Dying rich its a waste of money!!
Money can be passed out for those in need and could maybe try make this world a better place since money its a big crisis in our lives
Monday, March 8, 2010
Inventors and Big Business Review
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: Edison Establishes his laboratory, in New Jersey with the backing of rich industrialist. Received over 1000 patents for his new invention
Describe inventions of other such as Bell, Bessemer, and Marconi: Bell invents the telephone, Marconi invents wireless telegraph which leads to radio, and Henry Bessemer develops steel which leads to skyscrapers and suspension bridges
Describe how big business tried to maximize profit:Corps worked to maximize profits by decreasing workers pay and some corps looked to form monopolies by driving all competitors out of business
Describe how Rockefeller and Carnegie changed big business in the US: Rockefeller used horizontal integration to maximize profits which meant he wanted to consolidate all firms in the same business making one giant company. Carnegie did basically the same thing but Vertical movement
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, but took a long time to be enforced
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: Edison Establishes his laboratory, in New Jersey with the backing of rich industrialist. Received over 1000 patents for his new invention
Describe inventions of other such as Bell, Bessemer, and Marconi: Bell invents the telephone, Marconi invents wireless telegraph which leads to radio, and Henry Bessemer develops steel which leads to skyscrapers and suspension bridges
Describe how big business tried to maximize profit:Corps worked to maximize profits by decreasing workers pay and some corps looked to form monopolies by driving all competitors out of business
Describe how Rockefeller and Carnegie changed big business in the US: Rockefeller used horizontal integration to maximize profits which meant he wanted to consolidate all firms in the same business making one giant company. Carnegie did basically the same thing but Vertical movement
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, but took a long time to be enforced
Friday, March 5, 2010
Webquest 2
Birth of a Nation Webquest Words
1. Articles of Confederation: Original federal constitution drafted by the continental congress.
2. Shay’s Rebellion: Farmers rebellion led by Daniel Shays against higher taxes in Massachusetts.
3. Great Compromise: A compromise between Virginia and New Jersey plan for bicameral legislature.
4. federalism: politic system in which power is shared between the national and state governments
5. Three-Fifth’s Compromise: a compromise in which each enslaved person would be counted as 3/5 of a person for the purpose of legislative representation.
6. Whiskey Rebellion: 1794 uprising in western Pennsylvania that opposed to federal tax on whiskey
7. Little Turtle: Was a chief of a Miami tribe in what is today Indiana and one of the most successful Native American.
8. Alien and Sedition Acts: 1798 acts that allowed the gov. to send immigrants back to their country if they talked bad about government.
9. Northwest Ordnance of 1787: law in which provided a basis for governing the north west territory
10. Louisiana Purchase: 1803 purchase from France by the U.S
11.Monroe Doctrine : foreign policy set forth by president Monroe in 1823
12.impressments: policy of seizing people or poverty for military and public services
13.Star Spangled Banner: poem written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 that became national anthem.
14. Eerie Canal: canal completed in 1825 that connected Lake Erie to Hudson River.
15. Samuel Slater: was an early American industrialist popularly known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution"
16.Eli Whitney: He invented the cotton gin in the U.S by stealing the idea from England.
17. Horace Mann the largest national multilane insurance company serving America's educators and their families.18.Temperance Movement: movement that wanted to stop alcohol abuse, because it was causing a lot of problems.
18. Temperance Movement: movement aimed at stopping alcohol abused and problems created by it.
19. Seneca Falls Convention: held in NY in 1848 the first women’s right conventions in the U.S.
20. Indian Removal Act: act passed by congress in 1830 that allowed federal government to negotiate land trades with Indians in the South West.
21. Alamo: fortified former mission in San Antonio was the site of 1836 defeat of Texans by Mexicans troops.
22. Frederick Douglas: born into slavery and is best known for his role in bringing the harsh realities of slavery to the attention of white Americans
23. William Lloyd Garrison: known as the editor of the radical abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, and as one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society
24. Missouri Compromise: 1820 agreement calling for Missouri as a slave state
25. Nullification Crisis: concept in which state could nullify or void any federal paper.
26. Wilmot Proviso: proposed but rejected ,1846 bill that would have banned slavery
27. Compromise of 1850: political agreement that allowed California to be admitted as a free state.
28. Underground Railroad: was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th century Black slaves in the United States to escape to Free states and Canada.
29. Harriet Beecher Stowe: was an American abolitionist and author of abolitionist books.
30. Kansas-Nebraska Act: 1854 law that divided The Nebraska Territory into Kansas and Nebraska giving each state the right to choose if they would be for or against slavery
31. John Brown: was an American abolitionist
32. Nat Turner: was an American slave who led a slave rebellion in Virginia on August 21, 1831 that resulted in 60 deaths
33. Dred Scott: was a slave in the United States who sued unsuccessfully in St. Louis, Missouri for his freedom in the infamous Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857
34. Jefferson Davis was an American military officer, statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
35. Robert E Lee: was a career United States Army officer, a combat engineer, and among the most celebrated generals in American history
36. Anaconda Plan Northern civil war strategy to starve the south by blockading the seaports and controlling the Mississippi river
37. border state: During the civil war were the states that allowed slavery but remained in the Union.
