2. What did the Bonus Army want the government to do?
They protested outside of the capital, and wanted the pensions they were promised for World War I sooner because the country was going through economic turmoil. They were denied their money, and MacArthur/Eisenhower came in to break up the Army and killed two war veterans. Big no no. >:o
3. What was the New Deal?
The New Deal was the collective name for the laws, acts, and programs that were past or set up during Roosevelt's first term as president. Among these were the Civillian Conservation Corps, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, the National Recovery Administration, the Public Works Administration, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
4. How did the CCC benefit the unemployed as well as the nation?
It gave many young men the opportunity to have to an easy job, planting trees, establishing parks, and restoring run-down areas of cities, and benefitted the well-being of the areas in which the people were working.
5. In what region was the Dust Bowl centered?
In the Midwest: Oklahoma, Kansas, Parts of New Mexico, Nebraska, Eastern Colorado, North Texas, South Dakota, Southeast Montana, and Eastern Wyoming .
6. Summarize the advances made by African Americans and women during the Great Depression.
7. What was the purpose of the Social Security Act?
To generate some income for the old, retired folk, as well as the unemployed, and disabled.
8. Describe two laws passed during the Second New Deal that helped workers and unions.
~The Fair Labour Standards Act, which set a minimum wage and a limit to the amount of hours one could work within a week.
~Works Progress Administration, which created many jobs, as this administration employed men and women to build many government buildings within cities, like airports, hospitals, and schools.
9. How did the trend of buying on credit in the 1920's affect banks during the Depression?
Because people were beginning to be careless with the amount of money they accredited and soon enough, the people were starting to credit money from bankers who were crediting money from seemingly nowhere, and it created one big huge mess that ended up causing the depression.
10. How did new technology help cause the Dust Bowl disaster?
Nutrients in the soil were lacking due to the plows, the farming of wrong crops in the region. The soil became loose and devoid of any substance keeping it grounded. High winds spurred, and of course massive dust storms plagued this area of the country, creating what was known as the Dust Bowl! :(
11. Re-create the diagram below and list two ways the federal government changed during Roosevelt's administration:
Changing role of government leads to --> People began to step up and oppose FDR's reign. Dictators such as Huey Long were rising up, yet Long was assassinated and therefore couldn't have a dramatic effect on the federal government.
Friday, 13 April 2012
Thursday, 5 April 2012
Chapter Twenty-Four
10. What is installment buying?
For just 10 small payments of $19.95, you too can purchase your very own Snuggie!!!!
11. What did Charles Lindbergh accomplish?
Flew across the Atlantic in 36 hours in an airplane. He was considered a hero by the American public after accomplishing such a feat.
12. Name three important musicians.
Duke Ellington, Besie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Paul Whiteman, Bix Biederbecke, and King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band.
13. How was the Red Scare used to turn the public against unions?
The strikers from the unions were labeled red agitators and thought of as communists by the public, thus making them lose support.
14. How did President Harding feel about the League of Nations?
Along with Coolidge, Harding favoured minimum involvement with worldly affairs. They wanted World Peace, but didn't want to join the League of Nations because it would get them involved with international arguments.
15. What new forms of entertainment were available to the American people in the 1920's as a result of new technology?
Listening to Radio, Driving Automobiles, Watching Movies, Listening to Phonograph records,
16. Re-create the diagram below and describe what you think are the advantages and disadvantages of scientific management.
Advantages: Lowered costs. Increased productivity. Better wages. Birth of Assembly Line. (Could be good or bad :o )
Disadvantages: Propaganda techniques used to advertise.
For just 10 small payments of $19.95, you too can purchase your very own Snuggie!!!!
11. What did Charles Lindbergh accomplish?
Flew across the Atlantic in 36 hours in an airplane. He was considered a hero by the American public after accomplishing such a feat.
12. Name three important musicians.
Duke Ellington, Besie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Paul Whiteman, Bix Biederbecke, and King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band.
13. How was the Red Scare used to turn the public against unions?
The strikers from the unions were labeled red agitators and thought of as communists by the public, thus making them lose support.
14. How did President Harding feel about the League of Nations?
Along with Coolidge, Harding favoured minimum involvement with worldly affairs. They wanted World Peace, but didn't want to join the League of Nations because it would get them involved with international arguments.
15. What new forms of entertainment were available to the American people in the 1920's as a result of new technology?
Listening to Radio, Driving Automobiles, Watching Movies, Listening to Phonograph records,
16. Re-create the diagram below and describe what you think are the advantages and disadvantages of scientific management.
Advantages: Lowered costs. Increased productivity. Better wages. Birth of Assembly Line. (Could be good or bad :o )
Disadvantages: Propaganda techniques used to advertise.
Thursday, 29 March 2012
Review Chapter 23 in Zeh Textbook
1) What ideas or ideologies lead to World War I beginning?
