My Reconstruction Goal % My Reconstruction achievement % I met my personal goal last unit! My goal is increasing this unit! I did not meet my personal goal last unit. The number 1 reason for my achievement was: Industrialization & Immigration Learning Requirements (Plan) 100% of students will be able to answer in detail: How did more inventions & people affect the US? Why & how did immigrants come to the US? as evidenced by 80%+ or meeting personal goal on test. Goals (Plan) Class Goal My Goal Benchmarks Results (Study) My Score 80%+ % Vocab?s(due Friday, Feb 26) % Vocab Quiz (Tuesday, March 8) % Checkpoint (Wednesday, March 9) % Test (Friday, March 11) % Commitments (Do& Act) Strategies to help students understand, be successful, & reach goals Successes, Lessons, & Improvements (Study) + (Plus) Why it worked or how it helped students understand. (Delta) A change or improvement for the future or lesson learned. Mr. Culp will Student(s) will Monitor student work & progress Analyze vocab, DQ, questions & examples Summarize & evaluate important information (reading & vocab questions) Highlight text to evaluate information Monitor time & progress on SS assignments
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Date Wednesday, February 17 Industrialization & Immigration Daily Questions Page 129 right side 1-9 due Friday, February 26 /38 10-17 due Monday, March 7 /36 Questions How do the two (2) parts of the business cycle work? (boom& bust) 1. What were 3 major reasons industry grew in America from 1860-1914? Date Wednesday, February 17 Industrialization & Immigration Page 129 right side Daily Questions 1-9 due Friday, February 26 /38 10-17 due Monday, March 7 /36 Questions How do the two (2) parts of the business cycle work? (boom& bust) 1. What were 3 major reasons industry grew in America from 1860-1914? /6 RG 1-5 585-589 pp 136-137 2. What were 3 major inventions/discoveries that changed American life the most from 1860-1914? /6 RG 1-5 585-589 pp 136-137 2. What were 3 major inventions/discoveries that changed American life the most from 1860-1914? Thursday, February 18 What was a transcontinental railroad? 3. Who built the first transcontinental railroad (besides Native Americans)? Central Pacific (1 group) Union Pacific (3 groups) Thursday, February 18 What was a transcontinental railroad? 3. Who built the first transcontinental railroad (besides Native Americans)? Central Pacific (1 group) Union Pacific (3 groups) /9 /9 RG 6-11 590-593 pp 138-139 4. What were 5 effects railroads had on America? RG 6-11 590-593 pp 138-139 4. What were 5 effects railroads had on America? 5. How did/do robber barons affect society? 5. How did/do robber barons affect society? Friday, February 19 /7 6. How did/do corporations, monopolies, and trusts affect business? Corporations Monopolies (2 ways) Trusts (3 ways) Friday, February 19 /7 6. How did/do corporations, monopolies, and trusts affect business? Corporations Monopolies (2 ways) Trusts (3 ways) RG 12-16 594-597 pp 140-141 RG 12-16 594-597 pp 140-141 How did/do philanthropists affect society? How did/do philanthropists affect society?
Page 130 left side Wed, Feb 17- Tues, Feb 23 /6 7. How was the Gilded Age good and bad for America? 3 ways good 3 ways bad Page 131 right side 14. How did immigrants assimilate into and affect the American melting pot? 2 ways assimilated (2 ways) How affected Wed, Feb 24 /5 pts pg 142 8. Write 5 adjectives that describe working conditions during the Gilded Age. Thursday, March 3 15. What were 2 fears Americans had about immigrants? Thurs, Feb 25 /5 pts RG 17-23 600-603 pg 143 Friday, February 26 /7 9. What 5 modern benefits did labor unions and strikes gain during the Gilded Age? 10. How did industrialization and inventions affect the size of cities? 11. Write 5 adjectives that describe what it was like to live in a tenement. /10 RG 24-29 615-617 & 623 pp 146-147 16. How was a Chinese immigrant s journey to & life in America different from a European immigrant s? Journey to America Life in America 17. Why was a Chinese immigrant s life in America different from a European immigrant s? 609-613 Tuesday, March 1 How did settlement houses and political machines affect cities? 12. Why did/do immigrants come to the US? 5 push factors 3 pull factors Wed, Feb 24- Thurs Mar 3 /6 18. How was the Gilded Age good and bad for America? 3 ways good 3 ways bad /8 pp 144-145 Wednesday, March 2 Who were the new immigrants during the Gilded Age? 13. Write 5 adjectives that describe a European immigrant s journey to America & through Ellis Island during the Gilded Age. /5
Page 132 left side Industrialization & Immigration Vocabulary Quiz questions due Friday, February 26 Guidelines: No one word answers (yes/no/true/false/term) 92. business cycle a pattern of good and bad times experienced by businesses a. boom (good times) when businesses and industries grow because people buy more and invest in business b. bust (bad times) when industries lay off workers, make fewer goods, and businesses shrink or close because people don t spend much and don t invest in business Page 133 right side 96. monopoly a company that wipes out its competitors and controls an entire industry, including prices. 97. trust a legal body created to hold stock in many companies. Combinations of businesses that work together to reduce competition then raise prices and their profits. 98. philanthropist a person who gives large sums of money to charities, universities, or public works. 93. transcontinental railroad a railroad that spanned the entire continent and encouraged people to settle the West and develop its economy. 99. the Gilded Age the late 1800s in America when the wealth of a few people (robber barons and philanthropists) masked the rest of society s problems like political corruption and widespread poverty. 94. robber baron a businessman who became wealthy through dishonest methods such as lying, bribing officials, making secret deals, selling fake stock, and sabotage. 100. sweatshops makeshift factories in dimly lit and poorly ventilated buildings where workers (mainly women and children) worked long hours for low wages. 95. corporation a business owned by investors who buy part of the company through shares of stock. 101. labor union a group of workers who join together to negotiate better working conditions and wages with business owners
Page 134 left side 102. strike stopping work to demand better working conditions and wages 103. socialism an economic system where work and profits are shared because all members of society are equal owners of all businesses 109. push factors forces that drive people out of their native lands such as population growth, agricultural changes, crop failures, the Industrial Revolution, and religious/political turmoil. Page 135 right side 110. pull factors forces that draw people toward a new place. The three main pull factors for the US were freedom, economic opportunity, and abundant land. 104. urbanization growth of cities because of industrial jobs and improved transportation 111. new immigrants immigrants to America from southern and eastern Europe around/after 1900. The largest groups were southern Italians, Jews, Poles, and Russians. 105. tenement an apartment house that is run-down and overcrowded 112. melting pot a place where cultures blend. 106. slum neighborhood of overcrowded and dangerous tenements 113. assimilation the process of blending into a society. Many immigrants to America took English and citizenship classes offered by employers and unions to Americanize. 107. settlement houses helped improve the lives of the poor & immigrants by providing daycare, education, and healthcare. 114. Angel Island immigration station in San Francisco Bay where many Asian (specifically Chinese) immigrants were detained. 108. political machine corrupt organization that controlled local governments by giving food, jobs, bribes, and favors to voters 115. Chinese Exclusion Act banned Chinese immigration from 1882-1943.