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Hello students, Only a few days left, but you can still improve your final grade. If you check schoology you may see some improvement. Tomorrow there will be a graded assignment. Complete the assignment and get 10 pts. Don't complete and your grade goes down. Taylor

Hope you all are having a great Memorial Day weekend Look up the history of Memorial Day and answer the following questions; What was the original name for Memorial Day? Which President started Memorial Day? What do we celebrate, or remember on Memorial Day? Please submit answers to my email: latayama@gmail.com Sub: Memorial Day EC Due by 1159 pm on Memorial Day-5/28/2018 Taylor

Read one of the following articles. We will crush Iran.... US & China Trade Tariffs In 75 words or less, explain how the actions of the US discussed in the article you chose could effect world peace and/or world trade. Be specific, use the article to back up your opinion. Must be completed and turned in via schoology or my email (latayama@gmail.com) Put title of article in subject box if you email answer. You have until 1159 pm TONIGHT to turn in. Anything turned in after midnight will not count. 10 pts.

It's finally here, your last History test of the year!!! Here are the essay questions you will see on the Final, in the same form. The answer MUST be in paragraph form. No bullet points, no numbered answers. This must also be YOUR ORIGINAL WORK. It is very obvious that the answer has been copied from another source when an eighth grader writes a college level essay. The slightest evidence that this has been copied from another student will result in both parties getting a zero on the final. DO YOUR OWN WORK and you have nothing to worry about. That being said, here they are; Today the United States is considered one of the biggest economic powerhouses in history. Some historians say we made this jump to world leader because of the American Industrial Revolution at the end of the 19th century. What about the industrial revolution allowed the US to be so successful?      2.    John Muir was one of the most famous environmentalists we’ve had in thi...

Here is the second study guide for the final tomorrow. REVIEW FOR FINAL II Rise of Industry Industrialization Entrepreneur Laissez Faire mass production corporation trust monopoly urbanization Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Rockefeller, JP Morgan growth of Big Business: factories, assembly lines government practices that contributed to this growth=regulations or lack of? Wave of Immigration Refugee assimilation tenement building pogroms passport nativism quota visas Where were immigrants coming from before 1890, after They struggled for acceptance. Americans wanted them to assimilate. Ethnic groups tended to cluster in their own towns and neighborhoods Chinese Exclusion assignment Contributions by immigrants- bird of passage   Italian immigrants                 stereotypes Jewish immigrants                 attitude towards this group Chinese Immigrants     ...

Please go to the following article; Nationalism and isolationism Read article and answer the following questions; 1) What does President Macron think is wrong with American politics under the current administration? 2) What does President Macron suggest we do here in the US? Minimum 75 words Email response to my email address; latayama@gmail.com subject: nationalism and isolationism This is due by noon, 12:00pm on Wednesday 5/16/18. Taylor

Today we went over the first review sheet. Civil War through Westward Expansion R easons for Civil War; Missouri Compromise Dred Scott Case What is the difference between a “slave” state and a “free” state? What was the first battle of the Civil War?              Wars- know significance                 Gettysburg, Ft. Wagner, Appomattox Emancipation Proclamation Vocabulary ; secession emancipation fugitive draft habeas corpus freed men civil rights scalawag carpetbagger yankee Jim Crow Laws Share cropping Reconstruction: Why did the Southerners hate the northerners so much? 13 th , 14 th , 15 th amendments   Civil Rights Act of 1866 White terrorism-Enforcement Acts 1870-1871 Plessy vs Fergusun Western Expansion ; Louisiana Purchase- how much land? Lewis & Clark Manifest Destiny People of the West: mountain men, Homesteaders(farmers), Pione...

We took ch. 27 quiz yesterday(Monday 5/14) Anyone who missed the quiz has until Wed. after school to make it up. After that you will receive a zero. Review today. (review sheet will be posted on this blog after school) Final on Friday Civil War thru Progressive Era 20 questions (2 pts each) 2 essay questions (5 pts each) Total=50pts Check tonight for your last extra credit opportunity before grades are finalized Taylor

We're almost done!!!!!!!!!!!! Yesterday we reviewed for the ch. 27 quiz on Monday 5/14/2018. If you need extra credit to get that grade see me TODAY before you go home. I will hand you an assignment to be completed and turned in Monday at the start of class. (10 pts) Have a great weekend!!!

On Monday I handed out 3 articles on the Progressive Era. Please go to the sheet titled" The Progressive Movement" and list the 3 goals of the Progressive Movement. Assignment: Have we accomplished these goals in the 21st Century, or do we still have work to do to reach these goals? Please explain your answer in 2 paragraphs or 100 words. 10 pts Submit to my email: latayama@gmail.com Due by(12:00) noon on Thursday 5/10/2018 Taylor

2 assignments Tuesday: ch. 27 study guide Wed. Progressive Era Panel both due in class Taylor

Agenda: -Progressive Era/Movement 1890-1920 -inequalities -social injustice -Is it happening again today Students received 3 articles on the progressive movement now and then. Students to write 2 paragraphs or 100 words on; Discuss the similarities between the progressive movement then(1920) and now. Use information in articles to support your opinions. *** Don't throw away the articles I gave out today. There will be another assignment with them later this week.*** Taylor

Agenda: -Quiz tomorrow on Ch. 26 (open note) -Vocabulary (8 words) -Italian/Jewish/Chinese/Mexican stories of immigration -Ind. study guide -Chinese Exclusion Extra Credit:(10 pts) Minimum 100 words Answer the following question by Friday, 5/4/18 @ 3pm In 1882 Americans hated the Chinese so much they were able to pass a law to keep them specifically out of the country. Do you think this will ever happen again in this country? How, and who do you think we will ban from entering the country? Taylor

Agenda: -Return ch.26 quiz -Chinese Exclusion Act (4 documents) -Review Thursday -Quiz Ch. 26 Friday ** Question to ponder; How does the Chinese situation in the 1870's with the Chinese Exclusion Act compared to the current immigrant crisis in the US? Check back Thursday for some more extra credit. Taylor

Agenda: -Ind. study guide (see in Dana file)(10 pts if completed before end of the period.) -Chinese Immigration -Mexican Immigration -anti Immigration actions Essential question (will be on quiz) Analyze the quote; “Immigrants work for almost nothing and seem to be able to live on wind?” -Is this statement factual ? Why or why not? -Who would have most likely made a statement like this? Explain your answer. If you have not submitted the xtra credit from Monday/Tuesday, its over. It will no longer be accepted. Taylor