Nationalism, Serbian search for recognition/independence,
2) Outline the specific events in 1914 that led to a World War.
Serbians wanted nationalistic recognition. Franz Ferdinand assassinated. Many people with alliances lashed out against Serbians. Serbian allies retaliated as well. Mass fighting and alliance-ing ensued. WWI (The Great War) hath begun...
3) What advancements in technology help create massive causalities?
Poison Gas, Tanks, Flamethrowers! (OH MY!) !#!@#!##@!R$@#!!@#
4) How did the forming of alliances increase the likelihood of war?
Pretty much obligated certain countries to enter war if someone they were associated with got attacked. The many alliances were building up to the point where had one country been attacked, the whole world would have to choose a side to stick with the terms they had agreed with
5) List the Allies and the Central Powers during the war.
Allies: Portugal, France, Italy, Britain, Ireland, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Greece, Romania, Russia, United States of America.
Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire.
Neutral Nubs: America (For a lil' bit), Spain, Persia, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, and Luxembourg
DON'T FORGET JAPAN!
6) Explain how world in Europe brought an economic boom for the United States.
The United Kingdom was struggling for supplies, materials, and just money in general. They were looking at America while it remained neutral for financial aid as well as a source of weapons and supplies. However, this put America at a disadvantage because they had hoped to remain neutral, but they were helping an allied country which made the Germans a lil' angry.
7) Briefly discuss the importance of the following battles: Marne, Verdun, Somme, Gallipoli, Argonne Forest.
MARNE: The battle of the Marne was one of the first battles in WWI with the British and the French trying to stop the German advance towards the Marne. (Marne is a river by the way. :o ) The battle was fought September 5 and 12, 1914. Prevented Germany from invading Paris and boosted French morale. Made it evident that it was going to be a difficult war with no one side having a clear advantage over the other.
VERDUN: German offensive trench warfare move. Occurred in Northeastern France for more than 10 months. Longest/bloodiest battles of the war amounting to 750,000 deaths for both sides.
SOMME: While the battle of Verdun was commencing, Britain and France went to North France in July for an offensive. Again, high number of deaths/casualties, Allies only gained 7 miles of advancement.
GALLOPOLI: British and French effort to try to capture Istanbul in the Ottoman Empire territory. The battles help the Turkish War for Independence go underway as the aging Ottoman Empire was falling.
ARGONNE FOREST:
8) Who was the U.S. General in Command during the war?
General John Jay Pershing
9) Write three questions of your own based on information that you found interesting in these sections.
Why didn't the government let people eat? :(
Why did the Marines refuse black people? :(
Why did the Germans have to be so mean and keep blowing up ships? :(
Nationalism, Serbian search for recognition/independence,
2) Outline the specific events in 1914 that led to a World War.
Serbians wanted nationalistic recognition. Franz Ferdinand assassinated. Many people with alliances lashed out against Serbians. Serbian allies retaliated as well. Mass fighting and alliance-ing ensued. WWI (The Great War) hath begun...
3) What advancements in technology help create massive causalities?
Poison Gas, Tanks, Flamethrowers! (OH MY!) !#!@#!##@!R$@#!!@#
4) How did the forming of alliances increase the likelihood of war?
Pretty much obligated certain countries to enter war if someone they were associated with got attacked. The many alliances were building up to the point where had one country been attacked, the whole world would have to choose a side to stick with the terms they had agreed with
5) List the Allies and the Central Powers during the war.
Allies: Portugal, France, Italy, Britain, Ireland, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Greece, Romania, Russia, United States of America.
Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire.
Neutral Nubs: America (For a lil' bit), Spain, Persia, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, and Luxembourg
DON'T FORGET JAPAN!
6) Explain how world in Europe brought an economic boom for the United States.
The United Kingdom was struggling for supplies, materials, and just money in general. They were looking at America while it remained neutral for financial aid as well as a source of weapons and supplies. However, this put America at a disadvantage because they had hoped to remain neutral, but they were helping an allied country which made the Germans a lil' angry.
7) Briefly discuss the importance of the following battles: Marne, Verdun, Somme, Gallipoli, Argonne Forest.
MARNE: The battle of the Marne was one of the first battles in WWI with the British and the French trying to stop the German advance towards the Marne. (Marne is a river by the way. :o ) The battle was fought September 5 and 12, 1914. Prevented Germany from invading Paris and boosted French morale. Made it evident that it was going to be a difficult war with no one side having a clear advantage over the other.
VERDUN: German offensive trench warfare move. Occurred in Northeastern France for more than 10 months. Longest/bloodiest battles of the war amounting to 750,000 deaths for both sides.
SOMME: While the battle of Verdun was commencing, Britain and France went to North France in July for an offensive. Again, high number of deaths/casualties, Allies only gained 7 miles of advancement.
