Post WWII America

1.) Why were Americans afraid of the Soviet Union?

     - Americans were afraid of the Soviet Union because they had different plans for the future that would threaten the American life.

2.) What did the Russians want in Europe?

     - Russians wanted to enforce communism.

3.) What did the Americans want in Europe?
     - Americans wanted to create a new world so that all nations had the right to self determination

Pop Culture 1950s



1.) What media exploded in the 1950s and how did businesses respond to this explosion?

http://goo.gl/KqrXc 

     - While the television industry exploded in the 1950s, other businesses focused and spent their money on to advertisements or commercials that promoted their product. The food industry also produced frozen TV dinner which is really convenient to Americans.

2.) Why did critics not like television?

     - Critics did not like the television because of the violence and stereotypical portrayal of women, Latinos and African Americans. Also, because of the fact that the television only shows the ideal White America, which excludes poverty and diversity.

3.) What's so ironic about rock n' roll music in the 1950s?

     - The ironic thing about rock n' roll is that the performers were African Americans while most of their audience were white people. Rock n' roll is most commonly known as demonic, however, Elvis Presley first developed his skills in singing in church. Although, many parents hated this music genre believing that it would lead teenagers to immorality, it still became more accepted by the end of the 1950s.

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The American Dream 1950s

1.) What were some of the causes for the "baby boom"?


2.) What did Americans have to do in order to support all the new babies being born?


3.) How did roles of women changed in the 1950s?


4.) What changes allowed the American car explosion to occur?

Truman's Labor Policies

http://goo.gl/zJMgb Pres. Truman

1.) What were some of the significant challenges Pres. Truman faced after the WWII?
     - Pres. Truman had to supply jobs for 12 million returning soldiers, give Rights to African-Americans, and America had product and consumer goods shortages.

2.) How did Truman try to help returning G.I.s get jobs after WWII, and how effective was he? Explain your opinion.
     - Pres. Truman tried to help returning G.I.s get jobs by making new proposals, which were minimim wage, guaranteed employment, medical insurance, housing aid, improved benefits for war veterans and wage and price control.

The American Teenagers

http://goo.gl/Izk6d Drive-in Movie Theaters
1950s, was very popular to teenagers

1.) How did the lives of teenagers change after TGD and WWII? Explain.

     - During the Great Depression, teenagers had to work and had to drop out of school to help their families, but after World War II, teenagers stayed in school and had allowances. Media also got into the teenager lives.



2.) What is "white-flight?" Was it good for the society?

     - It is when white people left the cities to the suburbs because of the colored people who are moving to the cities. No, it is not good for the society because it loses the balance of the class of the people.

http://goo.gl/g3O1p Mexican workers or
"Braceros" who moved to the U.S. to work in farms

3.) Why did many Mexicans immigrate to the U.S. before the 1950's?

     - Many Mexicans immigrated to the U.S. because of the shortage of agricultural laborers spurred the federal government to initiate a program in which Mexican workers were allowed to move to the U.S. for a short time. However, a lot of Mexicans stayed.

Postwar America 1950's

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1.) What was the U.S. economy like during WWII? How were Americans doing?

     - During the WWII, Americans were prospering because of new technologies that were invented. New industries boomed, making new jobs available for the Americans.

2.) How did the American economy transform after The Great Depression and WWII?

     - Americans no longer held blue collar jobs or factory jobs. People improved to white collar jobs - managerial, office and professional occupation, which are higher paid positions.

3.) Why would a company like Google not do well in the 50's?
     - Because people in the 1950's were taught not to be creative thinkers and rebels, while Google consists of creative people who were rebels.

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Analysis



http://goo.gl/veUig The Boy in the Striped
Pajamas movie poster

 1.) Bruno moved with his family so his father could be closer to the Nazi death camps. At first, only the father knew the real reason for moving to the country. Why do you think father was so secretive about why the family moved?

     - Bruno's father was so secretive about it because he knows his family will be disappointed of him, especially Bruno's grandmother, however, Bruno's grandfather was so proud of him because it is for their country. Also, Bruno's father took an oath of secrecy.

2.) Bruno was taught to think of Jews in a certain way. What was Bruno taught about Jews?

