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Thinking Like an Historian
Founding Documents
The Progressive Era
Industrialization
Immigration and
Urbanization
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To state the argument of your essay. It usually found in the first paragraph of an essay.
What is a Thesis?
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What did the Declaration of Independence do?
The Declaration of Independence declared our freedom from Great Britain, listed grievances with the King and Queen, and established the natural rights of man. The revolutionary war followed.
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Describe who the muckrakers were and what they did.
Muckrakers were journalist, photographers, and authors. They uncovered criminal activity and corruption in government, unsafe working conditions, child labor, overcrowded living conditions in cities, and poverty and disease in the slums.
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The process by which a country transforms from an agrarian based to economy to one that focuses on manufacturing and distribution of goods.
What is Industrialization?
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Identify the ethnic group which was barred from immigrating to the US because on an 1882 Act.
What are the Chinese. Chinese Exclusion act of 1882.
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The U.S. Bill of Rights is found in what document?
What is the U.S. Constitution?
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What were the Articles of Confederation? Also, tell me 3 weaknesses that caused it to fail.
The Articles of Confederation was America's first constitution and created a weak central government with a loose union between the states. Weaknesses include: -National Government couldn't collect tax so They couldn't pay the expenses of the national government -No Executive Branch, so they couldn't enforce legislation passed by congress -No Judicial Branch, so they couldn't settle disputes between states -No ability to regulate foreign and interstate commerce
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List 3 problems which Progressives made people aware and created changes in American lives. Explain which one you believe most changed America?
JACOB RIIS – URBAN LIVING CONDITIONS UPTON SINCLAIR – POOR WORKING CONDITIONS LINCOLN STEFFENS – POLITICAL CORRUPTION ALICE PAUL – WOMEN’S RIGHTS LEWIS HINE – CHILD LABOR IDA TARBELL – MONOPOLIES / TRUSTS JANE ADDAMS – SOCIAL WORK IDA B. WELLS – AFRICAN-AMERICAN RIGHTS
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the term meaning government should keep out of business interests and stick only to the laws of the land.
What is Laissez-Faire Policy
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During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, from what two areas of Europe did a large number of people emigrate from to immigrate to the United States? Also, name 2 reason why immigrants came from those regions to the USA.
What is Southern and Eastern Europe. They came for economic opportunity and religious freedom.
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Explain the purpose of the Bill of Rights.
The purpose of the Bill of Rights is to protect individual rights from the government.
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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was the best thing to come out of the Articles of Confederation. Identify what important process the Northwest Ordinance set up and Identify an individual Freedom given to people living there.
The Northwest Ordinance set up the process for which new states are to be admitted to the union. Examples of individual protections were: No Slavery, Religious Freedom, trial by jury, habeas corpus, and encouraged education.
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An association of workers who organize together to collectively bargain contracts, improve working conditions, and work to further their rights is called?
A Labor Union
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Explain why monopolies/trusts are bad for consumer?
Monopolies are bad for consumers because they are built eliminate competition. Once competition is eliminated a monopoly can raise prices, delivery poorer quality, or even shut down production. Monopolies are also bad because the owners can become more influential over government and use their power to influence the government.
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List 2 problems that rapid urbanization caused in the United States.
pollution crime disease lack of housing discrimination
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This term means that government should keep out of business and stick the laws of the land.
What is Laissez-faire policy?
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The Federalists Papers and Anti-Federalists Papers were the documents that debated the issues of the Articles of Confederation. Explain the premise for each side of the argument for the Federalists Papers and the Anti-Federalists Papers.
The Federalist papers supported and strong National Government and the passage of the US Constitution. The Anti-Federalists supported stronger State Governments and wanted to revise the Articles of Confederation. They wanted more individual rights to protect people from their government.
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Identify 2 specific government responses to progressivism in the area of Political and Election Reform?
Right to initiative Right to Referendum Right to Recall Secret Ballot Primary Elections New Municipal Governments
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The five needs for Industrialization are Natural Resources, Inventions (new technology), Entrepreneurs, ____________, and _________________. Workers Farmers Explorers Transportation Pick 3 of the 5 needs and explain how/why each are important.
Workers and Transportation Natural Resources are important to fuel industrialization and are needed to produce goods. For example, coal is a natural resource and it is used to fuel trains and help heat metal to produce steel. Copper and Aluminum are natural resources that are used to create other products like plumbing and tools.
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Identify 2 PUSH factors and 2 PULL factors for moving to the cities
PUSH - No work, no entertainment, not enough money to buy land to farm, PULL- Jobs, opportunity, entertainment, people, friends and family
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Of the list below, what 2 documents has the United states operated under for over 200 years. Articles of Confederation Northwest Ordinance Federalist Papers Declaration of Independence Constitution Bill of Rights
constitution and bil of rights
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What are the 3 branches of Government found in the U.S. Constitution?
The 3 branches of Government are the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches. The system of checks and balances evens out the power of these branches making sure one does not get to strong.
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Muckrkaers Jacob Riis and Upton Simclair worked as: A. Congressmen B.Teachers C. Factory Workers D. Journalist.
Jouranlists
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How did industrialization and expanding workforce lead to the creation of Labor Unions?
Industrialization was the shift in our country from mainly an agrarian based economy to one that also manufactures and distributes goods. In order to manufacture and distribute goods many workers are needed. They are needed to build factories, work in factories, distribute goods, and manage the processes. These early industrial workers put in long hours for little pay, worked in unsafe conditions, and had no workers rights. Forming Labor unions gave workers the power of numbers to stand up to their bosses and demand better pay, shorter hours, and more rights. If the demands were not met then a union could go on strike to try and hurt the business owner. Labor Unions were the only way to improve workers lives because the government did little to protect workers in the early day of industrialization.
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Identify and Explain 3 challenges that immigrants faced coming to America.
Language barrier - communication was difficult for newly arrived immigrants Securing housing- housing was limited and could be difficult to find Finding a job- finding a job was challenging due to the language barrier and new culture Discrimination- Immigrants often faced discrimination in employment, housing, and in finding a job