GALLOPOLI: British and French effort to try to capture Istanbul in the Ottoman Empire territory. The battles help the Turkish War for Independence go underway as the aging Ottoman Empire was falling.
ARGONNE FOREST:
8) Who was the U.S. General in Command during the war?
General John Jay Pershing
9) Write three questions of your own based on information that you found interesting in these sections.
Why didn't the government let people eat? :(
Why did the Marines refuse black people? :(
Why did the Germans have to be so mean and keep blowing up ships? :(
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Wednesday Grooop Stuff
Polly has been workin' on the railroad...
Railroad: By 1900, there were 250,000 miles of railroad track laid. James J. Hill and Cornelius Vanderbilt were the railroad barons at the time, controlled up to 90% of the railroad at the time. Because of this, they could charge whatever price they wanted to people. However, they could cut deals for their rich buddies so they could travel at lower prices.
Railroad transport was very important as it moved resources from the west-to-east, east-to-west.
Railroad technology: Air brakes, refrigerated railcars, luxurious sleeping cars, electromagnetic braking systems, as well as dining cars.
Railroads also affected how Americans thought about time, people would measure the trip into how many hours it was instead of miles, and this is how time zones came about!
Improved communication inventions: Telephone made in 1876, telegraph.
Other inventions: Kodak Camera invented in 1888, Lewis Latimer improved on the lightbulb, giving it a threaded socket and an improved filament, automatic shoemaking machine.
Thomas Edison inventions: Telephone transmitters, storage battery, electric lightbulbs made in 1879, phonograph made in 1877
THE AGE OF BIG BUSINESS!
Oil was one of the biggest industries back then, and people were finding better, more efficient ways to get it out of the earth faster. Cars were becoming powered by gasoline which helped people get the oil faster and with more reason. Steel business was booming with all the railroads being built and in heavy use. Development of new manufacturing tools made steel very inexpensive.
The corporations grew larger. J.D. Rockefeller and his railroad business and Andrew Carnegie with his steel industry were becoming highly successful.
Many mergers happened at this time, since there many monopolies, people would combine businesses to form corporations to be more beneficial to both parties.
SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT
This law was in 1890, and it sought to protect trade and commerce from unlawful restraint and commerce. However, it didn't fully define trusts or monopolies so people began to reinterpret the act.
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS!
In 1800's most working women were domestic servants, but then by the 1900's more than 1,000,000 women worked in the industry. But since no laws regulate women's salaries, they earned half of what men earned for the same work.
In 1900, a thousand children under the age of 16 were working for the industry. Many states began passing laws that children couldn't work until they were 12 and couldn't work more than 10 hours a day.
Unsatisfied workers formed labor unions so that they could get better working conditions and salaries for them.
HAYMARKET RIOT!
Seven people died... thanks to Manda's bomb. Way to go! :)
ACTS
Pendleton Act: 1883 - Established Civil Service Comission and set up exams for federal jobs.
Sherman Antitrust Act: 1890 - First federal law to control trusts and monopolies.
Interstate Commerce Act: 1887 - Required railroads to charge "reasonable and just" rates & to publish these rates.
Meat Inspection Act: 1906 - Prevented bad meat/misbranded meat products from being sold.
Pure Food and Drug Act: 1906 - Required accurate labeling of food and medicine and banning the sale of harmful food.
CLUBS
Women's clubs were focused on cultural activities like music + painting. Many clubs gradually became concerned with social problems. When clubs refused to admit black people, they established their own clubs.
Women vote nationally thanks to the 19th amendment in 1919 ratified in 1920. This was just in time for the next election! :D
Woman's social reform to protect children.
The WTUL women's trade union leagues encourage working women to form women's labour unions. It also supported laws to protect the rights of women factory workers. WTUL helped to raise money to help striking to pay bail for women who were arrested for participatin in strikes.
THE 18th AMENDMENT: 1919 - Prohibition Law. Made it illegal to transport, make or sell alcohol in the United States.
THE 19th AMENDMENT: 1920 - Provided for woman's suffrage! They could finally vote and this amendment came just in time for the upcoming election. Woohoo!
Political Bosses:
-to gain voters
-did favours for people
-provided jobs for immigrants
-helped needy families
-to gain money!
-accepted bribes
-received campaign contributions
-accepted kickbacks
~ PRESIDENTS - PROGRESSIVES ~
Teddy Roosevelt: In 1902 he ordered the Justice department to take legal action against certain trusts that had violated the Sherman Antitrust act. He targeted the Northern Security compant, the trust was broken apart. He obtained a total of 25 legal charges against beef, oil, and tobacco companies. He made the united mine workers have a normal work pattern. He enforced the US forest service to help preserve nature. (Park Service :o )
William Howard Taft: He won more antitrust in four years than Roosevelt did in seven. He favoured the intro to safety standards in mines and railroad workings. In 1920, Roosevelt challenged Taft in the next election because he was disappointed in Taft. Roosevelt was angry because he didn't get a nomination on the first ballot so he made the Progressive Party. Neither of them on, Wilson did!
