Western Settlement
US History.
Smith
Assignment: Create a news magazine covering two of the following aspects of Western Settlement. The magazine should be a minimum of 3 pages of information. The magazine will be due Wednesday, Oct 1th and is worth 50 points.
Topics to select from
1. Indian Reservation System
2. Government Corruption
3. Gold Silver and Ore Rushes
4. Transcontinental Railroad
5. Destruction of the Buffalo
6. Homestead Act
7. Dawes Act
8. Indian Treaties
9. Indian Massacres and Battles
10. Cattle Ranching and Cattle Drives
Magazine Components (Requirements)
1. Factual news reports
2. Analysis of how the events affected large groups of people
3. A human interest story
4. An editorial
5. A political Cartoon
6. A government propaganda advertisement
7. Cover page theme title and free hand sketch.
Grading
1. Historically accurate information
2. Present various view points
3. Style and creativity
4. All requirements met
5. Effort
6. Mechanics
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
2-5
2-5
1. What is reconstruction
2. What is amnesty?
3. What are RAdical republicans?
4. What is the Wade-Davis veto?
5. Why didn't Lincoln like it?
6. What's the Freedmen's bureau?
7. Who is Andrew Johnson?
8. 13th amendment?
9. 14th amendment?
10. 15th amendment?
11. What are black codes?
12. What is the Military reconstruction act?
13. Why was Johnson Impeached?
14. Who is US Grant
15. Chat are Carpetbaggers?
16. What happened for education for blacks
17. What is the KKK?
18. What were 2 scandals of the Grant administration?
19. What election helped the Deocrats regaoin power?
20. What happened to blacks after the end of Radical Reconstruction?
21. What are tenant farmers?
22. What are sharecroppers?
1. What is reconstruction
2. What is amnesty?
3. What are RAdical republicans?
4. What is the Wade-Davis veto?
5. Why didn't Lincoln like it?
6. What's the Freedmen's bureau?
7. Who is Andrew Johnson?
8. 13th amendment?
9. 14th amendment?
10. 15th amendment?
11. What are black codes?
12. What is the Military reconstruction act?
13. Why was Johnson Impeached?
14. Who is US Grant
15. Chat are Carpetbaggers?
16. What happened for education for blacks
17. What is the KKK?
18. What were 2 scandals of the Grant administration?
19. What election helped the Deocrats regaoin power?
20. What happened to blacks after the end of Radical Reconstruction?
21. What are tenant farmers?
22. What are sharecroppers?
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Chapter 2-4 questions.
