Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
Describe the Work Progress Administration:
put people back to work through civil projects and doing things like sponsoring artist
Describe the Social Security Act:
provided pension for the elderly, established unemployment insurance, established insurance for work related accidents, and provided aid for poverty stricken mothers, children, the blind, and the disabled
Describe how FDR favored Labor Unions in the New Deal:
FDR believed that to get out of the GD had to raise the standard of living for industrial workers so gets Wagner Act passed which recognizes employee’s rights to join labor unions and collective bargain
Describe the problems FDR had with the SC and his solutions: Given FDR’s popularity probably could have been a successful plan, because the court started to agree with New Deal programs and one of his biggest opponents resigned allowing him to appoint someone favoring the New Deal
Describe the Effects of the New Deal:
Changed US gov from laissez faire approach to accepting responsibility to prime the pump of the economy
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
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?
Ordinary people didn’t really understand stock market crash and reasons for GD however having a job one day and not having one the next.
How did the unemployed live?
Many families descended into homelessness and hunger with the feeling of the American Dream being lost.
How did GD affect farmers?
As prices fell and drought ensued farmers fell further and further into debt
What other problems did farmers face?
Many lost their farms and moved around the country trying to survive. Others turned to being tenant farmers as a way for survival.
How did GD affect family life?
Many men sank into shame and despair with some even leaving their families. Birthrates dropped, women worked constantly to support family, children dropped out of schools, and some children ran away
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
How did GD affect cities?
Ordinary people didn’t really understand stock market crash and reasons for GD however having a job one day and not having one the next.
How did the unemployed live?
Many families descended into homelessness and hunger with the feeling of the American Dream being lost.
How did GD affect farmers?
As prices fell and drought ensued farmers fell further and further into debt
What other problems did farmers face?
Many lost their farms and moved around the country trying to survive. Others turned to being tenant farmers as a way for survival.
How did GD affect family life?
Many men sank into shame and despair with some even leaving their families. Birthrates dropped, women worked constantly to support family, children dropped out of schools, and some children ran away
Friday, March 26, 2010
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? with his past WWI accomplishments and with optimism over the economy Herbert Hoover wins the presidential election
What things were going on in the 20’s that lead to the Great Depression? Demand decreased after WWI, but farmers were still producing war levels meaning huge surplus of crops
What was Black Tuesday? How did it happen? Black Tuesday started chain reaction leading to collapse of US economy. Crisis in Confidence led people to become scared for the security of their money in banks leading to a rush of withdraws
What effects did Black Tuesday have on the US?
Americans lost billions of dollars with many who bought on margin losing everything they had
How did the Depression spread globally? Gov tried to raise tariffs with Hawley-Smoot Tariff in effort to protect US business, but raised it high enough were foreign goods could not compete leading Europe to do cut off their markets further hurting US business
How did Herbert Hoover win the election of 1828? with his past WWI accomplishments and with optimism over the economy Herbert Hoover wins the presidential election
What things were going on in the 20’s that lead to the Great Depression? Demand decreased after WWI, but farmers were still producing war levels meaning huge surplus of crops
What was Black Tuesday? How did it happen? Black Tuesday started chain reaction leading to collapse of US economy. Crisis in Confidence led people to become scared for the security of their money in banks leading to a rush of withdraws
What effects did Black Tuesday have on the US?
Americans lost billions of dollars with many who bought on margin losing everything they had
How did the Depression spread globally? Gov tried to raise tariffs with Hawley-Smoot Tariff in effort to protect US business, but raised it high enough were foreign goods could not compete leading Europe to do cut off their markets further hurting US business
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
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 should express nationalism of a single group in country;best nation shouldbcome ahead.
What is militarism? How does it influence Europe in the early 1900’s?preparing for war and increasing the size .
Triple Alliance-germany,italy, austria hungary
Triple Entente-russia,gb,france
How does the war start?assassination of france ferdinard of austria by serbians led chain reaction of alliances leading the war.he didnt like the rules.
Why does the war become a stalemate?germany pushes quickly into france where is stalement when both sides moved to trenches and used machine guns to defeat attacks.
