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 2 - 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?

1920s - 30s

Roaring Twenties - Great Depression