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Unit 3 Web Quest Words
1. Radical Republican were apart of the Republican Party that was opposed against slavery during war.
2. Wade-Davis bill was a program made Benjamin Wade and Winter Davis which were apart of the Republican Party, they made it to reconstruct the federalism and republicanism.
3. Freedman’s Bureau main focus was to provide food and medical care and to help the freedmen to resettle, to ensure justice for freedmen.
4. Andrew Johnson was the 17th president and also was the 1st president to be impeached.
5. Fourteenth Amendment makes everyone equal and does not matter what race you are or religion, you are all created equal.
6. Fifteenth amendment made everybody have the right to vote.
7. Scalawag was the nickname of white southerners who supported the North.
8. Carpetbagger was the nickname of Northerners who went to the south for Finical Advantage.
9. Sharecropping is a system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land for exchange shares of crops.
10. Muckrakers were people who wrote about the urban lives of the homeless people and poverty.
11. Settlement house was to help the poor have houses during the Progressive Movement.
12. Jane Adams was the founder of the U.S. Settlement House movement and was the 2nd woman to won to the Noble Peace Prize.
13. Direct primary is where the people can vote for any group or party.
14. Initiative is a petition signed by certain number of voters so that they can force a public vote.
15. Referendum is a direct vote that can make the entire electorate accept or reject it.
16. Recall is when they want you to bring back a product if it is defective.
17. Upton Sinclair was the author of “The Jungle” that exposed the conditions of a U.S. meat packing industry.
18. Jim Crow Laws were state and local laws that separated the Americans and the African Americans equally.
19. NAACP is a group the stands for the Civil Rights of African Americans and colored folks.

GD PART 2 REVIEW :[

BR: Charley Bull suggested that the hobo life was very dangerous and that people died moving from place to place, looking for homes and job hunting.

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? People didn’t really understand the stock market crash and the reasons behind it, and others did understand not having jobs the next day.

How did the unemployed live? Gradually workers hours were cut, and eventually many lost their jobs. When a worker lost his job, they went from factory to factory without luck.

How did GD affect farmers? As the prices fell and drought ensued, farmers fell further and further into debt. The income they got was not enough to pay for their new supplies.

What other problems did farmers face? Many lost their farms and moved around the country trying surviving and became tenant farmers.

How did GD affect family life? Men sank into shame and despair with some even leaving their families and also the birthrates went down and women began to work.

How did Hoover try to handle the depression? Hoover tries to help but was not very successful, and at first gave hands off approach but soon realizes policy does not work.

WebQuest Words unit 3

Unit 3 Web Quest Words
1. Radical Republican were apart of the Republican Party that was opposed against slavery during war.
2. Wade-Davis bill was a program made Benjamin Wade and Winter Davis which were apart of the Republican Party, they made it to reconstruct the federalism and republicanism.
3. Freedman’s Bureau main focus was to provide food and medical care and to help the freedmen to resettle, to ensure justice for freedmen.
4. Andrew Johnson was the 17th president and also was the 1st president to be impeached.
5. Fourteenth Amendment makes everyone equal and does not matter what race you are or religion, you are all created equal.
6. Fifteenth amendment made everybody have the right to vote.
7. Scalawag was the nickname of white southerners who supported the North.
8. Carpetbagger was the nickname of Northerners who went to the south for Finical Advantage.
9. Sharecropping is a system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land for exchange shares of crops.

The Great Depression review part 1 :[

BR: Why might Americans have innvested their money in stock instead of putting it into savings? The people enojoyed what seem the endless era of prospersity and putting the money in stocks cause of the confidence they had.

Great Depression Part 1 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

How did Herbert Hoover win the election of 1828? When he helped during WWI with the economy, and with that he won the Elections for president.

What things were going on in the 20’s that lead to the Great Depression? People were putting their savings into the Stock market and also farmers had to increase production during WWI to meet the demand which meant buying new land.

What was Black Tuesday? How did it happen? On Oct. 29, 1929, the Stock Market crashed completely and a lot of Americans lost billions of dollars with many who bought on margin.

What effects did Black Tuesday have on the US? Black Tuesday started a chain of reactions that led to the collapse of US economy. The crisis began make people become scared for the security of their money in the banks.

