Thursday, January 31, 2013

Booker T. Washington

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
3. Booker T. Washington's autobiography is entitled:
Up from Slavery

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

African-Americans After Reconstruction


http://goo.gl/rAfVZ
Compared to how racism was in the past it is definetly different to how it is today. There still is racism but it is not as in your face as it was in the past. Now schools are not segregated, schools have more racial diversity.We are all allowed to drink out of the same water fountain(; There is racial immigration laws though not as bad as back then. Some people are still prejudice against African Americans but it is not as serious. Back then they believed that they were treating them equally as long as they provided the same service, but the white peoples restaurants, schools, even water fountains were of better quality than the ones for colored people.
http://goo.gl/k3vpj  look at him checking out the other fountain (; 

Essential Question: 

List ALL the methods Southern states tried to limit the power of African-Americans.

  • Southern states established laws that restricted African-American's Civil Rights 
  • In order to reduce the number of African Americans voting they required them to take a literacy test. For colored people they would ask them tougher questions or give them the test in a foreign language.
  • In order to limit the African-American votes , southern states created a poll tax( a payment you do annually in order to vote) . This decreased the amount of black voters.
  • the Jim Crow Laws were established, which were basically laws that segregated the blacks and the whites in public or private facilities.
  • the south also added what was called the Grandfather Clause which stated that even if you did not pass the literacy test or was not able to pay the poll tax, you could still have a chance to vote as long as either your father or grandfather was able to vote  before January 1,1867. this was unfair because no blacks were able to vote back then. so it was not beneficial to the African-Americans.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

China &'d WW1

1. Which country's interest did the Open Door Policy in China favor?
It favored the United States of America.
2. What were the reasons behind the Boxer Rebellion?
The boxers were against the fact that foreigners came to China which caused the Chinese Martial Artist to fight against the foreigners troops.

3. List three causes of World War I?
1-nationalism
2- imperialism
3-militarism
- also the formation of a system of alliances

4. How did the U.S. deal with German U-boats?

They sailed in groups, they were also protected by military vessels
5. What was the Selective Service Act used for?
It gave the government power to draft men randomly by requiring them to register.
6. What new weapons did WWI introduce?
World War 1 introduced tanks and airplanes.


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7. How did the Espionage and Sedition Act affect Freedom of Speech and Labor Unions?
It affected freedom of speech because it did not allow people to speak negatively about the government and labor unions were affected because if you just asked for a raise or better working conditions you would get taken into custody
8. Why was there opposition to President Wilson's League of Nations?
they believed that the alliances would cause them(the U.S) another war .

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

American Imperialism After Spanish-American War

a. How did the U.S. change Cuba’s Constitution?
It made Cuba adopt the Platt Amendment.

b. What did the Roosevelt Corollary build on?
It was built on the Monroe doctrine.

c. Pancho Villa was pursued by whom?
Prseident Wilson sent general John J.Pershing to capture villa dead or alive.
d. How did the U.S. get the land for the Panama Canal?
The United States helped Panama claim its independence from Columbia.

e. What is meant by “speak softly and carry a big stick"?
Negotiations will be backed up by a military threat.

Friday, January 18, 2013

The Spanish-American War!

A. why did Jose Marti destroy U.S property
Jose Marti did that because the rebels wanted the U.S to intervene so they could help Cuba gain their freedom from Spain.
B. who did the

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Education has changed. A Little or A Lot?


Back in the 1900s
whites kids where segregated from the black
when a brown kid would say a word to them they would just give him their back
Now a days we can go to the same school
we dont look at the color of your skin now we just care if your cool

Friday, January 11, 2013

Unit Exam Study Guide

  • new immigrants moved to cities because there was many jobs and it was cheap
  • the law that was enacted to decrease chinese immigration in the U.S was the Chinese Exclusion Act
  • upton sinclairs book was responsible for the Meat Inspection Act
  • immigrants arrived to the U.S via steamships in 1870s
  • the Gentlemens Agreement Act decreased Japanese immigration an desegregated SF classrooms
  • the smaller men in the room are the US senators
  • settlemt houses helped new immigrants assimlate;Social Reformers made these houses
  • the main purpose of Americanization movement was so they could learn the customs and culture of Americans
  • IWW was organized by socialist and Radical Unionist
  • the illegal use of political power for personal gain is Graft
  • the new metal that allowed the construction of of skyscrapers was steel
  • the industry that would most benefit by standardized time zones was railroads inorer to help train travelers
  • the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was infamous for a shameful fire that killed 146 women
  • an old apartment usually occupied by poor people was called a tenement
  • competition would best reduce monopolies and trusts
  • Scabs were people that were used to break labor strikes by working for less money
  • the Sherman Antitrusts Act was created to outlaw trusts and monopolies that interfered with competition
  • Tammany Hall was a famous NYC political machine
  • Patronage is putting a friend into a job
  • upton sinclair wrote his book on the meat packing industry

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Coming to the United States 1870's

1.How much time was the trip from Europe and Asia, and how would you have liked it?
If you came to the United States from Europe it would take about a week, but if you came from Asia it took nearly three weeks, Since the only source of transportation were the steamships the trip was longer. There is NO way i would have liked it, people liked to be light in the pocketbook with the expenses of their travel. So immigrants would all be crowded in a room, in unsanitary conditions, spreading diseases that caused some not to survive the trip.
2.What are the names of the main immigration processing stations in San Franciso and New York?Describe the immigrants experience at each.
The main processing station in New York was Ellis Island, and in San Francisco it was Angel Island. Immigrants were put through a long process that could last up to five hours and they had to pass a physical examination.They had to stick it out with the harsh questioning and wait in filthy buidlings.
3.How did Denis Kearney try to stop asian people from entering California in 1882? Why did he do this, and how would you feel if you were chinese?

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

The Meat Inspection Act


Muckracker
Exploits the labor of people for profits
Author: Upton Sinclair
The Jungle

Inspectors
Novel
Sickening Conditions
Progressive
Eradicated
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
I
O
No sanitation

A
Compromise
T