     - Bruno's home tutor taught Bruno and his older sister that Jews are evil. They were taught that Jews were the reason there were a lot of poor Germans since the Jews take all their jobs. Some Germans dont even consider them as humans and were just merely "scum of the Earth"

3.) When Bruno fell from the swing a Jewish man helped him. Why was this event significant to Bruno's mother's thinking of Jewish people?
     - The Jewish man helping Bruno was significant to Bruno's mother's because it made her think that Jewish people are actually really nice people, instead of what the Germans say that Jews are evil. It also made her think about what her husband was doing to the Jews.

4.) Bruno's father evolved and transformed from a loving father to what? Why?
     - Bruno's father changed from a loving father to a

5.) Bruno evolved and transform as well. What kind of boy was he at first? What did he transform to?
     - Bruno changed from a little boy who only thinks about playing with his friends and having fun. After they moved near the death camps, he changed into a boy who cares about his surroundings and learning the truth about the death camps and Jews.

6.) Describe your feelings about Bruno's actions. Include descriptions of the scene and the choice(s) Bruno made, and what difference his actions made.
     -

Japanese Internment & Justice

1.) What does the word "internment" mean to you?

http://goo.gl/Pw5In Japanese Internment Camps

     - it means to keep people locked up.

2.) Why were Japanese-Americans interned in Manzanar?
     - because Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Americans thought all the Japanese-Americans were spies and had to be interned.

3.) Why were Japanese internment policies wrong?
     - because they lost their opportunities, jobs, houses and material belongings and they never got it back. It also a strong form of racial discrimination against the Japanese.

http://goo.gl/RuPoJ 

The End of WWII

http://goo.gl/PqclI Gen. MacArthur

1.) Was Gen.MacArthur a successful general? Explain with evidence.

- Yes, Gen. MacArthur was succesful because he won the battles on the islands of Bataan, Leyte and Iwo Jima against the Japanese.


2.) Explain how successful the G.I. Bill was to returning soldiers.

- The G.I. Bill was succeful to the returning soldiers because it helped them get a college education.

http://goo.gl/3OMLJ Mexican American
zoot suiters

3.) Why were Mexican Americans in L.A. unfairly treated after the war?

- because the Mexican American zoot suiters were reported that they attacked white people, so then the white people senselessly beat up any Mexican Americans who were wearing zoot suits.

WWII in the Pacific

1.) Who promised to "return" to liberate the Philippines?

-  General Douglas MacArthur

2.) What reasons did the POTUS use for using atomic bombs?

-

3.) In 1942, why were the Allies under-strength to fight Japan?
- they were handicapped

4.) Were American submarines effective in the Pacific? Explain.
- Yes, because the submarines sunk 63% of the Japanese ships in the Pacific.

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WWII Across the Atlantic Ocean

http://goo.gl/EPvk8 Dwight D. Eisenhower

1.) Who was the supreme commander in Europe? Was he succesful?

- The Supreme commander in Europe was Dwight D. Eisenhower, Yes, he was successful because they made the Nazis to unconditional surrender.


2.) What was the significance of D-day?

- D-day is significant because they had to fight in Europe to remove Hitler from taking over Europe.


3.) Was General Patton an effective leader?

- General Patton is an effective leader because they defeated the Nazis in Paris, France.


4.) Why was the battle of the bulge significant?

- It is Hitler's last attempt for victory of the war using offense.

http://goo.gl/HUuR3 Battle of the Bulge

Coping with the War at Home



http://goo.gl/kmLEs Poster from the OPA



1.) What was the OPA? What was their job?

   - Office of Price Administration fought the inflation of prices by freezing the prizes on most goods.

2.) What was the purpose of the OSRD?

   - Office of Scientific Research and Development brought scientists to war to come up with new technologies, like the radar, sonar for locating submarines underwater.

3.) In what ways did Americans sacrifice during WWII?

   - Americans could not buy as much as they want because of the rationing or the establishing of fixed allotments on scarce goods or goods that were essential to the military.

4.) How similar or different were your sacrifices during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars?

   - People did not have to sacrifice during the iraq and Afghanistan Wars, they could buy whatever they want, unlike the Americans during the WWII.

http://goo.gl/97KlQ director of OSRD

U.S. Gets Ready for the Fight

http://goo.gl/BkAmy Philip Randolph

1.) Who was Phillip Randolph and why did he and President Roosevelt meet?

   - Phillip Randolph was an African American labor leader who organized a march on Washington. Roosevelt met with him to ask him to cancel the march in exchange of issuing an executive order calling on employers to hire African-Americans on any job.

