Friday, November 5, 2010

Monday, November 1, 2010

Imperialism: Weighing the Arguments

Please read the documents on pages one and two, then complete the argument analysis on page three. The reading on page for is purely for your enrighment, but you may practice by analyzing the argument made within that reading as well.

American Imperialism Debate

Unit 4 Study Guide

Below you will find the study guide for our fourth unit. Please complete the key terms and personalities by the last day of this unit, Monday, November 8th. We will be taking the Unit 4 Exam on that day as well.

Unit 4 - Study Guide

Thursday, October 21, 2010

5 most-missed questions - MIDTERM

1. The first transcontinental railroad was completed when the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroads were linked at:
a. Denver, CO
b. San Francisco, CA
c. Promontory, UT
d. Abilene, KS

2. What was the goal of the Farmer’s Grange movement?
a. To open up government-owned land on the frontier to small family farming.
b. To allow the federal government to regulate railroad company rates and practices.
c. To provide employment benefits to laborers who had lost their jobs as a result of mechanized farming.
d. All of the above.

3. Federal troops were repeatedly used to break up labor strikes under what justification?
a. Strikes were a disruption to interstate commerce.
b. Strikes did not represent the general will of the people.
c. Industrialists were often suspected of being anarchists and socialists.
d. Labor strikes were often violent and were seen as a threat to the safety of the public.

4. Those who viewed American as a “melting pot” believed that immigrants:
a. stole jobs from Americans
b. should assimilate with native-born people by abandoning their native customs and languages.
c. provided much-needed diversity to the nation.
d. should live in neighborhoods with others from their homelands.

5. Why were their fewer jobs in rural areas during the late 1800’s?
a. There was less of a demand for agricultural products.
b. Farmers had no way of selling their goods to people in other parts of the country.
c. Technological advances had reduced the need for farm labor.
d. All of the above.