2-4 Questions
1. What is Ft. Sumter.
2. What is Martial Law? Where was it imposed/
3. Who is Robert E. Lee?
4. What advantages did the North Have?
5. What is Conscription?
6. What is habeas corpus? What did Lincoln do about it?
7. What did Europe want to do?
8. How was it the first modern war?
9. What is attrition?
10. What was the southern Plan? What did they do?
11. Who won Bull run?
12. What are blockade runners?
13. Where did US Grant first rise to prominence? Why did Lincoln Like him?
14. Why did the South invade the North?
15. What is Antietam? Why was it important?
16. What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
17. What is the Anaconda Plan
18. What is life like in the south?
19. What is life like in the north?
20. How did innovations in agriculture change things?
21. Women in the war?
22. What happened at Vicksburg?
23. What was Gettysburg?
24. Pickett’s charge?
25. How was Gettysburg the turning point?
26. Gettysburg address?
27. What was Sherman’s march to the sea?
28. What is the 13th amendment?
29. What is Appomatox Courthouse
1. What is Ft. Sumter.
2. What is Martial Law? Where was it imposed/
3. Who is Robert E. Lee?
4. What advantages did the North Have?
5. What is Conscription?
6. What is habeas corpus? What did Lincoln do about it?
7. What did Europe want to do?
8. How was it the first modern war?
9. What is attrition?
10. What was the southern Plan? What did they do?
11. Who won Bull run?
12. What are blockade runners?
13. Where did US Grant first rise to prominence? Why did Lincoln Like him?
14. Why did the South invade the North?
15. What is Antietam? Why was it important?
16. What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
17. What is the Anaconda Plan
18. What is life like in the south?
19. What is life like in the north?
20. How did innovations in agriculture change things?
21. Women in the war?
22. What happened at Vicksburg?
23. What was Gettysburg?
24. Pickett’s charge?
25. How was Gettysburg the turning point?
26. Gettysburg address?
27. What was Sherman’s march to the sea?
28. What is the 13th amendment?
29. What is Appomatox Courthouse
Monday, September 15, 2008
Chapter 2-3 questions
Chapter 2, Section 3 pp. 192 – 201
Manifest Destiny and Crisis
1. How many people moved west from 1830-1860? Why?
2. What is manifest destiny?
3. Name 3 wagon trails across the country?
4. What was the treaty of ft. Laramie? Was it honored?
5. How did Texas become a state?
6. How did the US force a war with Mexico?
7. Who is John C. Fremont?
8. What is the result of the war with Mexico?
9. How does discovery of Gold in CA help lead to the Civil war?
10. What is the Compromise of 1850?
11. What is the Fugitive slave act?
12. Who is Henry David Thoreau?
13. What is the Underground Railroad? Who is Harriet Tubman?
14. What is the Transcontinental RR?
15. What is the Kansas Nebraska Act?
16. What is the Republican party?
17. What is the Dred Scott case?
18. Who is John Brown? What was his plan? What happened?
19. What happened in the election of 1860? What did this lead to in the south?
20. What is the Confederacy?
21. Who is Jefferson Davis
Manifest Destiny and Crisis
1. How many people moved west from 1830-1860? Why?
2. What is manifest destiny?
3. Name 3 wagon trails across the country?
4. What was the treaty of ft. Laramie? Was it honored?
5. How did Texas become a state?
6. How did the US force a war with Mexico?
7. Who is John C. Fremont?
8. What is the result of the war with Mexico?
9. How does discovery of Gold in CA help lead to the Civil war?
10. What is the Compromise of 1850?
11. What is the Fugitive slave act?
12. Who is Henry David Thoreau?
13. What is the Underground Railroad? Who is Harriet Tubman?
14. What is the Transcontinental RR?
15. What is the Kansas Nebraska Act?
16. What is the Republican party?
17. What is the Dred Scott case?
18. Who is John Brown? What was his plan? What happened?
19. What happened in the election of 1860? What did this lead to in the south?
20. What is the Confederacy?
21. Who is Jefferson Davis
Friday, September 12, 2008
Chapter 2
Section 1
For each of the following, make two bullet points.
* define the term
* explain why it's important
1 what is the main idea of the section.
2 is the missouri compromise
3 what happened to voting rights, and how did this change politics
4 what is the spoils system
5 what's a caucus
6 what was the nullification crisis
7 who is john c calhoun
8 what is nullification
9 what did Jackson want to do about Indians
10 what is the trail of tears
11 What are the Whigs
12 What is ther reform movement
13 What is the second great awakening
14 what is temperance
15 What happened at Seneca falls?
16 define abolition
17 what is emancipation
18 who is frederick douglass
Section 1
For each of the following, make two bullet points.
* define the term
* explain why it's important
1 what is the main idea of the section.
2 is the missouri compromise
3 what happened to voting rights, and how did this change politics
4 what is the spoils system
5 what's a caucus
6 what was the nullification crisis
7 who is john c calhoun
8 what is nullification
9 what did Jackson want to do about Indians
10 what is the trail of tears
11 What are the Whigs
12 What is ther reform movement
13 What is the second great awakening
14 what is temperance
15 What happened at Seneca falls?
16 define abolition
17 what is emancipation
18 who is frederick douglass
Thursday, September 11, 2008
US history Sept 11 Assignment
Chapter 1 Review. (20 points)
1-38
43
47.
Current Event: IN class (number 6, I think)
Map: Due Friday.
1-38
43
47.
Current Event: IN class (number 6, I think)
Map: Due Friday.
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