritan Society: 1620 john Winthrop led a much larger group of puritans to American
Describe Puritan interaction with the Indians: puritan came to New England to set up territory
Describe King Phillip’s War: 1933 Puritan and Pequot Indians are at war. After war puritans are tell the Indians to move to praying towns where they could be closely supervised by missionaries.
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
Describe the Puritans and why they came to the New World: most of the New England colonist New England the churches are called Anglican. The leader of the churches is the king. The king don’t like people going behind his churches
Describe Puritan Society: 1620 john Winthrop led a much larger group of puritans to American
Describe Puritan interaction with the Indians: puritan came to New England to set up territory
Describe King Phillip’s War: 1933 Puritan and Pequot Indians are at war. After war puritans are tell the Indians to move to praying towns where they could be closely supervised by missionaries.
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