Woodrow Wilson: He achieved tariff reforms in 1913. That same year, Congress also passed the Federal Reserve Act to regulate banking. In 1914 he established the Federal Trade Commission to investigate corporations for unfair trade practices. He reserved millions of acres of land for natural forest preservation stuffs. People got more hours which meant more moneys!@#!@#!@#
Railroad: By 1900, there were 250,000 miles of railroad track laid. James J. Hill and Cornelius Vanderbilt were the railroad barons at the time, controlled up to 90% of the railroad at the time. Because of this, they could charge whatever price they wanted to people. However, they could cut deals for their rich buddies so they could travel at lower prices.
Railroad transport was very important as it moved resources from the west-to-east, east-to-west.
Railroad technology: Air brakes, refrigerated railcars, luxurious sleeping cars, electromagnetic braking systems, as well as dining cars.
Railroads also affected how Americans thought about time, people would measure the trip into how many hours it was instead of miles, and this is how time zones came about!
Improved communication inventions: Telephone made in 1876, telegraph.
Other inventions: Kodak Camera invented in 1888, Lewis Latimer improved on the lightbulb, giving it a threaded socket and an improved filament, automatic shoemaking machine.
Thomas Edison inventions: Telephone transmitters, storage battery, electric lightbulbs made in 1879, phonograph made in 1877
THE AGE OF BIG BUSINESS!
Oil was one of the biggest industries back then, and people were finding better, more efficient ways to get it out of the earth faster. Cars were becoming powered by gasoline which helped people get the oil faster and with more reason. Steel business was booming with all the railroads being built and in heavy use. Development of new manufacturing tools made steel very inexpensive.
The corporations grew larger. J.D. Rockefeller and his railroad business and Andrew Carnegie with his steel industry were becoming highly successful.
Many mergers happened at this time, since there many monopolies, people would combine businesses to form corporations to be more beneficial to both parties.
SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT
This law was in 1890, and it sought to protect trade and commerce from unlawful restraint and commerce. However, it didn't fully define trusts or monopolies so people began to reinterpret the act.
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS!
In 1800's most working women were domestic servants, but then by the 1900's more than 1,000,000 women worked in the industry. But since no laws regulate women's salaries, they earned half of what men earned for the same work.
In 1900, a thousand children under the age of 16 were working for the industry. Many states began passing laws that children couldn't work until they were 12 and couldn't work more than 10 hours a day.
Unsatisfied workers formed labor unions so that they could get better working conditions and salaries for them.
HAYMARKET RIOT!
Seven people died... thanks to Manda's bomb. Way to go! :)
THE OTHER GROUP'S STUFF!
ACTS
Pendleton Act: 1883 - Established Civil Service Comission and set up exams for federal jobs.
Sherman Antitrust Act: 1890 - First federal law to control trusts and monopolies.
Interstate Commerce Act: 1887 - Required railroads to charge "reasonable and just" rates & to publish these rates.
Meat Inspection Act: 1906 - Prevented bad meat/misbranded meat products from being sold.
Pure Food and Drug Act: 1906 - Required accurate labeling of food and medicine and banning the sale of harmful food.
CLUBS
Women's clubs were focused on cultural activities like music + painting. Many clubs gradually became concerned with social problems. When clubs refused to admit black people, they established their own clubs.
Women vote nationally thanks to the 19th amendment in 1919 ratified in 1920. This was just in time for the next election! :D
Woman's social reform to protect children.
The WTUL women's trade union leagues encourage working women to form women's labour unions. It also supported laws to protect the rights of women factory workers. WTUL helped to raise money to help striking to pay bail for women who were arrested for participatin in strikes.
THE 18th AMENDMENT: 1919 - Prohibition Law. Made it illegal to transport, make or sell alcohol in the United States.
THE 19th AMENDMENT: 1920 - Provided for woman's suffrage! They could finally vote and this amendment came just in time for the upcoming election. Woohoo!
Political Bosses:
-to gain voters
-did favours for people
-provided jobs for immigrants
-helped needy families
-to gain money!
-accepted bribes
-received campaign contributions
-accepted kickbacks
~ PRESIDENTS - PROGRESSIVES ~
Teddy Roosevelt: In 1902 he ordered the Justice department to take legal action against certain trusts that had violated the Sherman Antitrust act. He targeted the Northern Security compant, the trust was broken apart. He obtained a total of 25 legal charges against beef, oil, and tobacco companies. He made the united mine workers have a normal work pattern. He enforced the US forest service to help preserve nature. (Park Service :o )
William Howard Taft: He won more antitrust in four years than Roosevelt did in seven. He favoured the intro to safety standards in mines and railroad workings. In 1920, Roosevelt challenged Taft in the next election because he was disappointed in Taft. Roosevelt was angry because he didn't get a nomination on the first ballot so he made the Progressive Party. Neither of them on, Wilson did!