2.) Who were the WAACs and why were they important to the war effort?
   - Women's Auxiliary Army Corps, they were important to the war effort because they perform duties - usually done by men - that are needed in the military, while men go into war.

3.) How well did African-Americans do during WWII?
   - African Americans used to live in segregated neighborhoods and only 15% of employers hired them on menial jobs. But after Phillip Randolph met with Roosevelt, they can have any job they want.

http://goo.gl/bqDfC African Americans
during the WWII

U.S. Inches Towards WWII

1.) What was Lend-Lease and what countries did it benefit?
   - U.S. can lend, rent or sell weapons to other countries like the Soviet Union and Great Britain.

2.) What did Roosevelt call German U-boats?
   - Rattlesnakes of the Atlantic

3.) How would you describe Roosevelt's opinion of war?
   -

WWII

http://goo.gl/iHZDc Joseph Stalin

1.) What treaty did Hitler hate?

   - Hitler hated the Treaty of Versailles because it blamed Germany for starting the war and it made them pay for the damages by losing territory.

2.) Dictators during the 20's - 30's?
   - Japan - Hideki Tojo
   - Soviet Union - Joseph Stalin
   - Germany - Adolf Hitler
   - Italy - Benito Mussolini
   - Spain - Francisco Franco

http://goo.gl/C1C6d Benito Mussolini

3.) Similarities amongst the dictators?
   - The dictators crushes everyone who opposes them, they are powerful public speaker, called themselves "the leader", and they want more living space or territory.

4.) What was the U.S. thinking as several wars were breaking out?
   - mostly stay isolated and neutral because it was just after the Great Depression and they dont have money for the war.

WWII



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1.) List all the countries the Nazi's invaded.

   - Austria,  Czechoslovakia,  Poland, Yugoslavia,  Bulgaria,  Greece, Romania,  Hungary,  Lithuania, Latvia,  Estonia,  Finland,  Norway, France,  Denmark,  Netherlands (Holland),  Belgium  &  Soviet Union.

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2.) What did Winston Churchill say about the peace agreed upon in the Munich Agreement?
   - Winston Churchill believed that it was a disaster and he wants to have a war with Germany immediately.

3.) What is Blitzkrieg and what's the purpose?
   - or lightning war to take the enemy by surprise and then quickly crush all opposition with overwhelming force.

WWII Key Terms



1.) Allies - U.S., England, Soviet Union

2.) Axis - Germany, Japan, Italy

3.) Defense Spending - amount of money goverment spends on military.

4.) Unemployment Rate - % of people unemployed.

5.) Federal Outlay - amount of money the government uses to buy stuff.

6.) Rattlesnakes of the Atlantic - German U-boats

7.) German U-boats - German Submarines

8.) Isolationists - policy of "mind your own business"

9.) Appease - to give in to demands

10.) Lend-Lease Act - Law that allowed POTUS to sell weapons to out friends.

11.) Office of Price Administration - control money and rents after the WWII.


12.) Inflation - when prices for goods / service increases but incomes remain the same.

13.) Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt - lead the U.S. during a time of worldwide economic depression and total war.

14.) Pres. Harry S. Truman - After Roosevelt died, Truman lead the United States and successfully concluded World War II. Which after marked the start of the Cold War.

15.) Phillip Randolph - Leader of the African-American civil-rights movement, the American labor movement and socialist political parties.

16.) Gen. Patton - General in the United States Army, best known for his command of the Seventh Untied States Army, and later the Third United States Army, in the European Theater of World War II.


17.) Gen. MacArthur - Commanded Allied forces in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

18.) Gen. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of U.S. Forces - Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe; he had responsibility for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch and the successful invasion of France and Germany from the Western Front




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19.) Adolph Hitler - leader of the Nazis, Germany.

20.) Benito Mussilini - leader of Italy.



21.) Joseph Stalin - Leader of the Soviet Union.

23.) Battle of the Bulge- the last stand for Germany in the war.

24.) D-Day - offensive by allies to take over Europe.

25.) Auschwitz - Jewish concentration camp

26.) Atomic Bomb - Nuclear bomb dropped on Japan to end the war.

27.) Interment - camps on West Coast used to detain Japanese-Americans.


28.) Income Tax - % of tax paid on personal income (paychecks)

29.) Wage & Price controls - Commonly instituted by governments as a response to inflation, and usually below market level.

30.) War bonds - Debt securities issued by a government for the purpose of financing military operations during times of war.

