United States History II



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United States History II Tentative Homework Syllabus Chapters 14 & 15 & 16.3 Gilded Age
Wednesday, September 9: Introduction to Class
Homework: cover book
Thursday, September 10: SGO
Homework: Readings on strikes due Wednesday, September 16th

Friday, September 11: Introduction to the Gilded Age


Homework: see above

Monday, September 14: Holiday/No School

Tuesday, September 15: Causes of American Industrialization the Rise of Big Business
Homework: see above – due tomorrow!!!

Wednesday, September 16: Impacts of Monopolies


Homework:

Thursday, September 17: Immigration Patterns and Causes


Homework: read & outline 15.1 due Friday, September 18
Friday, September 18: Urbanization and Attitudes Towards Immigrants
Homework: read & outline 15.2 due Monday, September 21

Monday, September 21: The Political Machine


Homework: read & outline 15.3 (473-475) due Tuesday, September 22

Tuesday, September 22 & Thursday, September 24: National Government During Gilded Age


No School Wednesday, September 23: Holiday
Homework: Finish 15.3 (pages 476-477)

Friday, September 25: The Rise of Jim Crowe


Homework: read & outline 16.3 due Monday, September 28

Monday, September 28: Booker T. Washington versus W.E.B. Du Bois

Tuesday, September 29: REVIEW
Wednesday, September 30: TEST
*occasional note quizzes will occur – advance notice WILL NOT be given – all students need to take notes and have their notebooks in class every day*

Unit 1 Review Materials



Terms/People/Ideas





Gilded Age – definition & time period
Horatio Alger
causes of industrialization
Carnegie
Rockefeller
vertical vs. horizontal integration
monopoly – define & impacts
Social Darwinism
robber baron / captain of industry
unions / strikes
Immigration patterns
New versus Old Immigrants
Religious issues
emigration versus immigration
causes of push/pull to America

Ellis Island / Angel Island


ethnic communities
five points
tenements / dumbbell apartments
issues new immigrants faced
melting pot
xenophobia – define & causes
Nativism
Americanization
Chinese Exclusionary Act
Gentlemen’s Agreement
political machine – define & how worked

Election fraud


graft / kickbacks
Boss Tweed
characteristics national government / presidents /political parties
Whisky Ring & Credit Mobilier
patronage
nepotism

Election 1876


compromise 1877
assassination Garfield
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Tariffs / Currency
McKinley Tariff 1890
Plessy v. Fergusson
lynching
Jim Crowe /dejure/defacto segr.
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. Du Bois
Atlanta Compromise
Industrial/vocational education
Talented Tenth
The Crisis
voting issues




Big Ideas/Questions

-Why was the term “Gilded Age” an apt/good description of the time period?

-How and why did monopolies come to control major industries in America?
-How did monopolies impact the economy, workers, the government, et cetera?

-Why did old Americans view new immigrants in a negative light?


-Were political machines a positive or negative aspect of American cities?
-Why was the national government viewed as weak during the Gilded Age, especially the presidents?


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