Woodrow Wilson: He achieved tariff reforms in 1913. That same year, Congress also passed the Federal Reserve Act to regulate banking. In 1914 he established the Federal Trade Commission to investigate corporations for unfair trade practices. He reserved millions of acres of land for natural forest preservation stuffs. People got more hours which meant more moneys!@#!@#!@#
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
More Questions ---Chapter 21
7. How did corrupt political bosses get voters for their parties?
Doing favours for people, being total brown-nosers and trying to build the most positive public image they could in order for the votes. Most of the time, they weren't giving a damn about the people, and just played the nice guy role to get who they wanted within a position of power.
8. Why were journalists important to the reform movement?
They brought corruption and injustice to the public eye through media. Because they were sifting through all the lies to find the truth for the American public, the investigative journalists soon came to be called "muckrakers" which I find to be a pretty cool word to say...
9. What amendment provided for the direct election of senators?
The Seventeenth Amendment, ratified in 1913.
10. What amendment provided for woman suffrage?
The Nineteenth Amendment provided for woman suffrage, ratified in 1920.
11. What is arbitration?
"The settling of a dispute by agreeing to accept the decision of an impartial outsider."
12. Why did progressives form their own political party?
Because Roosevelt thought that Taft had stolen the presidential nomination from him as he was another Republican. Therefore, he made a new party to counteract this, called the Progressive party, which he was instantly elected as the Progressive candidate.
13. What was the purpose of the Federal Reserve Act?
To regulate banking by creating 12 national banks that were controlled by the central government. D.C. could keep a better eye on what happened with all the nation's wealth this way.
14. What is discrimination?
De people be hatin' on de utha folks cuz of de coluh o' dey skin, where dey from, where dey go t'church, and whutnot. (Or as the book says, "Unequal treatment because of race, religion, ethnic background, or place of birth.)
15. What did Dr. Carlos Montezuma think about Native American reservations?
He felt that they were hurting the Natives, and he decided to become an activist and bring the problems out to the public that the government was abusing them. Montezuma wanted the Natives to leave the reservations and establish their own way in American society to prevent being holed up in a tiny reservation away from the world.
16. Why did Mexican Americans organize mutualistas?
They couldn't stand alone, especially as a minority is a very bigoted society full of whites. Therefore, the Mexicans formed groups to help one another so that their voice could be heard. Mutualistas did more than that though, they raised money for the Mexican cause and provided for insurance and legal help.
17. How did the Seventeenth Amendment give people a greater voice in government?
Because people now had more control over not just the decision over the executive branch of the government, but also the legislative as it gave direct election for state senators/representatives.
18. Why was the railroad industry subject to so many government regulations?
Because it functioned as an oligopoly (Another awesome word!) and big corporations controlled the prices of everything related to them. People thought this unfair so they wanted the government the step in, because legally they had the power to regulate prices and overall had more control since the railroad crossed state lines.
19. Re-create the diagram below and identify how these laws promote justice and insure citizens' rights.
19th Amendment provided for women suffrage, which was a huge step forward as they had very little rights before the 1920 ratification of this amendment.
Doing favours for people, being total brown-nosers and trying to build the most positive public image they could in order for the votes. Most of the time, they weren't giving a damn about the people, and just played the nice guy role to get who they wanted within a position of power.
8. Why were journalists important to the reform movement?
They brought corruption and injustice to the public eye through media. Because they were sifting through all the lies to find the truth for the American public, the investigative journalists soon came to be called "muckrakers" which I find to be a pretty cool word to say...
9. What amendment provided for the direct election of senators?
The Seventeenth Amendment, ratified in 1913.
10. What amendment provided for woman suffrage?
The Nineteenth Amendment provided for woman suffrage, ratified in 1920.
11. What is arbitration?
"The settling of a dispute by agreeing to accept the decision of an impartial outsider."
12. Why did progressives form their own political party?
Because Roosevelt thought that Taft had stolen the presidential nomination from him as he was another Republican. Therefore, he made a new party to counteract this, called the Progressive party, which he was instantly elected as the Progressive candidate.
13. What was the purpose of the Federal Reserve Act?
To regulate banking by creating 12 national banks that were controlled by the central government. D.C. could keep a better eye on what happened with all the nation's wealth this way.
14. What is discrimination?
De people be hatin' on de utha folks cuz of de coluh o' dey skin, where dey from, where dey go t'church, and whutnot. (Or as the book says, "Unequal treatment because of race, religion, ethnic background, or place of birth.)
