UNITED STATES HISTORY - TESL
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTSKennedy Assignment due on Wed. 5/17DUE MONDAY, 5/15 - Read pp. 874-879
1. Explain the actions taken by the NAACP in trying to bring an end to segregation. 2. Who was Jackie Robinson? Why is he significant? 3. Explain the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of education? To what extent did the south accept the ruling? 3. What led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott? Why did it ultimately succeed? DUE TUESDAY, 4/25 - Read pp. 802-807 in Yellow Text Book
1. What factors led to the rise of authoritarian governments in Europe and Japan during the 1930s? 2. How did these countries become aggressive during the 1930s? 3. How did the U.S. respond to this aggression? Why? DUE THURSDAY, 4/20 - Read pp. 776-781
Answer questions 1 and 2 on p. 781. DUE FRIDAY, 4/7 - Read pp. 770-775
1. Explain THREE causes of the Great Depression. 2. What was the human cost of the Depression? 3. How did Hoover respond to the Crisis? How did his response change as conditions worsened? DUE TUESDAY, 4/4 - Read pp. 741-745
1. Why do you think prohibition is sometimes called "the noble experiment?" Was it a success or failure? Explain. 2. What issues caused social conflict during the 1920s? Why did they cause conflict? Are there similar issues that cause conflict today? Explain HOMEWORK DUE 3/29 RED SCARE READING FOR Tues. 3/28DUE WEDNESDAY 3/5 - Read pp. 688-692
1. Explain TWO reasons why the United States declared war on Spain in 1898. 2. What is Yellow Journalism? Do we still see this type of journalism in the U.S. today? Explain. 3. What were the results of the Spanish-American War? DUE TUESDAY, 3/14 - Read pp. 680-685
- Explain THREE ways in which the United States expanded its influence in Asia and the Pacific during the period 1853-1898. - Explain WHY the United States took each of these actions. DUE WEDNESDAY 3/8 - Read pp. 649-653.
1. Explain the following: Square Deal, Conservation, The Jungle, "Bull Moose Party," Clayton Anti-trust Act 2. Explain three actions taken by either President Roosevelt or Woodrow Wilson to limit the power of Big Business. 3. What were the goals of Conservationists like Teddy Roosevelt? DUE TUESDAY, 3/7 - Read pp. 644- 648 "The Gilded Age" and Progressive Reform
1. Explain the different types of political corruption that existed in the United States during the late 19th century - at both the national and local level. 2. How did reformers attempt to address this corruption? Give specific examples. 3. Who were the muckrakers? Give an example of a muckraker from the early 20th century. Do we have muckrakers today? explain. DUE TUESDAY, 2/28 - Read pp. 598-599 (begin at "Farmers Organize."
1. What problems did small farmers living on the Great Plains and in the South face during the late 19th century? 2. Explain THREE actions taken by farmers in an effort to solve these problems. 3. Define the following - Grange, farm cooperatives, Populist Party, William Jennings Bryan DUE MONDAY, 2/27 - Complete questions for labor-management disputes chart (handed out in class)
DUE THURSDAY 2/16 - Read pp.617-619
1. Explain THREE ways in which the workplace changed in the United States during the second half of the 19th century. 2. Explain TWO differences between the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor. 3. Who did the government typically support in labor-management disputes? Why? Due Tuesday 2/14 - Read pp. 614-616
1. What are the advantages of organizing a company as a corporation? 2. Compare and Contrast the ways in which Carnegie and Rockefeller increased the size and wealth of their businesses. 3. How did Carnegie and Rockefeller justify their business practices and growing inequality between rich and poor? Due Friday, 2/3 - Read pp. 578-581
1. Why did many Americans move to the far west during the mid and late 19th century? 2. What were the different types of people who settled in the west during this time period? How were immigrants like the Chinese treated? 2. How did the Federal Government encourage railroad building in the west during the late 19th century? Due Thursday, 1/26 - Read pp. 552-557
1. How and why did President Johnson and the Radical Republicans come into conflict during the Reconstruction period? 2. Explain three ways in which the rights of African Americans expanded during Radical Reconstruction? 3. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached? 4. How did groups like the Ku Klux Klan respond to the changes that were taking place during Radical Reconstruction? Due Wednesday, 1/18 - Read pp. 518 and 533-537
1. What new technologies were used in the Civil War? What was their impact on the war? 2. Identify the following people - Robert E. Lee; Ulysses S. Grant; William Tecumseh Sherman 3. Why is Gettysburg considered such an important battle of the Civil War? Due Monday, 1/6 - Read pp. 503
Answer questions 1a, 1b, 4, and 5 on p. 503 Due Friday, 12/22 - Read pp. 482 to 487
1. Why did the acquisition of territory from Mexico create tension between the North and the South? 2. How were those issues addressed by the Compromise of 1850? 3. How did Northerners view the Compromise of 1850? DUE WEDNESDAY, 12/14 - Read pp. 454-459.
