Entry 8 - 4/6/2026 - Ol Blue Ch 15 Pg 482

  1. How was Reform Darwinism different from Social Darwinism?

  2. What was the plot of Edward Bellamy’s book, Looking Backward?

  3. What were Settlement Houses?

Entry 9 - 4/7/2026 - Ol Blue Ch 16 Pg 492

  1. What is Patronage?

  2. Why was President Garfield assassinated?

4/9&10/2026 - Video - Death By Lighting - A story about President James Garfield




Vigilante Parade is coming up

Registration begins Thursday 4/9/2026 - outside the library thru Thursday 4/16

102 years since the first parade

http://helenahistory.org/

Parade Float Topics

Entry 1 - 4/14/2026 - Ol Blue Chapter 17, sec 1 pg521

1. WHAT BECAME THE FOCUS OF THE US BY THE 1880S?

2. DEFINE IMPERIALISM AND PROTECTORATE

3. HOW DID SOCIAL DARWINISM INFLUENCE IMPERIALISTIC IDEAS?

Entry 2 - 4/15/2026 - Ol Blue Ch 17 Pg 523

  1. What led the United States to annex Hawaii?

  2. What is Pan-Americanism?

  3. Why did the US feel the need to expand its navy in the late 1800s?

  4. Who was Alfred Thayer Mahan?

Thursday 4/16/2026 - Assignment

Imperialism Worksheet

American Imperialism Article

Entry 3 - 4/17/2026 - Ol Blue Ch 17 Pg 528

  1. What is Yellow Journalism?

  2. Why did the US go to war with Spain?

  3. What were the Rough Riders?

Monday - 4/20/2026 - Assignment

Yellow Journalism Assignment

Entry 4 - 4/21/2026 - Ol Blue Ch 17 Pg 532

  1. What were two of the reasons Americans supported annexing the Philippines?

  2. Why did some people NOT support annexation?

  3. Identify the 4 parts to the Platt Amendment

Entry 5 - 4/22/2026 - Ol Blue Ch 17 Pg 540

  1. Why did the US sign a treaty with the British in 1901?

  2. Which country did Panama belong to in 1903?

  3. How did the US gain access to build the panama canal?

Panama Canal Worksheet


Entry 6 - 4/23/2026 - Ol Blue Ch 18 Pg546

  1. What is Progressivisim?

  2. HOW DID THE PROGRESSIVES AGREE THAT MOST PROBLEMS IN SOCIETY COULD BE SOLVED?

  3. WHO MADE UP THE MAJORITY OF WHO THE PROGRESSIVES WERE…?( WHAT PROFESSIONS)

  4. WHAT PROBLEMS DID THE “MUCKRAKERS” LOOK TO UNCOVER?

Friday - 4/24/2026 - Video: Theodore Roosevelt

Entry 7 - 4/27/2026 - Ol Blue Ch 18 Pg 556

  1. What was mean by Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal?

  2. What is arbitration?

  3. Why was Roosevelt inspired to pass the Pure Food and Drug Act?

Quiz on Wednesday

Tuesday 4/28/2026 - Assignment

The Jungle

QUIZ REVIEW

Monday 5/4/2026 - Video on Teddy Roosevelt

Entry 8 - 5/5/2026 - Ol Blue Ch 18 Pg 558

  1. In what area did Roosevelt put his “stamp” on the presidency?

  2. What was the Newlands Reclamation Act?

  3. What is the difference between Conservation and Preservation? - Google

  4. How did Roosevelt change the role of the federal government?

Entry 9 - 5/6/2026 - Ol Blue Ch 19 Pg 577

  1. Why did President Wilson send troops into Mexico?

  2. Identify the two major European Alliances before the war breaks out?

  3. Which nations competed in the Naval Race in Europe?

  4. How did “Self Determination” contribute to tensions in Europe?


Entry 10 - 5/7/2026 - Ol Blue Ch 19 Pg 578

  1. Where did the assassination of the archduke take place?

  2. Who was responsible for the assassination?

  3. Who did Austria blame?

  4. Which nation did Germany cross through on its way to France?

Friday 5/8/2026

World War I Map and Video

Entry 11 - 5/11/2026 - Ol Blue Ch 19 Pg 580

  1. Which nation invaded Germany on the Eastern front - which took pressure off of France?

  2. What did the British do to win American support?

  3. How did American banks aid the Allied effort?

Entry 12 - 5/12/2026 - Ol Blue Ch 19 Pg 581

  1. How did Germany work to prevent supplies from getting to Great Britain?

  2. What did Germany announce in February of 1915?

  3. What was the Lusitania?

  4. What final German actions led the United States to declare war?



Wednesday - 5/13/2026 - Assignment

World War I Trenches WebQuest

Entry 13 - 5/14/2026 - Ol Blue Ch 19 Pg 585

  1. How did the Selective Service Act work?

  2. What was the role of women in World War I?

  3. What was the purpose of the War Industries Board?

Last Chance Gulch - H Company 163rd Infantry - October 24, 1917

5/15/2026

Life in the Trenches images and begin movie: 1917

5/18/2026 - Movie: 1917

Entry 14 - 5/19/2026 - Ol Blue Ch 19 Pg 588

  1. What was the purpose of the Committee on Public Information?

  2. How did certain US laws violate a citizen’s civil liberties?

Entry 15 - 5/20/2026 - Ol Blue Ch 19 Pg 594

  1. How did the US successfully transport troops and supplies across the Atlantic?

  2. What happened in November of 1917, relieving the German Eastern Front?

  3. When was the Armistice signed?

Friday 5/22/2026 - Assignment

Treaty of Versailles WebQuest

5/26/2026 - Make-up day - Entries due



5/27/2026 - Project - Due on Monday, 6/1

World War I PowerPoint Project


Friday - 5/28/2026 - Assignment

1920s WebQuest


World War I Quiz Review

Quiz review - https://quizlet.com/904858551/world-war-i-flash-cards/?i=1uirx6&x=1qqt



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rai0urG_KGw


6/1/2026 - Final Project. Due on Monday June 8. This assignment AND the World War I test will account for your Semester grade = 20%.




1920s - 30s

Roaring Twenties - Great Depression