How did the Depression spread globally? With the reparation payments, War Debt Payments, and imbalance of trade had created shaky economic structure. The international economy had been funded largely by US loans so with the collapse of banks in US loans were curtailed leading to business to crash and unemployment in Europe.

WWI part dos :)

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? Wilson encouraged Americans to volunteer for services and pushed Congress to pass selected Service act which drafted young man.

How does the US gov control the economy during WWI? The US created the first Council of National Defense which created array of new fed agencies to oversee war efforts different phases and regulate the industries.

How does the US gov control the press during WWI? The US used the press to make the Americans understand the trouble the soldiers went through and to support the war effort. They make posters, speakers, and pamphlets to get their attention.

How does the US gov control dissent during WWI? The CPI limited the number of opposition views and made it difficult for those views to be shared.

How are women affected by WWI? They supported the soldiers and went out to the war as nurses to help them and there were others who would

How are African Americans affected by WWI? They showed their loyalty and patriotism for the US.

How are Mexican Americans affected by WWI? They moved up North and increased the demand on agriculture products and decreased in farm workers.

BR : Why would the gov want citizens to support the war effort? To get more troops to draw from and aid them as the fought.

La guerra de los Espanoles!!!

Span Am Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

What interest does the US have in Cuba? Because the US felt independence battle close to own struggle and didn’t like Spanish tactics in war.

How did newspapers have a role in the start of the Span Am War? Editor Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst publish publication called “Yellow Press” cause of cartoon. These publications exaggerate Spanish atrocities and compared Cuban to US fight for indp.

What pushes US into Span Am War? The newspapers; where it shows that Hearst publishes intercepted letter from Spain’s ambassador to DC that called McKinley a weak stupid politician further inflaming situation.

Describe the War include major groups that fought in war: The US fought the Spanish alongside with people and fought against places where the Spanish had created an empire.

WW1 part review :)

World War I Part 1 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

How does nationalism influence countries in the early 1900’s? Europeans believed they should express nationalism of a single group in country and believed best nation should come out ahead. For many countries Indus output, trade, and, possessions of empires were yardstick of greatness.

What is militarism? How does it influence Europe in the early 1900’s? The European leaders, war was going to happen so to prepare increased size of military.

Triple Alliance- Germany, Italy, Austria Hungary

Triple Entente- Russia, GB, and France

How does the war start? The assassination of Franz Ferdinand of Austria by Serbians led chain reaction of alliances leading to war.

Why does the war become a stalemate? Germany pushes quickly into France where is it was stalemated when both sides moved to trenches and used machine guns to defeat attacks.

How does the US become involved in the war? When Germany attacked natural Belgium and the way Germans acted in Belgium. Then, when Germany sent a telegram known as the “Zimmerman Telegram” trying to give the US a surprise attack and Mexico on their side.

BR: Why did the US shift its position from neutrality to involvement. Germany attacked Belgium which was a netural country at the time, once Germany invaded Belgium and acted rough and mean towards them, the US did not like it. Then, Germany sent a telegram to Mexico saying if they could fight the US and if they win then Germany would side with them to get the countries the US took.

Why might the Germans have destroyed Louvain? It was to Antagonize the United States.

Progressive Part 2

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 community centers that provided social services
urban poor families, it provided childcare classes, Enlisgh classes, education opportunites and art classes for adults.

where people are Who was the leading figure of the settlement house movement? Why? Jane Adams, She opened the Hull House in Chicago and was a prominent figure at the time.

Describe Progressive Children’s reforms: Congress in 1938 ended the Progressive children's reforms because they wanted to improve the children's education.

Describe Progressive Industrial Workers Reform: What was the leading cause of it? In the Triangle shirt factory a fire broke out and killed 146 workers mostly because of the fire precautions.

Describe gov reforms during progressive era: The result of poor planning, a hurricane passed in Galveston, TX and the city replaced the mayor and alderman with 5 person commission.

Direct primary- Took choice out of party leaders and they handed it to the people.

Recall- Allowed the citizens to remove elected officials by vote.

Referendum- Allowed people to vote or reject a law.

Initiative- People could propose new laws, but they must sign a petition.

Jim Crow Laws- Were segregated AA, and so banned them from voting.

Plessey vs. Ferguson- Said that as long as places were equal they can be separate.

Describe how the NAACP started and its mission- Because of threats of lynching AA prisoners, they started up and they aslo were for the advancement for colored people.