15. What did Dr. Carlos Montezuma think about Native American reservations?
He felt that they were hurting the Natives, and he decided to become an activist and bring the problems out to the public that the government was abusing them. Montezuma wanted the Natives to leave the reservations and establish their own way in American society to prevent being holed up in a tiny reservation away from the world.
16. Why did Mexican Americans organize mutualistas?
They couldn't stand alone, especially as a minority is a very bigoted society full of whites. Therefore, the Mexicans formed groups to help one another so that their voice could be heard. Mutualistas did more than that though, they raised money for the Mexican cause and provided for insurance and legal help.
17. How did the Seventeenth Amendment give people a greater voice in government?
Because people now had more control over not just the decision over the executive branch of the government, but also the legislative as it gave direct election for state senators/representatives.
18. Why was the railroad industry subject to so many government regulations?
Because it functioned as an oligopoly (Another awesome word!) and big corporations controlled the prices of everything related to them. People thought this unfair so they wanted the government the step in, because legally they had the power to regulate prices and overall had more control since the railroad crossed state lines.
19. Re-create the diagram below and identify how these laws promote justice and insure citizens' rights.
19th Amendment provided for women suffrage, which was a huge step forward as they had very little rights before the 1920 ratification of this amendment.
Sunday, 11 March 2012
History Questions
5. Implementation of the Standard gauge, air brakes, car couplers, refrigerated cars, and luxury cars for people to sleep in.
6. The Lightbulb! An automatic telegraph machine. The Phonograph. Motion picture projector. Telephone transmitter. Storage Battery.
7. The Telephone, Telegraph and the postal service, which helped people send letters from all around the country.
8. He made the automobiles run on gasoline. He also manufactured a ton of cars so that there was such a huge supply, driving the price way down.
9. Vertical integration is the joining of important companies who manufacture important resources vital to a large-scale corporation, into said corporation. It is most notable done by Andrew Carnegie as well as J.P. Morgan after purchasing Carnegie's steel plant and forming the United Steel Corporation.
10. In 1890 the government passed the Sherman Antitrust Act so that it could protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraint and monopoly. However, like many other bills/laws/amendments, people decided to be smartasses and atttempt to reinterpret the act because they weren't defined enough.
11. When unions take a position of power to settle deals with management for the benefit of the workers.
12. People were acting up, so the Haymarket Riot put the negative view of terrorism and chaos into the minds of the American people which disheartened them. (As you can imagine...)
13. Automatic Shoemaking machine. Improved lightbulbs. Electric Incubators. Electromagnetic brake system. Automatic circuit breaker.
14. Horizontal integration involved the merging of firms to build a corporation. Vertical integration involved merging companies that provided resources or equipment to help attain a certain purpose of the industry.
15. Because standing alone with a single voice isn't going to get the government/employers attention. Bonding together and forming a group (strength in numbers) is a better way to go about campaigning for something that is desired.
16. Railroad network --> Helped connect both coasts, increased resources flowing from west to east, east to west.
17. Railroad/Trains, Canals/Water travel.
18. The lumber industry due to the amount of how many Sawmills are marked on the map.
19. The South Bend iron/steel industry looks like it has tons of railroads and a notable shipping route coming out of it. It must have an important location. Ohio has two in the Northeastern part of the state, Pennsylvania has one, New York has one, and there's even one in Canada. :o
20. Central, Mountain, and Pacific zones.
21. Midnight, 12:00
22. Noon, 12:00
6. The Lightbulb! An automatic telegraph machine. The Phonograph. Motion picture projector. Telephone transmitter. Storage Battery.
7. The Telephone, Telegraph and the postal service, which helped people send letters from all around the country.
8. He made the automobiles run on gasoline. He also manufactured a ton of cars so that there was such a huge supply, driving the price way down.
9. Vertical integration is the joining of important companies who manufacture important resources vital to a large-scale corporation, into said corporation. It is most notable done by Andrew Carnegie as well as J.P. Morgan after purchasing Carnegie's steel plant and forming the United Steel Corporation.
10. In 1890 the government passed the Sherman Antitrust Act so that it could protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraint and monopoly. However, like many other bills/laws/amendments, people decided to be smartasses and atttempt to reinterpret the act because they weren't defined enough.
11. When unions take a position of power to settle deals with management for the benefit of the workers.
12. People were acting up, so the Haymarket Riot put the negative view of terrorism and chaos into the minds of the American people which disheartened them. (As you can imagine...)
13. Automatic Shoemaking machine. Improved lightbulbs. Electric Incubators. Electromagnetic brake system. Automatic circuit breaker.
14. Horizontal integration involved the merging of firms to build a corporation. Vertical integration involved merging companies that provided resources or equipment to help attain a certain purpose of the industry.
