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Today's Agenda

1/31/2020

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AP Learning Objective: 
Explain how different reform movements responded to the rise of industrial capitalism in the Gilded Age.

Learning Target:
I can describe the major issues that emerged as Americans moved into cities, and I can analyze the ways in which they were addressed.

Critical Vocabulary: Homestead Act, Exodusters, Great Sioux War, Ghost Dance, Dawes Act, New Immigrants, Chinese Exclusion Act, Political Machines, Patronage, Pendleton Act, Populist Party, Omaha Platform, Laissez Faire Economics,Social Darwinism, Vertical Integration, Horizontal Integration, Monopoly, A Gospel of Wealth, American Federation of Labor, Industrial Workers of the World, Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Muckrakers, Social Gospel Movement, Settlement House Movement, Atlanta Compromise, Niagara Movement, Square Deal, Trust-Buster, The Jungle, Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, Progressive Party, New Nationalism, New Freedom, Sixteenth Amendment, Federal Reserve Act, Clayton Anti-Trust Act, Seventeenth Amendment, Eighteenth Amendment, Nineteenth Amendment

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create Trading Cards for Jane Addams, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Alice Paul.
  2. Citizenship Question: How many years are there in one term of office for a U.S. President? 
  3. A. 2 
    B. 4 
    C. 6 
    D. 8
  4. Guided Instruction: America Moves to the City Notes
  5. Reflection Question: Do you think the federal government should set a minimum wage for all workers? Explain.
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Today's Agenda

1/30/2020

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AP Learning Objective: 
Explain how different reform movements responded to the rise of industrial capitalism in the Gilded Age.

Learning Target:
I can describe the major issues that emerged as Americans moved into cities, and I can analyze the ways in which they were addressed.

Critical Vocabulary: Homestead Act, Exodusters, Great Sioux War, Ghost Dance, Dawes Act, New Immigrants, Chinese Exclusion Act, Political Machines, Patronage, Pendleton Act, Populist Party, Omaha Platform, Laissez Faire Economics,Social Darwinism, Vertical Integration, Horizontal Integration, Monopoly, A Gospel of Wealth, American Federation of Labor, Industrial Workers of the World, Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Muckrakers, Social Gospel Movement, Settlement House Movement, Atlanta Compromise, Niagara Movement, Square Deal, Trust-Buster, The Jungle, Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, Progressive Party, New Nationalism, New Freedom, Sixteenth Amendment, Federal Reserve Act, Clayton Anti-Trust Act, Seventeenth Amendment, Eighteenth Amendment, Nineteenth Amendment

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create Trading Cards for Jacob Riis, Ida B. Wells, and Upton Sinclair.
  2. Citizenship Question: How many years are there in one term of office for a U.S. President? 
  3. A. 2 
    B. 4 
    C. 6 
    D. 8
  4. Collaborative Learning: America Moves to the City Gallery Walk
  5. Independent Learning: America Moves to the City Paragraph
  6. Reflection Question: Do you think the federal government should make laws regulating the construction of buildings (number of windows, fire escapes, etc.)? Explain.
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Today's Agenda

1/29/2020

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AP Learning Objective: 
Explain how different reform movements responded to the rise of industrial capitalism in the Gilded Age.

Learning Target:
I can describe the major issues that emerged as Americans moved into cities, and I can analyze the ways in which they were addressed.

Critical Vocabulary: Homestead Act, Exodusters, Great Sioux War, Ghost Dance, Dawes Act, New Immigrants, Chinese Exclusion Act, Political Machines, Patronage, Pendleton Act, Populist Party, Omaha Platform, Laissez Faire Economics,Social Darwinism, Vertical Integration, Horizontal Integration, Monopoly, A Gospel of Wealth, American Federation of Labor, Industrial Workers of the World, Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Muckrakers, Social Gospel Movement, Settlement House Movement, Atlanta Compromise, Niagara Movement, Square Deal, Trust-Buster, The Jungle, Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, Progressive Party, New Nationalism, New Freedom, Sixteenth Amendment, Federal Reserve Act, Clayton Anti-Trust Act, Seventeenth Amendment, Eighteenth Amendment, Nineteenth Amendment

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: What is a muckraker?
  2. Citizenship Question: ​Who does a U.S. Senator represent? 
  3. A. all people in the United States 
    B. all people in the Senator's state 
    C. only the people in the state who voted for the Senator 
    D. only people who belong to the political party of the Senator
  4. Collaborative Learning: America Moves to the City Poster
  5. Reflection Question: Summarize your group's problem in your own words.
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Today's Agenda

1/27/2020

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AP Learning Objective: 
Explain how different reform movements responded to the rise of industrial capitalism in the Gilded Age.

Learning Target:
I can describe the major issues that emerged as Americans moved into cities, and I can analyze the ways in which they were addressed.