BR: Why were children allowed to work at the dangerous jobs, such as mining? Because they were small kids and they could get around shafts or small places that normal minners could not. They could fix things since they were small to fit into tiny spaces but it didn't go that well for them cause they would get killed or sick.

Progressive Part 1 Movements Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Where did the Progressive movement come from? It came from all walks of life with many people behind movement coming from middle class and dissatisfied industrial workers.

What were the goals of the progressive movement? It was to stop the abuse from the big business and create an opportunity for small business to have a chance.

What is a muckraker? The journalist and artist were fascinated with the ugly side of life and to show what people go through when they live in poverty.

Describe Ida Tarbell’s writing: Ida’s writing was based on Rockefeller’s ruthless method to run competitors and charge higher prices and reap huge benefits.

What did Upton Sinclair write about? What influence did it have over gov? He wrote a book called “The Jungle” talking about the meat factory and what goes on with the packaging the meat. It was in extreme detail on how the meat was handling, with unwashed hands and then how rats prowl on the meat.

Critically Thinking:
1. He was very discriptive of the packaging industry and telling in extreme detail of what things occured during the meat packaging. How rat's droppings were on the meat and how a worker would see a rat but would not even take it off the meat.
2. He was brave enough to tell the world how disgusting it was to work in the meat places and letting people the things that went on the meat.

Reconstruction Review :P

BR: Why do you think Carnegie believed that a man who dies rich is "disgraced"? Why did so many people admire Carnegie? Because he wanted people to understand that a person in not rich not just by materials and money but rich also means being loved and having a family. They were some people who could not understand that concept which he means that man who dies rich is "disgraced" for not truly understanding the meaning to it.

Inventors and Big Business Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe inventions of Edison and their effect on US: His inventions developed affordable lighting for homes and within a few years Edison plan to develop a Central Power.

Describe inventions of other such as Bell, Bessemer, and Marconi: Bell invented the telephone by 1900s and there were 1 million telephones in the US. Bessemer was from England developed steel which led to the creation of Skyscrapers. Marconi invented the wireless telegraph

Describe how big business tried to maximize profit: It was to decrease pay, paying little as could for raw materials, advertising widely, and funding research labs for new products.

Describe how Rockefeller and Carnegie changed big business in the US: Rockefeller oil tycoon and Carnegie steel tycoon became a big business in the US. They lowered the production cost by gaining control of all businesses that went finish product development.

Describe how the gov regulated big business: Congress created interstate commerce commission which investigated unfairness in railroad industry. Congress also passed Sherman Antitrust act which prohibits any trust that acts in restraint of commerce.

Webquest Words!!!