31.) WAACs - Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WWAC) was created as an auxiliary unit.

32.) WWII Battles of the Pacific - Naval Aviation News articles to Commemmorate the 50th Anniversary of World War II.

33.) GI Bill of Rights - Servicemen's Readjustment Act, a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans. Benefits included low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business or farm, cash payments of tuition and living expenses to attend college, high school or vocational education, as well as one year of unemployment compensation.

34.) Zoot-Suit Riots - Series of riots in 1943 during World War II that exploded in Los Angles and California between, White sailors and Marines.

"The Help" and the Struggle for African-American Equality



http://goo.gl/GK33h "The Help" movie poster


The movie, "The Help" is an American film adaptation of the novel by Kathryn Stockett. Focused around a white woman, Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, who is writing a book about the stories of African-American maids to show the racism and how they were treated by white people. The setting is in Jackson, Mississippi during the civil rights era (early 1960s)


In one incident...

In another incident...

In a third incident...

The significance of the movie, "The Help" in the struggle for African-American equality...

(what is your opinion on the book? did it help to establish more African-American equality?)

How the New Deal Affected People's of Color



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Why did Pedro Gonzales became a Mexican-American hero?

   - Pedro J. Gonzales became a Mexican-American hero because he spoke and condemned against discrimination and racism to the Mexicans through the radio by being a disc jockey.

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Why was Frances Perkins a hero for women?

   - Frances Perkins became a hero for women because she's America's first female cabinet member.

What was the "Black Cabinet" and who was the leader?
   - a group of influential African American advisers that was organized by Mary McLeod Bethune to advise the Roosevelt administration on racial issues.

TGD - Programs of the New Deal



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1. What was THE major difference between Hoover and Roosevelt?
   - Roosevelt was a proactive president, he helped the people by making new jobs, while Hoover did not like federal welfare and gave money to the big corporations instead of giving money to the poor.

2. Which New Deal program was most responsible for creating the most jobs and how did the program achieve this?
   - The Works Progress Association was responsible for creating public work as fast as possible. The program spent $11 billion to create jobs for 8 million workers. They made airports, roads and streets, and many public buildings.



http://goo.gl/Tjpm0 Social Security Card, 1935

3.What impact did the Social Security Act have on Americans?

   - Since 1935, the Social Security Act have been insurance for the retirees and the unemployed. It also aided the disabled people and families with dependent children.



4. Why was Huey Long against TND?

   - Huey Long thought that the New deal was inadequate.



TGD - FDR & The New Deal

Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
   - FDR was the first and only president who had a disability, he could not walk because he had polio, causing him to lose all movements on his legs. He was also elected four times and served over 12 years.

Who were FDR's carefully picked advisers and why were they important to the president?
   - FDR carefully picked professors, lawyers and journalists to be his advisers and were known as the "Brain Trust" to come up with a new set of policies for his presidency and to solve the Great Depression.

What was the New Deal?
   - It is a program to solve the problems of the Great Depression.

What three goals did the New Deal attempt to adress?
   - relief for the needy - solve hunger
   - economic recovery - for people to have jobs
   - financial - banks not to close down

What was the first action FDR took as president?
   - he closed all the banks by declaring a bank holiday and insoected the banks and if the bank was okay, it could reopen at once.

The Great Depression - President Hoover's Handling of the Crisis



http://goo.gl/x5c7W Pres. Hoover

 Herbert Hoover, a Republican president at the beginning of the Great Depression, was ineffective in his response because he made many of the Americans really mad. Farmers burned their crops instead of selling it to people at a very low price, they also dumped their milk on the highways. Some farmers declared a "farmer's holiday" on which they stopped working, and also blocked roads to prevent food to the market. Hoover did not like the government to give things to the people because he refused to support direct relief or forms of federal welfare. The Bonus Army was made up of World War I veterans and their families to get their money, but then Hoover tear-gassed the people, including children, and made a bad impression of him.

The Great Depression - Hardships & Suffering

Describe the Dust Ball; what caused it?
   -

Describe how The Great Depression affected the (a)children, (b)families, (c)women, (d)men and (e)people of colors.
   -Children were malnourished because they did not have enough to eat and were getting sick because of lack of health care. Some kids could not go to school because many schools shut down, and most of the kids needed to work.
   -Families struggled to make ends meet.
   -Women had to work hard for their family, even though they were payed less.
   -Men felt useless because they could not support their family. Some left home to be hoboes.
   -People of colors dealt with increasing racism from whites that were competing for the same jobs.

