Eugenics & Progressivism Reading

Read 43-45 and 47-50.

Reading is from "Race and Membership in American History", Facing History and Ourselves. Brookline, MA

R&M Chapter 2

Quarter 2, Week 3-4

USII 11-22

18.1 Homework

You must read 18.1 in your textbook for homework. You can either take notes or use the guided reading below. But, you must do ONE for full credit.

Chapter 18.1 Guided Reading

Extra Credit: Quarter 2

The presidential election of 1896 was one of the most exciting and complicated in U.S. history. It touched on many different themes that were important to life in the United States at the time, such as:

• Free Coinage of Silver: The most controversial issue in the election concerned the use of gold and/or silver to back the nation's currency. The nation was divided between those who believed in the unlimited coinage of silver (known as free silver) and those who supported the exclusive use of gold.

• Women's Issues: Even though women could only vote for national offices in three states, they were politically active throughout the election and called attention to issues that affected their lives.

• Farmers' Issues: Farmers argued for a looser money supply that would benefit debtors; lower tariffs that would benefit working-class consumers; an income tax on the wealthy; and a fight against monopolies and trusts.

• Prohibition: Some people believed that the consumption of alcoholic beverages threatened social, commercial, industrial, and political aspects of American life and were therefore opposed to its manufacture and sale.

• Tariffs: Tariffs had been a key political issue throughout the 19th century, with industrial and Northeastern interests generally in favor, farmers usually opposed.

• Trusts and Monopolies: Working-class people, many of whom faced either hazardous working conditions and low wages or had to pay prices imposed by monopolies, were opposed to the size and power of big business in America.

Think about the different views surrounding these divisive issues and how each might be portrayed in a political cartoon.

Then click on the following political cartoons about the 1896 election.

http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/0725judge.html

http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/1114cn.html

http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/0911sppp.html

http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/0921slpd.html

http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/0912ramshorn.html

http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/0914rmn.html

For each cartoon, answer the following questions:

1. Which major theme of the 1896 presidential election does this cartoon portray?
2. What is the main idea of this political cartoon?

Essay Question/Graphic Organizer

If you would like, you may prepare and use this for your essay on the test

Graphic Organizer

Quarter 2, Week 2 Calendar and Study Guide

USII 11-15

Gilded Age Politics Study Guide

Homework: yes you have it!

Period 7-

I was so busy handing back work, I forgot to hand out your guided reading for Chapter 17.2. Please read and complete the worksheet. I will also accept handwritten notes. You are responsible for reading this chapter by next class.

17.2 Guided Reading

Last Chance!!! Extra Credit.

This one is simple. Read this article. Raise your hand in class. Talk about the article. You should be able to share the information in the article comfortably with your classmates.

GOOD LUCK

and for the record, this is one of my favorite political cartoons.

Quarter 1, Week 10

USII 11-5

Unit IV: The Gilded Age

USII Unit 4 Guide

Quarter 1, Week 9

USII 10-25

This should help!

For ALL groups, the Library of Congress maintains a collection about immigration.

Go to the website. On the left hand side are small thumbnails about certain immigrant groups. Click on those!

Happy Weekend!

Immigration Project

Description is below.

Check out these websites

Suggested websites

Destination America (great starting point for ALL groups. This is an excellent resource to click through for stats, reasons for emigrating, etc)

http://www.pbs.org/destinationamerica/usim_wn.html

http://www.ny.com/articles/chinatown.html

Musuem of Chinese in America http://www.mocanyc.org/

Center for Jewish History http://www.cjh.org/

American Jewish Historical Society http://www.ajhs.org/

Lower East Side Tenement Museum http://www.tenement.org/

Ellis Island http://ellisisland.org

PBS’ The Jewish Americans http://www.pbs.org/jewishamericans/watch/index.html#1

(especially clips from Migration and Assimilation).

The Irish in America http://www.america.gov/st/peopleplace-english/2008/February/20080307131416ebyessedo0.6800043.html

Library of Congress: From Haven to Home http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/haventohome/haven-century.html

Italian Immigration http://www.ailf.org/awards/benefit2004/ahp04essay.asp

Irish American Heritage Museum

http://www.irishamericanheritagemuseum.org/

New York Irish American Heritage Museum

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/legacies/NY/200003396.html

Background info from for most groups:

http://www.tenement.org/encyclopedia/irish.htm

http://www.tenement.org/encyclopedia/Jews.htm

http://www.tenement.org/encyclopedia/italians.htm

Immigration Project

QUIZ: Day 1 of Next Week!

USII Review

Extra Credit Opportunity: Bill Gates and the 'New' Gospel of Wealth

In 2006, Warren Buffett, the American financier famously announced that he would be donating the majority of his lifetime wealth to The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which was founded by the Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates a decade earlier.

The Gates Foundation is arguably one of the worlds most effective philanthropic organizations, donating enormous amounts of capital toward issues in American public education and global public health.

Both Warren Buffett and Bill Gates have been called modern day "captains of industry" and have been compared to industrial predecessors Andrew Carnegie and John Rockefeller.

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY: please read Carnegie's "Gospel of Wealth" and do some research about Gates and Buffett's motivation toward philanthropy.

Please write a well constructed paragraph that compares Carnegie's beliefs and the modern spin by philanthropists like Bill Gates.

This is due by FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15th.