How does the US become involved in the war?because immigrants in country identified with different ethnic groups.
bell ringer:
germans destroyed louvain ,they destroyed louvain to provoke americaans to fight in the war
How does nationalism influence countries in the early 1900’s?europeans believed should express nationalism of a single group in country;best nation shouldbcome ahead.
What is militarism? How does it influence Europe in the early 1900’s?preparing for war and increasing the size .
Triple Alliance-germany,italy, austria hungary
Triple Entente-russia,gb,france
How does the war start?assassination of france ferdinard of austria by serbians led chain reaction of alliances leading the war.he didnt like the rules.
Why does the war become a stalemate?germany pushes quickly into france where is stalement when both sides moved to trenches and used machine guns to defeat attacks.
How does the US become involved in the war?because immigrants in country identified with different ethnic groups.
bell ringer:
germans destroyed louvain ,they destroyed louvain to provoke americaans to fight in the war
The Roaring 20’s Part 1 Review
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
How does organized labor affect the US after WWI? After the war because of scarcity of goods and the high demand for goods inflation ran rampant. With inflation causing workers to be unable to buy goods, workers strike for high wages.
What was the Red Scare? Labor Strikes and revolutionary activity abroad led to first Red Scare which was a wave of fear in US of suspected communist and radicals plotting against the US gov
How does the Red Scare affect immigration policy? Red Scare added fuel to Anti-Immigration debate with nativist arguing that immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe were bringing in their revolutionary ideas
How does Warren Harding return the US to a policy of pro big business? Harding favored a return to a laissez-faire approach to gov involvement in business instead of the reforms of the progressives. Harding’s problem as President was that he entrusted a lot of his decisions to friends which left him open for corruption which included the tea-pot dome scandal were his Sec of the Interior got oil reserves transferred from Navy to his interior and then leased it to private oil for money
Describe the Tea Pot Dome Scandal: was an unprecedented bribery scandal and investigation during the White House administration of United States President Warren G. Harding.
How does ford improve the auto industry? Ford hired scientific management experts to look at every step of manufacturing process in order to reduce time, effort, and expense
How does the expansion of the automobile industry lead to improvements in the US? Auto related industries like steel and oil experienced boom with new effort to find new oil reserves. Road construction and businesses like service stations, diners, and motels also experienced boom. Auto boom saw decline in other forms of transport
How does easy credit aid in the economic boom? Fueled by new ways of buying, people who did not have the cash to buy could by on credit which was easily obtained. Americans also bought stock on credit, called buying on margin, people paid only 10 % of stock upfront, led to rising stock market prices but created an unstable market.
How does organized labor affect the US after WWI? After the war because of scarcity of goods and the high demand for goods inflation ran rampant. With inflation causing workers to be unable to buy goods, workers strike for high wages.
What was the Red Scare? Labor Strikes and revolutionary activity abroad led to first Red Scare which was a wave of fear in US of suspected communist and radicals plotting against the US gov
How does the Red Scare affect immigration policy? Red Scare added fuel to Anti-Immigration debate with nativist arguing that immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe were bringing in their revolutionary ideas
How does Warren Harding return the US to a policy of pro big business? Harding favored a return to a laissez-faire approach to gov involvement in business instead of the reforms of the progressives. Harding’s problem as President was that he entrusted a lot of his decisions to friends which left him open for corruption which included the tea-pot dome scandal were his Sec of the Interior got oil reserves transferred from Navy to his interior and then leased it to private oil for money
Describe the Tea Pot Dome Scandal: was an unprecedented bribery scandal and investigation during the White House administration of United States President Warren G. Harding.
How does ford improve the auto industry? Ford hired scientific management experts to look at every step of manufacturing process in order to reduce time, effort, and expense
How does the expansion of the automobile industry lead to improvements in the US? Auto related industries like steel and oil experienced boom with new effort to find new oil reserves. Road construction and businesses like service stations, diners, and motels also experienced boom. Auto boom saw decline in other forms of transport
How does easy credit aid in the economic boom? Fueled by new ways of buying, people who did not have the cash to buy could by on credit which was easily obtained. Americans also bought stock on credit, called buying on margin, people paid only 10 % of stock upfront, led to rising stock market prices but created an unstable market.
