Monday, January 19, 2015

Global II: Homework due TUESDAY, 1/20

DUE TOMOROW...
Copy these charts into your notebook, DO NOT FILL THEM IN.  You may print them out or just copy them, makes no difference.  You need one side of a full sheet of paper for each.  You may use the back of the paper. 

You may have 1 or 2 of them already if you were in class on Friday (you do NOT need to copy them a 2nd time if you already have them):
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Thursday, January 15, 2015

Global II: ALSO due Froday, 1/16/15

Watch the following video & answer the questions below based on it.  Due tomorrow, proper homework format!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow0hp72k1ME

1.  What did the govt dictate under Stalin?
2.  What became the "social norm?"
3.  What was Stalin opposed to?  Why?
4.  What was different about women in the USSR than women from the West?
5.  How did Stalin view education?
6.  What was capitalism?
7.  Why was art censored?
8.  What happened to critics of Stalin or his ideas?

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Global II: Homework due Friday, 1/16/15

HAND COPY into you notes, this continues in Chapter 30.
Be prepared for a HWQ on due date or later.
EXTRA CREDIT IF YOU HAVE IT COPIED FOR THURSDAY, 1/15/15 (must have all of it copied!)
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Sunday, January 11, 2015

US History: Homework for 1/13-1/16/15

Chapter 15 Questions

Section 1 is due Tuesday, 1/13/15
Section 2 is due Wednesday, 1/14/15
Section 3 is due Thursday, 1/15/15

Your Ch 13/14 Exam will be Friday, 1/16/15.  Quizlet has been open for over a week!

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Chapter 15 Section 1: The New Immigrants

  1. What was the “change” in European immigration?
  2. Why did people immigrate to America?
  3. What jobs did Chinese immigrants perform?
  4. Why did some Japanese immigrate to Hawaii?
  5. What drew Mexican workers to the US?
  6. Describe the journey of an immigrants to the US.
  7. How are Ellis & Angel Islands similar?
  8. How are Ellis & Angel Islands different?
  9. What challenges did immigrants face?
  10. How did nativism affect immigrant groups?
  11. What was the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act?
  12. What was the purpose of the Gentleman’s Agreement?

                                                                

Chapter 15 Section 2: The Challenges of Urbanization

  1. Why did most immigrants settle in cities?
  2. Identify the goals of the Americanization movement.
  3. How did northern migration affect African-Americans?
  4. Describe urban housing during the industrialized age.
  5. How did mass transit change society?
  6. How did cities face the problem of supplying safe drinking water to people?
  7. Describe urban sanitation.
  8. Why was fire such a danger in American cities?
  9. What was the goal of the Social Gospel Movement?
  10. Why were settlement houses established?
  11. Why is Jane Addams important?

 

Chapter 15 Section 3: Politics in the Gilded Age

  1. How did the political machine entice voters?
  2. Describe how the political machine worked.
  3. Why was the political boss important?
  4. How did political bosses try to gain support among immigrants groups?
  5. Explain “graft.”
  6. For what was graft used?
  7. Who was “Boss Tweed?”
  8. Why s Boss Tweed important?
  9. How did Thomas Nast create outrage against Boss Tweed?
  10. What was the purpose of the Pendleton Civil Service Act (1883)?
  11. Explain the McKinley Tariff Act.
  12. Why did President Cleveland refuse to sign the McKinley Tariff Act?

 

Saturday, January 10, 2015

Global II: Homework due Tuesday, 1/13/15

Watch the video at the link below (copy & paste into your browser if you can't "click" on it) & answer the questions that follow.  Proper homework format is required.  Video is 23 minutes long & cannot be accessed at school, sorry.

 

 
Josef Stalin: Video Worksheet

Answer these questions on separate paper, in the same homework format used in all other homework question assignments.

1.    Why was Stalin a “savior” to the Soviet people?

2.    Why did people think Trotsky would be a better leader than Stalin?

3.    Identify some of Stalin’s characteristics.

4.    Where was Stalin when the March Revolution began?

5.    How did Stalin seize power after Lenin’s death?

6.    Did Lenin want Stalin to be the next leader?

7.    What did Stalin “need in abundance” to start his industrialization program?

8.    What did Stalin force on the peasants?

9.    What was the reality of life on a collective farm?

10. Why did the Kulaks oppose collectivization?

11. What started the “Great Terror?”

12. What happened to people who went against Stalin from that point forward?

13. What happened to Trostky (and where was he?)

14. What was “the cult of personality?”

15. By what year did Stalin’s terror “ease?”

16. Why was the USSR unprepared for the Nazi invasion in 1941?

17. Why do you think many Soviets welcomed the arrival of Nazi troops in 1941?

18. 27 million Soviets were killed in WWII.  What did this mean to Stalin?

19. Why did Stalin believe Jews were unloyal?

20. What was “the greatest tragedy” for the Soviet people?

21. Why is “evil” a good word to describe Stalin? (not in video, must think about this based on the video!)

Global II: Homework due Monday, 1/12/15

This starts your Chapter 30 notes, mark a new chapter as you have done all year.
HAND COPY these notes into your binder.
HWQ on due date.
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Thursday, January 8, 2015

US History: Edmodo Code

Just resent the Edmodo code to everyone in case you need to use it instead of Engrade for the Ch 15 notes.  We'll be back to blog notes in 1 or 2 chapters.