Critical Vocabulary: Homestead Act, Exodusters, Great Sioux War, Ghost Dance, Dawes Act, New Immigrants, Chinese Exclusion Act, Political Machines, Patronage, Pendleton Act, Populist Party, Omaha Platform, Laissez Faire Economics,Social Darwinism, Vertical Integration, Horizontal Integration, Monopoly, A Gospel of Wealth, American Federation of Labor, Industrial Workers of the World, Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Muckrakers, Social Gospel Movement, Settlement House Movement, Atlanta Compromise, Niagara Movement, Square Deal, Trust-Buster, The Jungle, Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, Progressive Party, New Nationalism, New Freedom, Sixteenth Amendment, Federal Reserve Act, Clayton Anti-Trust Act, Seventeenth Amendment, Eighteenth Amendment, Nineteenth Amendment

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Which Gilded Age invention do you think did the most to transform American society? Why?
  2. Citizenship Question: What is the main duty of the President's Cabinet? 
    A. set policy 
    B. make laws 
    C. advise the President 
    D. command the military
  3. ​​​Guided Instruction: The Story of Us - Cities
  4. Reflection Question: Describe 3 problems that developed as American cities grew during the period from 1865 to 1915.
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Today's Agenda

1/24/2020

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AP Learning Objective: 
Explain the socioeconomic continuities and changes associated with the growth of industrial capitalism from 1865 to 1898.

Learning Target:
I can describe the growth of industry in the United States, and I can assess its impact on American society.

Critical Vocabulary: Homestead Act, Exodusters, Great Sioux War, Ghost Dance, Dawes Act, New Immigrants, Chinese Exclusion Act, Political Machines, Patronage, Pendleton Act, Populist Party, Omaha Platform, Laissez Faire Economics,Social Darwinism, Vertical Integration, Horizontal Integration, Monopoly, A Gospel of Wealth, American Federation of Labor, Industrial Workers of the World, Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Muckrakers, Social Gospel Movement, Settlement House Movement, Atlanta Compromise, Niagara Movement, Square Deal, Trust-Buster, The Jungle, Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, Progressive Party, New Nationalism, New Freedom, Sixteenth Amendment, Federal Reserve Act, Clayton Anti-Trust Act, Seventeenth Amendment, Eighteenth Amendment, Nineteenth Amendment

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create Trading Cards for Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and the Wright Brothers.
  2. Citizenship Question: How many years are there in one term of office for a U.S. Senator? 
    A. 2 
    B. 4 
    C. 6 
    D. 8
  3. Collaborative Learning: Industrial Revolution Inventions Activity
  4. Reflection Question: Which Gilded Age invention do you think did the most to transform American society? Why?
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Today's Agenda

1/23/2020

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AP Learning Objective: 
Explain the socioeconomic continuities and changes associated with the growth of industrial capitalism from 1865 to 1898.

Learning Target:
I can describe the growth of industry in the United States, and I can assess its impact on American society.

Critical Vocabulary: Homestead Act, Exodusters, Great Sioux War, Ghost Dance, Dawes Act, New Immigrants, Chinese Exclusion Act, Political Machines, Patronage, Pendleton Act, Populist Party, Omaha Platform, Laissez Faire Economics,Social Darwinism, Vertical Integration, Horizontal Integration, Monopoly, A Gospel of Wealth, American Federation of Labor, Industrial Workers of the World, Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Muckrakers, Social Gospel Movement, Settlement House Movement, Atlanta Compromise, Niagara Movement, Square Deal, Trust-Buster, The Jungle, Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, Progressive Party, New Nationalism, New Freedom, Sixteenth Amendment, Federal Reserve Act, Clayton Anti-Trust Act, Seventeenth Amendment, Eighteenth Amendment, Nineteenth Amendment

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create Trading Cards for Samuel Gompers and Eugene V. Debs.
  2. Citizenship Question: How many years are there in one term of office for a U.S. President? 
    A. 2 
    B. 4 
    C. 6 
    D. 8
  3. Guided Instruction: The Labor Movement
  4. Reflection Question: In general, how did the U.S. government respond to labor unrest during the Gilded Age?
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Today's Agenda

1/22/2020

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AP Learning Objective: 
Explain the socioeconomic continuities and changes associated with the growth of industrial capitalism from 1865 to 1898.

Learning Target:
I can describe the growth of industry in the United States, and I can assess its impact on American society.

Critical Vocabulary: Homestead Act, Exodusters, Great Sioux War, Ghost Dance, Dawes Act, New Immigrants, Chinese Exclusion Act, Political Machines, Patronage, Pendleton Act, Populist Party, Omaha Platform, Laissez Faire Economics,Social Darwinism, Vertical Integration, Horizontal Integration, Monopoly, A Gospel of Wealth, American Federation of Labor, Industrial Workers of the World, Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Muckrakers, Social Gospel Movement, Settlement House Movement, Atlanta Compromise, Niagara Movement, Square Deal, Trust-Buster, The Jungle, Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, Progressive Party, New Nationalism, New Freedom, Sixteenth Amendment, Federal Reserve Act, Clayton Anti-Trust Act, Seventeenth Amendment, Eighteenth Amendment, Nineteenth Amendment

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: How did a belief in laissez faire economics lead to the success of men such as Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, and Carnegie?
  2. Citizenship Question: Who does a U.S. Senator represent? 
    A. all people in the United States 
    B. all people in the Senator's state 
    C. only the people in the state who voted for the Senator 
    D. only people who belong to the political party of the Senator
  3. Independent Learning: Captains of Industry Document Study
  4. Reflection Question: Based on what you have read so far, were men such as Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, or Carnegie 'Captains of Industry' or 'Robber Barons'? Why?

