Chapter 14-15, The Gilded Age
Monday 4/7/2025 - Gilded Age WebQuest
Entry 1 - 4/9/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 14 Pg 448
Define Economies of Scale
What’s the difference between fixed and operating costs?
What is the Bessemer Process?
Identify the difference between vertical and horizontal integration.
Entry 2 - 4/10/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 15 Pg 465
Why did many Europeans immigrate to the United States?
What is steerage?
What were some reasons why immigrants would be separated from others and maybe denied access into the US?
Friday 4/11/2025 - Assignment
Chapter 14 worksheet to complete in class
Entry 3 - 4/14/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 15 Pg 469
How much did cities like New York and Chicago grow between 1860-1900?
Why did many of the new immigrants remain in the cities?
What were Tenement Housing?
4/15/2025 Vigilante Parade is coming up
101 years after the first parade
Parade Float Topics
15 point assignment today.
Choose a topic and write a 150-word paragraph on that topic and it’s importance to Helena
Entry 4 - 4/16/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 15 Pg 472
How was city life changing with the rapid growth of populations?
Who did the Native-Born citizens blame for these problems?
What was the purpose of the Political machine and party boss?
4/17/2025 - Assignment
Jacob Riis - How The Other Half Lives questions
4/18/2025
Industrialist Questions
Entry 5 - 4/21/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 17 Pg 521
What is Imperialism?
What is a Protectorate?
Why did the US annex Hawaii?
Entry 6 - 4/22/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 17 Pg 524
What were the two goals that James Blaine had for the Pan-Americanism Conference in 1889?
What was the argument that Alfred T Mahan made in his book?
How did Yellow Journalism contribute to America’s involvement in Cuba?
Entry 7 - 4/23/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 17 Pg 530
Who was Emilio Aguinaldo?
Who were the Rough Riders?
Spanish American War WebQuest
Entry 8 - 4/24/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 17 Pg 533
How did the Foraker Act affect Puerto Rico’s status as a territory?
What are the 4 parts to the Platt Amendment?
Entry 9 - 4/28/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 17 Pg 537
Why did the republicans choose Roosevelt as the Vice Presidential running mate for McKinley?
What was America’s primary interest in Asia?
Which country controlled Panama? Pg 540
Gilded Age - Imperialism Quiz Review
Entries due tomorrow also
Entry 1 - 5/5/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 18 Pg 547
Define Progressivism
What were Muckrakers?
What was the book, “The Jungle” about? - 558
Entry 2 - 5/6/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 18 Pg 558
What did Roosevelt caution against with regards to public lands?
How did Roosevelt change the role of the federal government?
5/7/2025 - Assignment
The Jungle Questions
Entry 3 - 5/8/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 19 Pg 577
Why did President Wilson send troops into Mexico in 1916?
Identify the two pre-war alliances that formed in Europe?
Google the long-term causes of World War I
Friday 5/9/2025 - Video Facts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rai0urG_KGw
Entry 4 - 5/12/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 19 Pg 580
What was the one “major problem” in Germany’s plan to defeat France quickly?
What method did the British use to win American support?
How did the British keep supplies from making it to Germany?
Entry 5 - 5/14/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 19 Pg581
How did Germany fight back against the British blockade?
What was the Lusitania?
Why did Germany agree to the Sussex Pledge?
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
Entry 6 - 5/15/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 19 Pg 585
What is selective service?
What was the War Industries Board?
What are Victory or Liberty Bonds?
Friday - 5/16/2025 - Assignment
World War I WebQuest
Entry 7 - 5/19/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 19 Pg 588
What was the Committee on Public Information used for?
How were people’s civil liberties violated?
Entry 8 - 5/20/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 19 Pg 593
What new special weapon did the Germans use first in April of 1915?
What was the nickname of American soldiers during WWI?
Entry 9 - 5/22/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 19 Pg 596
What is an armistice?
What nations made up the “Big Four”?
How was Germany punished within the Treaty?
World War I Project - 35 points - Due Next Wednesday
1920s - 30s
Roaring Twenties - Great Depression