38. Stonewall Jackson: Was an confederate general during civil war
39. George McClellan: was a major general during the American Civil War. He organized the famous Army of the Potomac.
40. Ulysses S Grant: served as the 18th President of the United States from 1869 to 1877
41. Antietam 1862 civil war battle in which 23,000 troops were killed or wounded in 1 day.
42. Gettysburg: was a battle fought in Gettysburg in PA during civil war, it was the turning point of the war.
43. Vicksburg: Confederate Stronghold on the Mississippi river that surrounded to Union Forces
44. Emancipation Proclamation: decree by president Lincoln that freed enslaved people living in free states
45. conscription: drafting of citizens into military services
46. total war: Military strategy in which an army attacks not only enemies but the civilians and whoever get in their ways
47. William Sherman: was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the civil war
48. John Wilkes Booth John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, in Washington and then ended up dying.
1. Articles of Confederation: Original federal constitution drafted by the continental congress.
2. Shay’s Rebellion: Farmers rebellion led by Daniel Shays against higher taxes in Massachusetts.
3. Great Compromise: A compromise between Virginia and New Jersey plan for bicameral legislature.
4. federalism: politic system in which power is shared between the national and state governments
5. Three-Fifth’s Compromise: a compromise in which each enslaved person would be counted as 3/5 of a person for the purpose of legislative representation.
6. Whiskey Rebellion: 1794 uprising in western Pennsylvania that opposed to federal tax on whiskey
7. Little Turtle: Was a chief of a Miami tribe in what is today Indiana and one of the most successful Native American.
8. Alien and Sedition Acts: 1798 acts that allowed the gov. to send immigrants back to their country if they talked bad about government.
9. Northwest Ordnance of 1787: law in which provided a basis for governing the north west territory
10. Louisiana Purchase: 1803 purchase from France by the U.S
11.Monroe Doctrine : foreign policy set forth by president Monroe in 1823
12.impressments: policy of seizing people or poverty for military and public services
13.Star Spangled Banner: poem written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 that became national anthem.
14. Eerie Canal: canal completed in 1825 that connected Lake Erie to Hudson River.
15. Samuel Slater: was an early American industrialist popularly known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution"
16.Eli Whitney: He invented the cotton gin in the U.S by stealing the idea from England.
17. Horace Mann the largest national multilane insurance company serving America's educators and their families.18.Temperance Movement: movement that wanted to stop alcohol abuse, because it was causing a lot of problems.
18. Temperance Movement: movement aimed at stopping alcohol abused and problems created by it.
19. Seneca Falls Convention: held in NY in 1848 the first women’s right conventions in the U.S.
20. Indian Removal Act: act passed by congress in 1830 that allowed federal government to negotiate land trades with Indians in the South West.
21. Alamo: fortified former mission in San Antonio was the site of 1836 defeat of Texans by Mexicans troops.
22. Frederick Douglas: born into slavery and is best known for his role in bringing the harsh realities of slavery to the attention of white Americans
23. William Lloyd Garrison: known as the editor of the radical abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, and as one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society
24. Missouri Compromise: 1820 agreement calling for Missouri as a slave state
25. Nullification Crisis: concept in which state could nullify or void any federal paper.
26. Wilmot Proviso: proposed but rejected ,1846 bill that would have banned slavery
27. Compromise of 1850: political agreement that allowed California to be admitted as a free state.
28. Underground Railroad: was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th century Black slaves in the United States to escape to Free states and Canada.
29. Harriet Beecher Stowe: was an American abolitionist and author of abolitionist books.
30. Kansas-Nebraska Act: 1854 law that divided The Nebraska Territory into Kansas and Nebraska giving each state the right to choose if they would be for or against slavery
31. John Brown: was an American abolitionist
32. Nat Turner: was an American slave who led a slave rebellion in Virginia on August 21, 1831 that resulted in 60 deaths
33. Dred Scott: was a slave in the United States who sued unsuccessfully in St. Louis, Missouri for his freedom in the infamous Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857
34. Jefferson Davis was an American military officer, statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
35. Robert E Lee: was a career United States Army officer, a combat engineer, and among the most celebrated generals in American history
36. Anaconda Plan Northern civil war strategy to starve the south by blockading the seaports and controlling the Mississippi river
37. border state: During the civil war were the states that allowed slavery but remained in the Union.