1. The Articles of Confederation was the 1st constitution of USA and legally established the Union of the states.
2. Daniel Shay led a rebellion against taxes and debts which was known as Shay’s Rebellion.
3. The Great Compromise was an agreement made between large and small states that would show representation in the Constitution.
4. Federalism is the system to organize units of the government.
5. The three-fifths compromise was an agreement between Southern and Northern states about the slave population.
6. The Whiskey Rebellion was famous in 1791 when the government taxed whiskey, so that people could pay off their debt.
7. Little Turtle was an Indian chief and he advocate for peace with the United States.
8. The Alien and Sedition acts were bills that was passed by the Federalist which was to undeclared naval war with France.
9. The Northwest Ordinance was an act of the Congress of Confederation and the primary effect was to create the Northwest territory as the 1st organized territory.
10. Louisiana Purchase was territory of the French until the United States bought it, so it became part of one of the states in the US.
11. The Monroe Doctrine was a United States policy which introduced European countries to colonize land in America.
12. Impressments was the act to force men to become apart of the Navy without notice or warning.
13. The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem of United States and before it became a song it was poem by Francis Scott Key.
14. The Erie Canal is the waterway passage in New York that was used and a transportation system between the eastern seaboard and western interior of the US.
15. Samuel Slater was an early American industrialist and he constructed the textile industry.
16. Eli Whitney was an inventor that created the Cotton gin to make it easier to pick cotton.
17. Horace Mann was the genius, who came up with Massachusetts State Board of Education and was elected for the US House of Representatives.
18. The Temperance movement was known as the social movement against the use of alcoholic beverages.
19. Seneca Falls Convention was the influential women’s right center, where women could show themselves and gain civil rights in society.
20. The Indian Removal Act was a policy signed by President Andrew Jackson saying to remove the Indians and support the South.
21. The Alamo was a battle during the Texas Revolution and where Mexican troops assaulted the Alamo.
22. Frederick Douglass was a slave, who yearned for is freedom and received it. He became an abolitionist and brought the attention of slavery to America.
23. William Lloyd Garrison was an American abolitionist, who had is on racial abolitionist newspaper which he named “ The Liberator”.
24. In 1820 there was an agreement between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions involving the regulation of slavery called the Missouri Compromise.
25. The Nullification crisis was created by South Carolina’s Ordinance of Nullification that stated that Tariff of 1828 was unconstitutional.
26. The Wilmot Proviso was an event that lead to the Civil War and would ban slavery to acquire the Mexico.
27. The Compromise of 1850 were four bills that was passed on September 4th, to stop the confrontation between slave states in the South and free states of the North.
28. The Underground Rail road was a system for slaves to escape to freedom and find shelter in the abolitionist in the North.
29. Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American woman, who was an abolitionist and wrote a book called “ Uncle Tom’s Cabin” describing the life of an African American under the power of slavery.
30. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was to create territories in Kansas and Nebraska to have new and open land.
31. John Brown was another American abolitionist, who led the Pottawatomie Massacre in 1856 in Bleeding Kansas.
32. Nat Turner was a slave and was tired of slavery and led a slave rebellion which happen in Virginia on August 12th , 1831.
33. Dred Scott was a slave longing for his freedom and went to court for it but the Court denied his freedom for he was a slave and they had no right to be free.
34. Jefferson Davis was military officer and during the Civil War, he served as president of the Confederate States of America.
35. Robert E. Lee was a United States Army officer and commanded the Army of North Virginia in the Civil War.
36. The Anaconda Plan was formed by Winfield Scott and wanted to blockade the ports in the South to advance down the Mississippi River.
37. The Border states which were Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and West Virginia, were slave states that border the free slave states.
38. Stonewall Jackson was a Confederate general during the Civil War and was commander in the Army of North Virginia with Robert E. Lee.
39. George McClellan was a general during the Civil War and created the Army of Potomac and served in the Union Army briefly.
40. Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th president of the USA and was also chief of the Union Army.
41. The Battle of Antietam was first major battle in the Civil War which took place in Northern soil.
42. The Battle of Gettysburg was the turning point in the Civil War and it held in Gettysburg, PA.
43. The Siege of Vicksburg was the final action during the Civil war, where Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of Tennessee and seized Vicksburg.
44. Emancipation Proclamation was made by President Lincoln to declare the freedom to slaves of all states.
45. Conscription was used on occasions when volunteers or paid substitutes insufficient to raise manpower.
46. Total War was where they destroyed every resource the rival’s capacity to continue to resistance.
47. William Sherman was an American Soldier, who led his troops to the City of Atlanta and burned it to the ground!
48. John Wilkes Booth was an actor and was the assassin of the 16th President, Lincoln and killed at Ford Theatre.

Reconstruction Part 1 Review

Reconstruction Part 1 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction: In 1863, Lincoln creates a plan sympathetic to the South and as soon as 10 percent of states voters took loyalty oath could set up new government.

Describe the Radical Republican’s plan for Reconstruction: The groups in Lincoln’s party who rejected the plan and advocated full citizen and suffrage for AA.

Describe Johnson’s Plan for Reconstruction: Johnson’s plan was to offer pardons and restoration of lands to most Confeds but the leaders had to apply personally.

Describe the 13th amendment: The amendment was to abolish slavery in the South.

Describe the 14th amendment: The passing of the 14th amendment was to guarantee the equal rights to all citizens including AA.

Describe the 15ht amendment: With Grant winning election of 68, Congress passed the 15th amendment guaranteeing the AA to vote.

Describe Johnson’s impeachment: The Congress passes Tenure of Office Act which says Johnson can’t fire officials without Congressional approval. When he tries to fire Sectary of War, the House votes to impeach Johnson.

BR: To what social or economic class did Mary Chesnut belong? How do you know? Did Southerners of various social classes exprience the war differently.
She belonged to the wealthy class and she was married to a planter and politician. It was in the book and the talked about her and her husband. Most of the southerners suffered a lot and people became poor and people would steal from the household and damage the house.