15. Because standing alone with a single voice isn't going to get the government/employers attention. Bonding together and forming a group (strength in numbers) is a better way to go about campaigning for something that is desired.
16. Railroad network --> Helped connect both coasts, increased resources flowing from west to east, east to west.
17. Railroad/Trains, Canals/Water travel.
18. The lumber industry due to the amount of how many Sawmills are marked on the map.
19. The South Bend iron/steel industry looks like it has tons of railroads and a notable shipping route coming out of it. It must have an important location. Ohio has two in the Northeastern part of the state, Pennsylvania has one, New York has one, and there's even one in Canada. :o
20. Central, Mountain, and Pacific zones.
21. Midnight, 12:00
22. Noon, 12:00
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Doughnut Know Much About History...
How did the Civil War shape our lives today?
It totally screwed over the South economy, ended slavery and indentured servitude, and kept us as one country instead of a divided nation of Confederates and Union...ers.
Name three ways the Civil War changed the South.
-Rise of the KKK
-Severely diminished economy and farmland.
-Congress felt the need to punish them once Lincoln was assassinated.
What constitutional right did Lincoln suspend?
Habeus Corpus - having a prisoner set free if significant evidence against the prisoner in question is not provided.
List the four border states.
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.
Why did West Virginia form?
It was a admitted into the Union after the Wheeling Conventions and there was part of the Virginia state that wanted to be in the Union. Therefore, it seceded from Virginia, which was a Confederate State, in order to stay with the Union Forces.
What disadvantages did the South face?
Much less territory, only 11 states to the North's 23. There was a more noticeable disadvantage in the amount of people that were on each side, especially the number of those who were actually fighting. 22,000,000 people total in the North against the 9,000,000 Southerners. This was more than double and it meant that there was a great chance of you dying if you fought for the South!
Why did the Confederate States believe they had a right to leave the Union?
They felt independent and much stronger than the Union. They also wanted to protect their right to own slaves and felt the North weren't in a position to take away their biggest source of labour and economic growth. The South also wanted to keep state's rights and were in control of their own state, just how it was run back in the late 1600's.
What were the three main strategies of the Union?
They blocked off the ports of the South so that no import or export could benefit them anymore.
They wanted to wage 'total war' on the whole South.
Control the Mississippi to control the West as well as important trade routes/systems.
What was the average age of soldiers who fought in the Civil War?
Most were 21 or younger, but the average age was about 25.
What was the outcome of Bull Run?
Thomas J. Jackson earned his famous nickname, Stonewall Jackson during this battle and led the Confederates to an important victory. First battle of the Civil War, fought just 20 miles or so from the Nation's capital. Made it apparent that the war was going to last a very long time. People sat and watched and had a picnic. :D
Discuss the Battle of Shiloh.
It was the bloodiest as well as the costliest battle in the war, and an important Union victory. More casualities in this battle alone than all American wars combined. The first day of the battle, the Confederates were in the lead, because the Union retreated to the Hornet's Nest. The important thing in the battle is the death of the Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston. His death, causes the Confederates to retreat and weakens their forces as a whole. Grant and Sherman start to go ham after this battle, taking over/destroying everything in their path.
What were Lincoln’s reasons for the Emancipation Proclamation?
He used it as a political tool, a scare tactic, to hopefully incite the slave revolts and runaways. This would severely hurt the South, losing their prime source of economic superiority.
What did the 13th Amendment do?
It outlawed slavery and indentured servitude except as punishment for a crime.
How was the Civil War a rich man’s war but a poor man’s fight?
It was considered this because it was a war that decided which part of the nation would be in an economic advantage. Plus, the drafted men could pay their way out of it by paying a poor person to take their place. Whichever side won would also be in the economic advantage, since North would further industrialization, and the South would flourish in agriculture and slave labour trade.
Discuss the draft laws in the north.
If someone was drafted, they could pay their way out of it, or hire someone to go join the army in their place.
Discuss the importance of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.
Gettysburg = Robert E. Lee invading the North and it was a heavily bloody battle. Last time the South invade the North in the war. Turning point in the war, sort of like the Saratoga of the Civil War. 70,000 casualties compiled on both sides. The South loses so much men, and spends the rest of the war practically running from Grant. July 1st through the 3rd.
Chancellorsville = Southern Victory, Joe Hooker gets defeated, yet Stonewall Jackson dies. Robert E. Lee loses his secondhand man.
How did Sherman use “Total War” against the South?
By killing and destroying every single piece of land, well... pretty much anything he marched through. Whenever he led his troops, he annihilated the surrounding area.
Who were the Presidents of the Confederacy and the United States during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis was the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, and Abraham Lincoln was the President (16th) of the United States of America.
What, exactly, did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed the slaves in the south as a plot to get slaves to run away and possibly revolt.
