WWI Foldable

Four parts:

Causes of the War in Europe
Why did the United States Join the War?
How did Life in America Change?
Wilson's 14 Points

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Port Richmond High School Timothy Gannon, Principal
United States History Ms. Goffredo

Name ______________________________________ Date _________________



Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Please log into the site: http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/

1. Who is the creator of this site? What is its purpose? Is it a reliable source of information?







2. Read through “The Story of the Fire”. Summarize each section in the spaces provided.
a. Introduction-






b. Sweatshops and Strikes-






c. Fire!-







d. Mourning and Protest-







e. Relief Work-







f. Investigation, Trial and Reform-








3. In the Sources, click on documents, then read 2 testimonials- Record information about each person and their experience.



















4. Now, read a newspaper account of the incident. Which one did you read? What was the headline? Is it accurate (based on the information you’ve read)?


















5. On a separate piece of paper write your own newspaper article as if you were reporting on this incident. Make sure your information is correct and be sure to investigate your details before your article is printed. Your article must be at least 4 paragraphs in length and should be investigative in nature. It is your job to uncover what really happened. Do not let these girls die in vain! (Use the information you have above to guide you.)

Test 3/4 and 3/5

I hate Peter.

Terms:

1. laissez-faire
2. social darwinism
3. Samuel Gompers
4. Eugene v. Debs
5. John Rockefeller
6. Andrew Carnegie
7. Henry Ford
8. Captians of Industry
9. Robber Barons
10. Industrialization
11. Standard Oil
12. Transcontinental Railroads
13. Mechanization of Agriculture
14. "New South"
15. Sherman Anti Trust Act
16. Interstate Commerce
17. Trust
18. Monopoly
19. Reconstruction
20. Amendments
21. Dawes Act
22. Homestead Act

Black History Month Project

Create a poster highlighting the achievements of one of the following:

Brown v. Board of Education

Giddeon v. Wainright

Dred Scott v. Sanford

Plessy v. Ferguson

On your poster you must include:

• The background (story) of the case
• The date of the case
• The decision
• Impact on American History
• You must have a minimum of 5 graphics (drawn or printed)

Have fun.... See you after break!

This is due the day we return!

Monday and Tuesday

PLEASE complete all work on Monday and Tuesday..... You will still have a test on this chapter on Thursday and Friday.

I will be holding 2 review sessions after school on Wed and Thurs from 2:45-3:45.

See you Wednesday!

The test will cover Westward Expansion and the conflicts it caused:
1. Homestead Act
2. Native American Conflict
3. Dawes Act
4. Grange Movement
5. Populism
6. Effects of each on future American History

Review Terms Part 2

Thomas Jefferson
impressment
Marbury v. Madison
Industrial Revolution
Lowell Mills
sectionalism
Missouri Compromise
Monroe Doctrine
Jacksonian Democracy
spoils system
Trail of Tears
Manifest Destiny
Underground Railroad
abolition
John Brown
Bleeding Kansas
Seneca Falls Convention
Fugitive Slave Law/Act
Dred Scott Decision
Emanicpation Proclamation
13-15th Amendment
Reconstruction
Black Codes
sharecropping
Ku Klux Klan

Final Exam Terms 1st half

The m/c part of the final will be held on Thursday January 22nd. Here are the 1st twenty review terms:

1. MERCANTILISM
2. INDENTURED SERVANT
3. QUAKER
4. NAVIGATION ACTS
5. SALUTARY NEGLECT
6. TRIANGLE TRADE-MIDDLE PASSAGE
7. GREAT AWAKENING
8. PROCLAMATION OF 1763
9. FRENCH & INDIAN WAR
10. COMMON SENSE
11. CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
12. FEDERALIST/ANTI-FEDERALISTS
13. RATIFICATION
14. CHECKS AND BALANCES
15. BILL OF RIGHTS
16. GREAT COMPROMISE
17. 3 BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
18. ALIEN & SEDATION ACTS
19. NEUTRALITY
20. LOUISIANA PURCHASE

Reconstruction Web Qwest

Name __________________________________

Port Richmond High School Timothy Gannon, Principal

United States History Ms. Goffredo

Reconstruction

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/reconstruction/index.html Once you have logged on, go directly to the above link.

1. Read the section labeled “Introduction”. Why is reconstruction relevant to us today?

2. “A New Birth of Freedom” Explain Lincoln’s 105 plan.

3. “The Meaning of Freedom” Describe the reactions of Northerners, Southerners and African Americans to Emancipation.

4. “From Slave Labor to Free Labor”

a. Explain sharecropping, what are the positive and negative aspects of this system?

b. How did the life of the white farmer change?

5. “Rights and Power” Describe the reconstruction plans of:

a. Lincoln

b. Johnson

c. Radical Republicans

Descibe the Black Codes. Why were they written?

6. “The Ending of Reconstruction” Why did reconstruction end?

7. Choose a political cartoon that moves you. Write the title, date and author. Describe what you see and the message you think it conveys.

8. Why is reconstruction important? What impact do you think it will have on the rest of American history?

Now that you are done..... email it to me! cgoffre@schools.nyc.gov

Test 1/11

There will be a test on the Civil War on Monday the 11th of January. Please review the following terms:

• Ulysees S. Grant
• Robert E. Lee
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Conscription
• Income Tax
• Andersonville
• Gettysburg Address
• Appomattox Court House
• Thirteenth Amendment
• John Wilkes Booth
• Union
• Confederacy
• Fighting 54th
• Ft. Sumter
• Vicksburg
• General William T. Sherman
• Sherman's March to the Sea
• Red Cross