1. Why did many Americans move to Mexico during the 1820s? Why did these same Americans rebel against the Mexican government? 2. Why did many Americans oppose the annexation of Texas? 3. Explain THREE factors that caused the Mexican War. why did some Americans oppose the war? DUE ON TUESDAY, 12/13 - Read pp. 444-447. 1. How did the geography of the Great Plains affect U.S. settlement of that region in the early 1800s? 2. Explain "Manifest Destiny." 3. How do you think the Mexican Government felt about the idea of Manifest Destiny? DUE ON MONDAY, 12/5 - Read pp. 349-352
1. How had voting rights changed in the United States by 1824. 2. What new political parties formed during the 1830s? 3. How was Andrew Jackson a "new kind of President"? DUE ON MONDAY, 11/28 - Read pp. 327-331.
1. Explain TWO reasons why the United States declared war on Great Britain in 1812? 2. How did the War affect the United States? Who opposed the war? Why? 3. Why has the war sometimes been called "the Second War for American Independence"? DUE ON MONDAY, 11/21 - Read pp. 314-319
1. What problems did the United States face with regard to New Orleans in 1801-1802? How did Jefferson try to solve these problems? 2. Why did Napoleon offer all of the Louisiana Territory to the United States? 3. What dilemma did Jefferson face in making the Louisiana Purchase? 4. Who were Lewis and Clark? What was the importance of the exploration? DUE ON THURSDAY, 11/17 - Read pp. 299-301
1. Why did the United States and France go to war in 1798? 2. What did the Alien and Sedition Acts do? Why were the laws passed? Who was most affected by them? 3. According to the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, who had the power to decide the Constitutionality of Federal laws? Why? DUE ON MONDAY, 11/7 - Read pp. 290-293
1. Why did political parties develop during the 1790s? 2. What were three important differences between the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans? Which party would you have supported? Why? DUE ON FRIDAY, 11/4 - Read pp. 282-287, Washington Takes Office
1. Explain how both the executive and judicial branches of government took shape during Washington's Presidency. 2. Explain the four parts of Hamilton's financial program? What were the goals of the program? Why did many people oppose it? DUE ON TUESDAY, 10/18 - Read pp. 212-217. The Constitutional Convention
1. Explain TWO important ways in which the Virginia Plan of Government was different than the government that existed under the Articles of Confederation. 2. Why did small states like New Jersey not like the Virginia Plan? Explain how the dispute between large states and small states over representation was resolved through compromise. 3. Explain one dispute over slavery that arose at the constitutional convention and how that dispute was resolved through compromise. DUE ON FRIDAY, 10/14 - Read pp. 206-209, "Articles of Confederation"
1. Explain the policies that the Government under the Articles of Confederation passed that addressed Western Lands. Which of these policies do you think was more important? Why? 2. What was Shays' Rebellion? How did it affect "leading Americans"? DUE ON TUESDAY, 9/27 - Read pp. 150-153 "From Protest to Rebellion."
1. Make a timeline that includes the following events - Boston Tea Party, the First Continental Congress meets, the Intolerable Acts are passed, Battles of Lexington and Concord, Tea Act is passed 2. Why did many colonists oppose the Tea Act? 3. Do you think Parliament was justified in passing the Coercive Acts? Explain. DUE ON THURSDAY, 9/22 - Read pp. 145-149
For THREE of the following British laws - Proclamation of 1763, the Quartering Act, the Stamp Act, Writs of Assistance, 1. Explain the law and WHY the law was passed. 2. Explain why the colonists opposed the law. DUE ON TUESDAY, 9/20 - Read pages 140-144
1. Define - French and Indian War, Albany Congress, Treaty of Paris (1763) 2. Explain the causes of the French and Indian War. DUE ON TUESDAY, 9/13 - Read pages 71-75 "The New England Colonies" - Complete Chart you received in class on Monday. On the Back of Chart Answer the following :
1. Define - dissent 2. Who were Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson? What did they have in common? DUE ON MONDAY, 9/12 - Read pages 69-70 "The Plymouth Colony"
1. Define: Separatists, Pilgrim, Thanksgiving 2. Why did Separatists settle in Plymouth in 1620? 3. What did the Pilgrims agree to do in the Mayflower Compact? Why is the document considered an important step in the growth of democracy? DUE ON FRIDAY, 9/9 - Read pages 66-69 in your textbook (stop when you get to "Plymouth Colony).
1. Define - Virginia Company, Virginia House of Burgesses, democracy. 2. Why did Englishmen establish Jamestown in 1607? 3. What problems did the settlers in Jamestown face? How were they able to solve these problems? 4. How democratic was Jamestown colony? |
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