North consisted of Twenty-three states, including California, Oregon, and seven other territories. Population of approximately 22,000,000.
South consisted of Eleven states. Population of approximately 9,000,000.
Costs: Money:
North: $6,000,000
South: $3,000,000
Dead Men:
North: 360,000
South: 260,000
Total: 620,000 ~ 3.3 million served for both sides total. (Approx. 1-5 chance of dying.)
It totally screwed over the South economy, ended slavery and indentured servitude, and kept us as one country instead of a divided nation of Confederates and Union...ers.
Name three ways the Civil War changed the South.
-Rise of the KKK
-Severely diminished economy and farmland.
-Congress felt the need to punish them once Lincoln was assassinated.
What constitutional right did Lincoln suspend?
Habeus Corpus - having a prisoner set free if significant evidence against the prisoner in question is not provided.
List the four border states.
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.
Why did West Virginia form?
It was a admitted into the Union after the Wheeling Conventions and there was part of the Virginia state that wanted to be in the Union. Therefore, it seceded from Virginia, which was a Confederate State, in order to stay with the Union Forces.
What disadvantages did the South face?
Much less territory, only 11 states to the North's 23. There was a more noticeable disadvantage in the amount of people that were on each side, especially the number of those who were actually fighting. 22,000,000 people total in the North against the 9,000,000 Southerners. This was more than double and it meant that there was a great chance of you dying if you fought for the South!
Why did the Confederate States believe they had a right to leave the Union?
They felt independent and much stronger than the Union. They also wanted to protect their right to own slaves and felt the North weren't in a position to take away their biggest source of labour and economic growth. The South also wanted to keep state's rights and were in control of their own state, just how it was run back in the late 1600's.
What were the three main strategies of the Union?
They blocked off the ports of the South so that no import or export could benefit them anymore.
They wanted to wage 'total war' on the whole South.
Control the Mississippi to control the West as well as important trade routes/systems.
What was the average age of soldiers who fought in the Civil War?
Most were 21 or younger, but the average age was about 25.
What was the outcome of Bull Run?
Thomas J. Jackson earned his famous nickname, Stonewall Jackson during this battle and led the Confederates to an important victory. First battle of the Civil War, fought just 20 miles or so from the Nation's capital. Made it apparent that the war was going to last a very long time. People sat and watched and had a picnic. :D
Discuss the Battle of Shiloh.
It was the bloodiest as well as the costliest battle in the war, and an important Union victory. More casualities in this battle alone than all American wars combined. The first day of the battle, the Confederates were in the lead, because the Union retreated to the Hornet's Nest. The important thing in the battle is the death of the Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston. His death, causes the Confederates to retreat and weakens their forces as a whole. Grant and Sherman start to go ham after this battle, taking over/destroying everything in their path.
What were Lincoln’s reasons for the Emancipation Proclamation?
He used it as a political tool, a scare tactic, to hopefully incite the slave revolts and runaways. This would severely hurt the South, losing their prime source of economic superiority.
What did the 13th Amendment do?
It outlawed slavery and indentured servitude except as punishment for a crime.
How was the Civil War a rich man’s war but a poor man’s fight?
It was considered this because it was a war that decided which part of the nation would be in an economic advantage. Plus, the drafted men could pay their way out of it by paying a poor person to take their place. Whichever side won would also be in the economic advantage, since North would further industrialization, and the South would flourish in agriculture and slave labour trade.
Discuss the draft laws in the north.
If someone was drafted, they could pay their way out of it, or hire someone to go join the army in their place.
Discuss the importance of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.
Gettysburg = Robert E. Lee invading the North and it was a heavily bloody battle. Last time the South invade the North in the war. Turning point in the war, sort of like the Saratoga of the Civil War. 70,000 casualties compiled on both sides. The South loses so much men, and spends the rest of the war practically running from Grant. July 1st through the 3rd.
Chancellorsville = Southern Victory, Joe Hooker gets defeated, yet Stonewall Jackson dies. Robert E. Lee loses his secondhand man.
How did Sherman use “Total War” against the South?
By killing and destroying every single piece of land, well... pretty much anything he marched through. Whenever he led his troops, he annihilated the surrounding area.
Who were the Presidents of the Confederacy and the United States during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis was the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, and Abraham Lincoln was the President (16th) of the United States of America.
What, exactly, did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed the slaves in the south as a plot to get slaves to run away and possibly revolt.
North consisted of Twenty-three states, including California, Oregon, and seven other territories. Population of approximately 22,000,000.
South consisted of Eleven states. Population of approximately 9,000,000.
Costs: Money:
North: $6,000,000
South: $3,000,000
Dead Men:
North: 360,000
South: 260,000
Total: 620,000 ~ 3.3 million served for both sides total. (Approx. 1-5 chance of dying.)
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