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Final Exam (study guide attached)
 
Period 5 Wed 12/20 10:35am-12:35pm
Period 1 Thu 12/21 8:05-10:05am
Period 2 Thu 12/21 10:35am-12:35pm
Period 4 Fri 12/22 10:35am-12:35pm
 
DBQs: Mother to Son by Langston Hughes (Unit 4 warmups), Father Coughlin on New Deal (Unit 5 warmups), Hoover Prosperity poiltical cartoon (Unit 5 notes)
 
SAQs: What was Prohibition and explain why it did not work; What were the causes of the Great Depression; What was the New Deal and how did it help America during the Depression
 
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1)George Washington 2) Marbury v. Madison 3) War of 1812 4) 54th Regiment 5) Populism 6) John D. Rockefeller   7)Roosevelt Corollary 8) Schenck v. United States 9) WEB Dubois, 10) The Square Deal 11) Scopes Trial 12) Harlem Renaissance 13) Hawley-Smoot Tariff 14) The Dust Bowl 15) Works Progress Administration (WPA)

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#19 Chp 15 Packet (attached)
 
Stamp Tuesday for RR 15.1

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#18 Chp 14 Packet (attached)
 
Stamp Thursday for RR 14.1
 
Download Grapes of Wrath alternate assignment if you are absent on Friday

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#17 Ode to the 1920s Project'
 
Directions attached
 
1920s lingo/slang attached
 

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Unit 4 Test - 1920s
 
35 Matching & Multiple Choice questions - unit 4 notes, Chapter 12 & 13
 
DBQs: Langston Hughes poems Mother to Son Dream Deferred (warmups), Ernest Hemingway's Farewell to Arms (notes)
 
SAQ: What was Prohibition and why did it not work?
 
IDs: Henry Ford, Harlem Renaissance, Marcus Garvey, Sacco and Vanzetti case, Scopes Trial

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#16 Chp 13.3, 13.4, 12.3 Packet (attached)
 
Stamp Wednesday for RR 13.3
 
Download Harlem Renaissance Alternate Assignment if you miss the video on Tuesday

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#15 Chp 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 13.2 Packet (attached)
 
 

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Unit 3 Test
 
35 Matching and Multiple Choice questions Chapters 9, 10, 11
 
DBQs: William Jennings Bryan on Philippines Annexation (DBQ packet & essay), Charles Schenk's Assert Your Rights (notes), Ratification of 19th Amendment map (notes)
 
SAQ: Discuss at least two goals of the Progressive movement and how it impacted America
 
IDs (choose one, one more for extra credit): Roosevelt Corollary, Schenk v. United States, WEB Dubois, The Square Deal, Spanish-American War
 

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#14 War Critics DBQ
 
Read Documents first.  If absent do this on your own.
 

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#13 Chp 9.5/10.4 & 11 Packet (attached)
 
Stamp Tuesday for RR 9.5

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#12 1912 Election Project
 
Choices will be decided in class on Tuesday
 
Links to party platforms
 

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#11 Chp 9.1-9.3 & 10.1-3 packet (attached)
 
Stamp Friday for RR 10.1

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#10 Philippines DBQ Essay
 
Stamp Monday for Docs A & B
Stamp Tuesday for Docs C & D
 
Essay on Wednesday (pre-write will be given out Tuesday)
 

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Unit 2 Test
 
40 Multiple choice/matching - Chapters 5,6,7,8
 
DBQs: Gospel of Wealth and Political Machines voting political cartoon
 
SAQ: What were political machines and how did they keep power?  
 
IDs: Homestead Strike, Munn v. Illinois, John D. Rockefeller, Populism, Plessy v. Ferguson

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#8 Chp 7 Packet - stamp tomorrow for 1st page of Immigration Story
 
Alternate assignment attached if you miss film clips on Wednesday or Friday - use worksheet to answer the video questions

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#7 Chp 5 & 6 Packet (attached)
 
Stamp Friday for RR 5.1
 
We are watching the Homestead Strike video Friday (Q 1-3) and Monday (Q 4-10).  If you were absent download the alternate assignment

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#6 Effects of Civil War Document Packet
 
Stamp Thursday for Doc A & B
Stamp Monday for Doc C, D, E
 
In class writing assessment on Tuesday (pre-write attached)
 

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Unit 1B Test
 
35 Multiple choice/matching
 
Chapters 3 & 4
 
SAQs: 1) What were the reasons for the Mexican-American War and what were the results?
2) What were the primary reasons the South seceded from the Union causing the Civil War?
 
DBQ: Frederick Douglass Fourth of July Speech (understand how what this holiday means to the slave and why)
 
DBQ: Emancipation Proclamation (what did it do and Lincoln's reason)
 
IDs: Thomas Jefferson, War of 1912, Marbury v. Madison, Reconstruction Act, 54th Regiment

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#5 Chapter 4 Packet (attached)
 
Stamp Friday RR 4.1
 
Glory video will be completed in class Tuesday, download alternate assignment if absent Tuesday

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#4 Chapter 3 Packet (attached)
 
Stamp Friday RR 3.1

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Unit 1A Mini-Test
 
15 matching & multiple choice (notes + Chp 1.3, 1.4, 2)
 
SAQ: (answer both) 1. Identify one factor that led to increased tensions between the British and their North American colonies (1763-1776) and explain how this factor led to the American Revolution. 
2. What advantages did Washington's Continental Army have over the British?
 
DBQ: Alexander Hamilton Federalist Paper (in notes)
 
IDs: (choose one plus one for extra credit) Shays Rebellion, Boston Massacre, Stamp Act, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington

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#3 Chp 2.3 & 2.4 packet (attached)
 
Stamp Friday for RR 2.3

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 #2 Chp 1.3-4, 2.1-2 packet (all docs attached)
 
Stamp Thursday for Reading Review 1.3-4 (page 1)

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#1 Signed Syllabus