Anybody Out There???

Okay students! I hope you are studying for the test tomorrow. Let me know if you have any questions. (my apologies to Pink Floyd)

Food Eaten, Games Watched...Time to Get Back to History

I added another game on quia http://www.quia.com/jw/185514.html this is a word scramble of the 1930s that you need to know for the test. Once you unscramble the word look through your notes to find the meaning.

A few other things you need to know for the test...

• Three presidents of the 1920s: Harding, Coolidge and Hoover
• the New Deal was created by FDR to provide RELIEF, RECOVERY and REFORM
• Shantytowns - temporary housing from wood crates and other leftover materials
• the Teapot Dome Scandal illegal leasing of oil resrves to private oil companies (Harding)
• Three things that brought prosperity and encourage economic growth: Lower taxes of wealthy corporations, enforcement of anti-trust laws; higher protective tariffs
• The assemby line provided lower priced consumer goods and products
• Henry Ford used it for cars so everyday people could afford them
• Industries that boomed because of the automobile: gas stations, motels, road side cafes
• What gave consumers the ability to buy? rise of disposal income and buy on credit.
• Four stages of the business cycle: prosperity, recession, depression and recovery (know what each step means)
• Dust Bowl was a 7 year drought on the Great Plains.
• The author that wrote the "Grapes of Wrath" - John Steinbeck
• Four causes of the Great Depression - buy on margin, overproduction of goods, decline of agriculture products and high protective tariffs

I hope this helps you to study. Remember this is a short 6 Weeks!!!

Please post a question, I will keep checking...

Have a Happy Thanksgiving

You left today to enjoy a four day break from school!!!! In case your parents and other relatives are driving you crazy I have put a review of the 1920s together for you. You can go to http://www.quia.com/jg/1242853.html and play a game to help you review for your test on Tuesday. I will put something else together to get you ready for the 1930s later on during the holidays. For now I hope you are enjoying a well deserved break!

GIG EM AGGIES!!!

LAST CHANCE TO STUDY BEFORE TEST

Okay students I hope at least a few of you look at this blog entry tonight because it is the second time I am writing it because I hit some key that deleted my last entry when I went to the door to give the Trick or Treaters some candy.

I will give you a few answers to the review sheet....

Starting with Do You Remember????? Citizen participation in the political process during the Progressive Era. Populists were farmers from rural areas (South, but predominately from the West) while the progressives were in the urban areas (East).

Journalists that uncovered abuses and corruptions were known as MUCKRAKERS!!!!!

The 14th and 15th Amendments gave power to the African-Americans.

A preference for native-born people and a desire to limit immigration is called nativism.

The Homestead Act helped settle....think about it, where would you go if you were getting 160 acres.......the Midwest aka The Great Plains.

Okay that is a few things for now.... If anyone needs something else, leave a post and I will answer your questions.

Last Chance to Studay - saved and continued

My previous draft was Found!! Here's a few more answers....

Spanish American War/Imperialism:

George Dewey was the admiral that went from Hong Kong to the Philipines to lead the attack against Spain (yes, in the Philipines). Tenth Negro Calvary (African-Americans were still segregated into their own units and will remain that way until the Korean War) helped the Rough Riders capture San Juan Hill in CUBA. Theodore Roosevelt, in our timeline for now, started off as the assistant naval Secretary which he resigned to join the army to fight Spain in Cuba. He was second in command of the Rough Riders which their victory gave him the national spotlight. He became the Vice President on the ticket with William McKinley and wehn McKinley was assinated, Roosevelt became the youngest President. He also needs to be remembered for the Panama Canal and Big Stick Diplomacy. Alfred T. Mahan wrote the book on Sea Power showing that strong and powerful countries of the past have strong powerful navies. Henry Cabot Lodge and Theodore Roosevelt strongly support this best selling book. William McKinley was the president when we declared war on Spain (remember the Delome Letter that the Spanish Ambassador claimed that McKinley was weak).



The Spanish American War was fought in the Phillipines and Cuba against Spain. We wanted to free Cuba. We wanted to free Cuba!! The Treaty of Paris ended the war (mentioned in last blog entry). THE UNITED STATES BECAME A WORLD POWER!!!!!

Review for test

Important Dates you need to know - 1914 (WWI started); 1917 (US entered the War); 1918 (war ended); and 1919 (Treaty of Versailles). REMEMBER - THE US DID NOT SIGN THE TREATY, BUT YOU NEED TO REVIEW YOUR NOTES TO FIND OUT WHY! While I am talking about treaties, there are two more that you need to know for the upcoming test -Treaty of Paris (ended the Spanish - American War) and the Hay - Pancefote Treaty (Great Britain giving the US the right to build the canal).

US Entering World War I

Okay Students!!!!

I am starting a blog with the hope you will take a few minutes while you are online chatting with friends on My Space, AIM, etc. and glance over what we are learning in US History. For those of you that have started to class seriously your grade has reflected that improvement.

Remember, our test over Imperialism and WWI will be on Thursday, November 1 except third period will have their test on Wednesday, October 31. I know this is a holiday for most of you so that's why I want you to start studying on Monday night. I am aware this is new concept (to start studying more in advance than the period before the test), but consider this an exciting challenge.

Please review all vocabulary worksheets you have completed over the past few weeks. Make sure to understand key names and words on your Imperialism Vocabulary sheet. It is the one that is front and back and is mounted as your first notebook sheet. The main thing to remember is that the US entered the Spanish American War to help Cuba become independent from Spain; however, the first fighting was in the Phillipines. Remember, I showed you the key countries on a globe and the next day you did your own world map by coloring in countries and drawing lines toward what countries were gained as US territories. There are three reasons to gaining additional territories: economical, political and ideological. The result was the US became known as a world power at this time.

Moving on to World War I. This is where we did all of the fun acronyms that will help you remember the reasons why WWI started and the reasons America became involved in it. The first acronym is MAIN (militarism, alliances, imperialism and nationalism). Remember the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy) and the Triple Entente (France, Great Britain and Russia). Once the war started (Archduke Fernidad was asassinated) the Triple Alliance became the Central Powers known as AHOG (Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Germany). Italy switched sides!!!! The Triple Entente became the Allied Powers known as BFAIR (Britain, France, America, Italy, Russia). The acronym to why the US entered WWI is SLUTZ (Sussex Pledge, Lithutania, Unrestricted Sub Warfare, Ties with Great Britain and the Zimmerman Note).

So it's time to start studying (highlighting your notes and doing your review sheet). You may also start on your notebook cover page - draw five things that represent Imperialism or WWI.

Good Luck and please ask me any questions on this blog or in class.