38. Stonewall Jackson: Was an confederate general during civil war
39. George McClellan: was a major general during the American Civil War. He organized the famous Army of the Potomac.
40. Ulysses S Grant: served as the 18th President of the United States from 1869 to 1877
41. Antietam 1862 civil war battle in which 23,000 troops were killed or wounded in 1 day.
42. Gettysburg: was a battle fought in Gettysburg in PA during civil war, it was the turning point of the war.
43. Vicksburg: Confederate Stronghold on the Mississippi river that surrounded to Union Forces
44. Emancipation Proclamation: decree by president Lincoln that freed enslaved people living in free states
45. conscription: drafting of citizens into military services
46. total war: Military strategy in which an army attacks not only enemies but the civilians and whoever get in their ways
47. William Sherman: was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the civil war
48. John Wilkes Booth John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, in Washington and then ended up dying.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Reconstruction Part 2
Reconstruction Part 2 Review
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
How did African Americans participate in politics? What party did they take up?being able to vote after the 15th amendment passed and taking up republican party
Carpetbagger- Northern white and black men who relocated to the South in order to improve economic and political circumstance
Scalawag-Southern white men who had been frozen out of politics before the war who allied with Republicans to gain political power
What was the Freedman’s Bureau? What did it do for both white and black refugees?Plan from Radical Republicans to form government agency to aid both White and Black refugees in the South, and Goal was to provide food, clothing, healthcare, education for refugees
How did gov leaders want to redistribute land? Sherman’s plan to redistribute land to freed people did not work
Sharecropping-landowner picks crop, provides needs, in return for part of crop
Share tenancy- same as sharecropping except farmer chose crop and bought own tools
Tenant Farming-pay cash rent to land owner in order to make all choices
What ways did south resist? Before 15th amendment limit vote to White Men and Passed black codes which limited African American rights including what work African Americans could do
What was the Ku Klux Klan? What aspects of African American life do they target? a group of white men that killed and destroy african americans
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
How did African Americans participate in politics? What party did they take up?being able to vote after the 15th amendment passed and taking up republican party
Carpetbagger- Northern white and black men who relocated to the South in order to improve economic and political circumstance
Scalawag-Southern white men who had been frozen out of politics before the war who allied with Republicans to gain political power
What was the Freedman’s Bureau? What did it do for both white and black refugees?Plan from Radical Republicans to form government agency to aid both White and Black refugees in the South, and Goal was to provide food, clothing, healthcare, education for refugees
How did gov leaders want to redistribute land? Sherman’s plan to redistribute land to freed people did not work
Sharecropping-landowner picks crop, provides needs, in return for part of crop
Share tenancy- same as sharecropping except farmer chose crop and bought own tools
Tenant Farming-pay cash rent to land owner in order to make all choices
What ways did south resist? Before 15th amendment limit vote to White Men and Passed black codes which limited African American rights including what work African Americans could do
What was the Ku Klux Klan? What aspects of African American life do they target? a group of white men that killed and destroy african americans
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Bell Ringer
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.
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.
Reconstruction Part 1
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.
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.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Civil War Part 6 Review
Civil War Part 6 Review
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition. Where it says from a certain number that tells you what number it is from in your notebook.
What did Union do when came across African Americans early in the war? Early in the war African Americans were either freed or put to work
What is Emancipation Proclamation? The Emancipation Proclamation consists of two executive orders issued by lincoln
Why does Lincoln issue proclamation? Lincoln forms a plan to free all slaves
What effect does proclamation have? Had mixed reactions in north and made Africans Americans eager to join to fight
How African Americans participated in the war: Soon The Union began to include African Americans in army starting with 54th mass who led assault on fort Wagner outside of Charleston
Describe Life in North during War: Loss of cotton hurt northern textile industry
Describe Life in South During War:Economic resources became unreachable and Union blockade forced south to rely on own farms and factories which had trouble supplying military and population
Describe Life of Soldiers during the War: Gave many first state taste of travel. New war tech meant more death and worse wounds
Describe Life of Women during the War: With men at war women took care of family business, farms, and plantations. Many helped out in camp with stuff like cooking and laundry. And other helped through healing wounds as nurses
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition. Where it says from a certain number that tells you what number it is from in your notebook.
What did Union do when came across African Americans early in the war? Early in the war African Americans were either freed or put to work
What is Emancipation Proclamation? The Emancipation Proclamation consists of two executive orders issued by lincoln
Why does Lincoln issue proclamation? Lincoln forms a plan to free all slaves
What effect does proclamation have? Had mixed reactions in north and made Africans Americans eager to join to fight
How African Americans participated in the war: Soon The Union began to include African Americans in army starting with 54th mass who led assault on fort Wagner outside of Charleston
Describe Life in North during War: Loss of cotton hurt northern textile industry
Describe Life in South During War:Economic resources became unreachable and Union blockade forced south to rely on own farms and factories which had trouble supplying military and population
Describe Life of Soldiers during the War: Gave many first state taste of travel. New war tech meant more death and worse wounds
Describe Life of Women during the War: With men at war women took care of family business, farms, and plantations. Many helped out in camp with stuff like cooking and laundry. And other helped through healing wounds as nurses
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