Who were "hoboes" and how did they travel?
   -They were unemployed men traveling through hitching on railroad boxcars who were looking for jobs.

What was an enduring effect on people because of The Great Depression?
   - People learned how to save because they did not want to be poor ever again.

The Great Depression



http://goo.gl/g6GQp Men looking for jobs.



1. 94% of Americans made how much in one year?

     - they made less than $5,000 a year.

2. Why is Wall Street important to American business?

     - because large companies trade stocks on the New York Stock Exchange in Wall Street.

3. If the stock market crash DID NOT cause the Great Depression, what did?

    - tariffs and war debt policies cut down the foreign markets for American goods, the crisis in the farm sector, the availability of easy credit, and the unequal distribution of income helped cause the Great Depression.

4. What of what you read is similar to what is happening in the Great Recession?

    -

http://goo.gl/E41YX Bread and soup line in L.A
during the Great Depression

Life in the 1920's Changed



http://goo.gl/W21az Supporters of Prohibition

 1. What was Prohibition?
 - It was the 18th Ammendment which banned the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcohol.

2. What groups were responsible for the idea of prohibition?
 - Social Reformers were responsible for banning alcohol.

3. What were their reasons?
 - Reformers considered liquor to be the cause of corruption.

http://goo.gl/5Xs0m Anti-Prohibiton

4. How did people get illegal alcohol?
 - Drinkers went to secret saloons and nightclubs which are called speakeasies which can be found everywhere in the city. Some people bought liquor smuggled from Canada, Cuba and the West Indies from bootleggers.

5. In your opinion, was Prohibition a good or bad idea, and why?
 - I think Prohibition was a good idea, because it will lessen the crime rate, like less people fighting in bars, clubs etc. and no more drunk driving resulting to less accidents on the road.

New Technology & the 1920's



http://goo.gl/JndS1 Automobile in the 1920s

 1. How did the invention of the automobile affect America? 
  - Automobiles changed the houses of Americans by adding garages and having smaller lawns. New businesses like, car shops, motels, and gas stations.

2. What's urban sprawl and what caused it?
   - Its when cities grew larger because of the automobiles.



http://goo.gl/QPIY2 Urban Sprawl, caused by the invention
of the automobile.



3. What was the first use of airplanes NOT during war?
    - Airplanes were used for mail delivery.

Teapot Dome Scandal

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Union Membership Plummet in the 1920's

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Post WWI United States

Describe the feeling many Americans had after WWI.
- Americans were exhausted and tired of the war and all of the changes that were happening like the unemployment of returning soldiers, farmers and factory workers.

What were some reactions by Americans to their post WWI feelings?
- Americans reacted by fearing the outsiders, and the prejudice against the foreign born-people grew over the nation. Also, isolationism, which is a belief to not be involved in world affairs, was believed by most Americans.

What did the Palmer raids accomplish? Why did Palmer do the raids?



http://goo.gl/dNNkZ Ku Klux Klan



- The Palmer Raids hunted down anarchists, communists and socialists who opposed the government and were put in jail and deported without trials because they were against the capitalist system.

What did the KKK fear? Did their membership grow in the 1920's?

- The KKK were afraid that immigrants from Europe will outnumber them and they were against Jews and Catholics and they thought that they will take over their culture and religion. The KKK's membership grew in the 1920's because they want more power, after the blacks were freed from slavery.



http://goo.gl/Pi5Z8 Quota System
Political Cartoon



What was the quota system?

- The quota system was a law that established the maximum number of immigrants who could enter the U.S. from each foreign country.

 Was the quota system discriminatory? If yes, to whom?
- Yes, the quota system was discriminatory for the people from the Eastern and Southern Europe, especially the Jews and the Catholics.

How was Mexico affected by the quota system?
- During the 1920's about 500,000 Mexicans crossed the nations border.

How was Japan affected by the quota system?
- The law prohibited Japanese immigration to the U.S.

Progressives Exam Reflection



http://goo.gl/wqOXE New York Subway
19th Century



___ 2. Cities in the late 19th century expanded with the development of all the following except
             A. subways
             B. skycrapers
             C. airplanes
             D. suspension bridges


Number 2 is the only question I missed on the quiz, I put letter D. suspension bridges though the correct answer is letter C. airplanes. I got this question wrong because, to be honest I just randomly picked a letter just not to leave it blank and because I did not have the knowledge to answer it, although I understood the question.

http://goo.gl/APBmB 

As a test taker I think I always do good and I usually miss a few questions which leads to decent score, but in this case I only missed one question because I did not have the knowledge to answer it, well maybe I did, but I guess I forgot. So next time I have to study a little bit better to improve my test scores.