Homework: The Age of Industry Reading
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Today's Agenda

1/21/2020

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AP Learning Objective: 
Explain the socioeconomic continuities and changes associated with the growth of industrial capitalism from 1865 to 1898.

Learning Target:
I can describe the growth of industry in the United States, and I can assess its impact on American society.

Critical Vocabulary: Homestead Act, Exodusters, Great Sioux War, Ghost Dance, Dawes Act, New Immigrants, Chinese Exclusion Act, Political Machines, Patronage, Pendleton Act, Populist Party, Omaha Platform, Laissez Faire Economics,Social Darwinism, Vertical Integration, Horizontal Integration, Monopoly, A Gospel of Wealth, American Federation of Labor, Industrial Workers of the World, Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Muckrakers, Social Gospel Movement, Settlement House Movement, Atlanta Compromise, Niagara Movement, Square Deal, Trust-Buster, The Jungle, Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, Progressive Party, New Nationalism, New Freedom, Sixteenth Amendment, Federal Reserve Act, Clayton Anti-Trust Act, Seventeenth Amendment, Eighteenth Amendment, Nineteenth Amendment

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create Trading Cards for Cornelius Vanderbilt, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J.P. Morgan.
  2. Citizenship Question: How many years are there in one term of office for a U.S. Representative? 
    A. 2 
    B. 4 
    C. 6 
    D. 8
  3. Guided Instruction: The Growth of Industry
  4. Reflection Question: How did a belief in laissez faire economics lead to the success of men such as Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, and Carnegie?

Homework: The Growth of Industry Reading
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Today's Agenda

1/17/2020

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AP Learning Objective: 
Explain the similarities and differences between the political parties during the Gilded Age.

Learning Target:
I can discuss the issues that dominated American politics at the national and state level during the Gilded Age.

Critical Vocabulary: Homestead Act, Exodusters, Great Sioux War, Ghost Dance, Dawes Act, New Immigrants, Chinese Exclusion Act, Political Machines, Patronage, Pendleton Act, Populist Party, Omaha Platform, Laissez Faire Economics,Social Darwinism, Vertical Integration, Horizontal Integration, Monopoly, A Gospel of Wealth, American Federation of Labor, Industrial Workers of the World, Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Muckrakers, Social Gospel Movement, Settlement House Movement, Atlanta Compromise, Niagara Movement, Square Deal, Trust-Buster, The Jungle, Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, Progressive Party, New Nationalism, New Freedom, Sixteenth Amendment, Federal Reserve Act, Clayton Anti-Trust Act, Seventeenth Amendment, Eighteenth Amendment, Nineteenth Amendment

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create Trading Cards for William Jennings Bryan and William McKinley.
  2. Citizenship Question: What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? 
    A. the President and the Cabinet 
    B. the Supreme Court and the Superior Court 
    C. the U.S. Treasury and the State Department 
    D. the Senate and the House of Representatives
  3. Guided Instruction: Gilded Age Politics
  4. Reflection Question: What reforms did the Populist Party hope to make?

Homework: The Growth of Industry Reading
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Today's Agenda

1/16/2020

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AP Learning Objective: 
Explain the similarities and differences between the political parties during the Gilded Age.

Learning Target:
I can discuss the issues that dominated American politics at the national and state level during the Gilded Age.

Critical Vocabulary: 
Homestead Act, Exodusters, Great Sioux War, Ghost Dance, Dawes Act, New Immigrants, Chinese Exclusion Act, Political Machines, Patronage, Pendleton Act, Populist Party, Omaha Platform, Laissez Faire Economics,Social Darwinism, Vertical Integration, Horizontal Integration, Monopoly, A Gospel of Wealth, American Federation of Labor, Industrial Workers of the World, Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Muckrakers, Social Gospel Movement, Settlement House Movement, Atlanta Compromise, Niagara Movement, Square Deal, Trust-Buster, The Jungle, Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, Progressive Party, New Nationalism, New Freedom, Sixteenth Amendment, Federal Reserve Act, Clayton Anti-Trust Act, Seventeenth Amendment, Eighteenth Amendment, Nineteenth Amendment

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create Trading Cards for William 'Boss' Tweed and Thomas Nast.
  2. Citizenship Question: What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? 
    A. the President and the Cabinet 
    B. the Supreme Court and the Superior Court 
    C. the U.S. Treasury and the State Department 
    D. the Senate and the House of Representatives
  3. Guided Instruction: Gilded Age Politics
  4. Reflection Question: How did the experiences of Native Americans and immigrants compare in the period from 1875-1890?

Homework: Gilded Age Politics Reading
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