Thursday, March 18, 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?
Wilson encouraged Americans to volunteer for service and pushed Congress to pass selected Service Act which authorizes a draft of young men for military service
How does the US gov control the economy during WWI?
Created Council of National Defense which created array of new fed agencies to oversee war efforts different phases and regulate use of Industry
How does the US gov control the press during WWI?
They dramatized the war effort and exaggerated the enemy
How does the US gov control dissent during WWI?
the cpi limited the nuber of oppositin views.
How are women affected by WWI?
Many women went to work for first time in jobs held by men before war. Some joined Red Cross or American Women's Hospital and went overseas
How are African Americans affected by WWI?
Viewed as opportunity to show loyalty and patriotism
How are Mexican Americans affected by WWI?
Increased demand for ag products and decrease in farm workers
How does the US build an army during WWI?
Wilson encouraged Americans to volunteer for service and pushed Congress to pass selected Service Act which authorizes a draft of young men for military service
How does the US gov control the economy during WWI?
Created Council of National Defense which created array of new fed agencies to oversee war efforts different phases and regulate use of Industry
How does the US gov control the press during WWI?
They dramatized the war effort and exaggerated the enemy
How does the US gov control dissent during WWI?
the cpi limited the nuber of oppositin views.
How are women affected by WWI?
Many women went to work for first time in jobs held by men before war. Some joined Red Cross or American Women's Hospital and went overseas
How are African Americans affected by WWI?
Viewed as opportunity to show loyalty and patriotism
How are Mexican Americans affected by WWI?
Increased demand for ag products and decrease in farm workers
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Unit 3 Web Quest Words
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.
20. Plessey v Ferguson was decided the by Supreme Court to separate accommodations from blacks and whites.
21. sphere of influence was a territorial area which was fought between political and economic influences to see who would control the territory.
22. Rough Riders was given the name to the 1st United States Volunteer Calvary.
23. Big Stick Diplomacy was a slogan based on Theorode Roosevelt's coroallary on the Monroe Doctrine.
24. Roosevelt Corollary was to stop having people from Europe to interfear with Latin America.
25. Thomas Edison was the 1st to invent the Light bulb.
26. monopoly is when there suffcient control over a particular product or service to determine terms on which indiviual shall get it.
27. cartel
28. John Rockefeller-
29. trust-
30. Andrew Carnegie-
31. Sherman Anti-Trust Act-
32. collective bargaining-
33. Samuel Gompers-
34. Ellis Island-
35. Wounded Knee-
36. Francis Ferdinand-
37. U-Boat-
38. Lusitanian-
39. Zimmerman Telegram-
40. Selective Service Act-
41. Woodrow Wilson--
42. 14 Points-
43. League of Nations-
44. Reparations-
45. Red Scare-
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.
20. Plessey v Ferguson was decided the by Supreme Court to separate accommodations from blacks and whites.
21. sphere of influence was a territorial area which was fought between political and economic influences to see who would control the territory.
22. Rough Riders was given the name to the 1st United States Volunteer Calvary.
23. Big Stick Diplomacy was a slogan based on Theorode Roosevelt's coroallary on the Monroe Doctrine.
24. Roosevelt Corollary was to stop having people from Europe to interfear with Latin America.
25. Thomas Edison was the 1st to invent the Light bulb.
26. monopoly is when there suffcient control over a particular product or service to determine terms on which indiviual shall get it.
27. cartel
28. John Rockefeller-
29. trust-
30. Andrew Carnegie-
31. Sherman Anti-Trust Act-
32. collective bargaining-
33. Samuel Gompers-
34. Ellis Island-
35. Wounded Knee-
36. Francis Ferdinand-
37. U-Boat-
38. Lusitanian-
39. Zimmerman Telegram-
40. Selective Service Act-
41. Woodrow Wilson--
42. 14 Points-
43. League of Nations-
44. Reparations-
45. Red Scare-
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