Treatment of Peoples of Color




http://goo.gl/qLwyK Mexicans constructing railroads.

  Essential Questions:



1. How did Mexicans earn a living in the late 1800's and where did they do this work?

    - Many Mexicans earned a living by working at the railroads to construct rail lines in the Southwest. They worked hard jobs in the hot dry climate in the region, and they work for less money.



http://goo.gl/GJmU6 Segragated schools



2. Describe African-American life in the 1900's? (where did the move to; what was their experience; etc.)



     - By 1900's African-Americans moved to Northern cities, searching for better jobs and social equality. Although they found out that there is also racial discrimination in the North and was forced to live in segrated neighborhoods.



Recreation in the United States



http://goo.gl/0rQst Amusement Parks in the 1880's



When and why did Americans began to recreate?

- Americans started recreating during the 1880's because they want to have their free time to have fun and relax to escape from their hard work. People usually go to amusement parks and played sports to recreate.

Were the reasons Americans began to recreate the same or different compared to Americans today?

- Yes, Americans recreate to have fun and relax from their hardwork and stress until today.

http://goo.gl/FnUi2 Bicycle Club 1880s

Teddy Roosevelt's Presidency

http://goo.gl/vLCL1 Theodore Roosevelt

Describe Teddy Roosevelt's life before he became president

(where he was from, date he was born, something interesting about his life)

- October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919
- born into a wealthy family in New York City
- he was a sickly child from asthma and was home schooled.
- he went to Harvard University.
- he was a naturalist, explorer, hunter, author, and soldier

How did he become president?

- In 1900, Teddy was nominated as the Viice-President, and a year later, President William McKinley was assasinated, Roosevelt was appointed on place of McKinley.

http://goo.gl/cnEvr White House

What was T.R.'s "Bully Pulpit"?
- Teddy Roosevelt referred to the White House as a "Bully Pulpit" and it provides the President with an opportunity to speak out and people can listen through the media.

Summarize T.R.'s opinion on civil rights?
- He believed that whites and blacks should not be equal.

Explain if you would like T.R. if he were president today?
- No, I would not have liked him because he did not support the African Americans.

Booker T. Washington

http://goo.gl/SWM5a Tuskegee Institute classroom

Essential Questions:

1. What was the name of the school that Booker T. Washington started?

- Tuskegee Institute

2. Whom did Booker T. Washington recruit to head the agriculture department at Tuskegee Institute?

- George Washington Carver

http://goo.gl/kBssU Up From Slavery

3. Booker T. Washington's autobiography is entitled:

- Up from Slavery

4. What president did Booker T. Washington dine with?

- Teddy Roosevelt

5. With whom did Booker T. Washington often come into conflict?

- W.E.B. Du Bois

African-Americans after Reconstruction

How is racism today different than racism practiced immediately after Reconstruction?

- Racism today is more hidden than the racism practiced after the Reconstruction because before, the Southern States had made a broad system of legal policies of racial discrimination that limited the African-Americans' political power. The Southern States required registration and a literacy test to vote which is obviously unfair to the blacks because most of them cant read or write. The African-Americans and the Whites were segregated in public facilities like schools, theaters, restroom, etc.

Mid-Term Exam Reflection

Out of 25 questions on the Mid-Term Exam, I got 24 correct answers. The only question that I missed is number 10 because I did not carefully read the question and all the choices carefully, and because I was too quick to answer the question. As a test taker, I think I always do a good job, though I sometimes miss some questions. Next time, I would take my time and read the questions carefully and bubble in the right answers.

1. Which country's interest did the Open Door Policy in China favor?
- The United States

2. What were the reasons behind the Boxer Rebellion?
- The Chinese Boxers did not like all the foreign troops coming into their country.

3. List three causes of World War I?
- Nationalism, Imperialism, Militarism & forming of Alliances.

4. How did the U.S. deal with German U-boats?
- The U.S. ships sail in groups guarded by military vessels.

5. What was the Selective Service Act used for?
- It required men to register with the government to be randomly selected for military services.

