While you read, answer the following questions:
1. How accurate do you think Frederick Jackson Turner's assertion that the days of Western settlement were ended by the 1890s?
2. What could be done now that the West had been 'settled'?
3. How did the rise of ranching evolve through the late 1800s?
4. What factors could have caused the reduction in man hours to complete the farming tasks listed in the chart on p. 582?
5. Why would the percentage of Western farmers being tenants rise during the 1880s-90s?
6. What problems did many Western plains farmers face during the 1880s?
7. In what ways was California agriculture different from the rest of the nation?
8. What steps were made to ensure the agricultural viability of California?
9. Answer questions on chart on p. 588
10. What challenges did the South face in the aftermath of the Civil War and Reconstruction?
11. In what ways did the South maintain it's gentility and customs?
12. How did that maintaining of old customs affect their progress towards the creation of a 'New South'?
13. How did the post Civil War period affect African Americans?
14. What predictions can be garnered from the last few pages in terms of future legislation or social customs in the South?
PS... I hope to be back in school tomorrow, I hope that today's activity helped quell alot of your anxieties about the test on Friday. We will take a few minutes to go over things tomorrow so long as I am in school.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
pp. 662-673
While reading the section in the text, answer the following guided questions:
1. What were the consequences of the extraordinary wealth being held in so few hands?
2. What were some of the fears that wealthy Americans and other observers faced during the 1890s?
3. What similarities existed amongst the various Republican efforts to curb the size of corporations during the 1890s?
4. What groups suffered because of the political compromises made by Republicans in order to get their legislation passed? Give examples.
5. Why were agrarian activists so eager to have silver as a basis for currency?
6. What weaknesses did the Populists have?
7. What caused the Panic of 1893?
8. What were the consequences of the Panic of 1893?
9. How did the Panic of 1893 show the contrasting realities for the rich and poor?
10. How did the election results in 1896 demonstrate the platform of the Democratic Party?
11. In your opinion, what flaws existed in the Demcratic campaign that foreshadowed their defeat in the election?
12. How did the election of 1896 change the political futures of the Democrats and Republicans?
1. What were the consequences of the extraordinary wealth being held in so few hands?
2. What were some of the fears that wealthy Americans and other observers faced during the 1890s?
3. What similarities existed amongst the various Republican efforts to curb the size of corporations during the 1890s?
4. What groups suffered because of the political compromises made by Republicans in order to get their legislation passed? Give examples.
5. Why were agrarian activists so eager to have silver as a basis for currency?
6. What weaknesses did the Populists have?
7. What caused the Panic of 1893?
8. What were the consequences of the Panic of 1893?
9. How did the Panic of 1893 show the contrasting realities for the rich and poor?
10. How did the election results in 1896 demonstrate the platform of the Democratic Party?
11. In your opinion, what flaws existed in the Demcratic campaign that foreshadowed their defeat in the election?
12. How did the election of 1896 change the political futures of the Democrats and Republicans?
Monday, March 9, 2009
Post Civil War Industry
Following your reading and the discussion in class today, what aspects of post-Civil War industrialization presented the greatest contrast to pre-Civil War industrialization?
Post two comments, the first being your response to the question, and the second being a well constructed response to a fellow classmate's comment. In your answer, use specific evidence to support your stance and be sure to leave no question as to what your stance is. Also, make sure your response to another person's comment is accurate and uses some sort of support.
Post two comments, the first being your response to the question, and the second being a well constructed response to a fellow classmate's comment. In your answer, use specific evidence to support your stance and be sure to leave no question as to what your stance is. Also, make sure your response to another person's comment is accurate and uses some sort of support.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Reading Questions for Second Economic Packet
As you read this packet, answer the the following reading questions:
1. What factors caused the decline of agriculture in the Northeast?
2. How did the rise of cities affect agriculture across the country?
3. How did the economic development of the Northwest compare to the other regions of the country in the 1840s and 50s?
4. What factors caused this economic development?
5. How did the average Western farmer compare to those in the South and Northeast?
6. How did the relationship between the Northwest and Northeast affect the South?
7. How did new agricultural techniques foster even more growth for the Northwest?
8. What caused the Northwest to consider itself the most 'democratic' region of the country?
9. Compare people living in rural areas to those living in urban areas.
10. What led to the decline of tobacco as the leading source of income for the South?
11. How was the production of cotton linked to westward expansion?
12. Why were sugar, long staple cotton, and tobacco not as profitable as short staple cotton?
13. What role did "factors" play in the economy of the South?
14. Why did railroad expansion in the South not lead to the economic boom it caused in the North?
15. How is "De Bow's Review" an example of the economic subordination of the South to the North?
16. What factors led the North and South to go, economically speaking, in two different directions?
1. What factors caused the decline of agriculture in the Northeast?
2. How did the rise of cities affect agriculture across the country?
3. How did the economic development of the Northwest compare to the other regions of the country in the 1840s and 50s?
4. What factors caused this economic development?
5. How did the average Western farmer compare to those in the South and Northeast?
6. How did the relationship between the Northwest and Northeast affect the South?
7. How did new agricultural techniques foster even more growth for the Northwest?
8. What caused the Northwest to consider itself the most 'democratic' region of the country?
9. Compare people living in rural areas to those living in urban areas.
10. What led to the decline of tobacco as the leading source of income for the South?
11. How was the production of cotton linked to westward expansion?
12. Why were sugar, long staple cotton, and tobacco not as profitable as short staple cotton?
13. What role did "factors" play in the economy of the South?
14. Why did railroad expansion in the South not lead to the economic boom it caused in the North?
15. How is "De Bow's Review" an example of the economic subordination of the South to the North?
16. What factors led the North and South to go, economically speaking, in two different directions?
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