6. What new weapons did WWI introduce?
- Some new weapons were the tanks and the airplanes.

7. How did the Espionage and Sedition Act affect Freedom of Speech and Labor Unions?
- It took away the ability of the people to speak out and the Espionage and Sedition Act accused the IWW of sabotaging the war effort

8. Why was there opposition to President Wilson's League of Nations?
-

American Imperialism after Spanish-American War

How did the U.S. change Cuba's Constitution?
- The U.S. made Cuba to add the Platt Amendment to their Constitution.

What did the Roosevelt Corollary build on?
- The Roosevelt Corollary was an additional statement from the Monroe Doctrine.

Pancho Villa was pursued by whom?
- Villa was pursued by an army of 15,000 soldiers led by John J. Pershing.

How did the U.S. get the land for the Panama Canal?
- The U.S. got the land by causing a rebellion that declared independence from Colombia. Then the U.S. rented the land from Panama.

What is meant by "speak softly and carry a big stick?
- It means their negotiations are always backed up by the threat of a military force.

Education has Changed. A little or A lot?

Essential Question:
What examples from your years as a student are different from the students from the early 1900's? What's still the same?

Exam Study Guide

1. What mode of transportation did the immigrants used in the 1870s?
- Steamship
2. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory infamous for what?
- Fire that killed 146 women
3. People who break labor strikes by working for less money.
- Scabs
4. The main purpose of Americanization movement was to
- Assimilate immigrants into the dominant "American culture"
5. What law was enacted to decrease Chinese immigration?
- Chinese Exclusion Act
6. Where did the Immigrants moved because it was cheap and has lots of jobs?
- Cities
7. What was the name of the main immigration processing station in san Francisco?
- Angel Island
8. The smaller men in the room in the picture
- the Senate or the United States Senators
9. Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) was organized by what type of people?
- Radical Unionists or Socialists
10. What new metal allowed U.S. to make new forms of constructions?
- Steel
11. What technology allowed factories to move away from rivers?
- Electricity
12. What would best reduce monopolies and trusts?
- Competition
13. The Jungle was resposible for what law?
- Meat Inspection Act
14. Settlement houses were made possible by?
- Social Reformers
15. Old appartments occupied by poor people were called?
- Tenements
16. Upton Sinclair wrote his book on what industry?
- Meat Packing, Slaughterhouses
17. The Gentlemen's Agreement did what?
- decreased Japanese Immigration, desegregated SF classrooms
18. Which industry would most benefit by standardized time zones?
- Railroads to help train travelers
19. The #1 strategy that made Andrew Carnegie wealthy was to be cheaper than his competitors, T or F?
- False
20. Who is the industrialist that made vertical and horizontal integration famous?
- Andrew Carnegie
21. The Sherman Antitrust Act was created to do what?
- Outlaw trusts and monopolies that interfered with competition
22. Rich people believed they worked hard, were smarter, and that God selected them is called?
- Social Darwinism
23. Patronage is: a bribe, not doing what you say, putting a friend into a job
- Putting a friend into a job
24. Tammany Hall was a famous: immigration processing station, NYC political machine, Chicago business
- NYC political machine
25. The illegal use of political power for personal gain is: nativism, graft, social darwinism
- Graft

The company Credit Mobilier was famous for what?
- Steal/take money from railroads for shareholders.

Coming to the United States in the 1870s

How much time was the trip from Europe and Asia, and how would you have liked it?
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What are the names of the main immigration processing stations in San Francisco and New York? Describe the immigrant's experience at each.
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How did Denis Kearny try to stop Asian people from entering California in 1882? Why did he do this, and how would you feel if you were Chinese?
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In 1907-08 the Gentlemen's Agreements did two things, what were they?
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Meat Inspection Act

Acrostic Poem

Meat
Exploit
Act
The Jungle

Industries
New
System
Packing
Environment
Clean
Theodore Roosevelt
Inspection
O-
Novel

A-
Chicago
T-

Upton Sinclair's book, "The Jungle" affected the way Americans thought about the ways meat that they eat were produced by exposing how the slaughterhouses and meat packing industries sell dirty meat. The meat were stored in piles in unrefridgerated rooms with rats racing about it. Before Sinclair wrote the book, the people did not know why they get sick, but now they demanded the government to inspect the meat being processed and packed in the slaughterhouses. Roosevelt responded to the people's demand and created the federal meat inspection which was the Meat Inspection Act.