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1. Study Guide to page 48. 2. Read the outline “Power to the People” John Lennon

Hi. 1. Study Guide to page 48. 2. Read the outline “Power to the People” John Lennon. Projects for Units 1-2 (first 9 weeks).

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1. Study Guide to page 48. 2. Read the outline “Power to the People” John Lennon

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  1. Hi • 1. Study Guide to page 48. • 2. Read the outline • “Power to the People” • John Lennon

  2. Projects for Units 1-2 (first 9 weeks) • 1. If completing the immigration project option (which I strongly urge you to do!) your interviews should be finished and information gathered and brought to class on Thursday, October 16th. • Thursday the 16th – day 1 of working in class. Immigration project completers will have time that day to work on their PowerPoint presentations if they are not done. • Friday the 17th – day 2 of working in class. Immigration project completers will present their PowerPoints to a small group. This is the day to bring in your food if you choose to bring in food. • Monday the 20th – final day of working in class. Immigration project completers will have the day to read the summary of someone else’s immigration to America and complete the comparison assignment • Unit 1-2 projects due in their entirety Friday, October 24th

  3. Industrialization Immigration Prog. Movement • 2nd IR • New inventions • Bessemer Process • Railroads • Big Business • Corporations • Carnegie/Rock • Social Darwin. • Unions/Strikes • Ellis/Angel Island • Old/New Immigrants • Life & Reaction to Immigrants • Jobs immigrants worked and working conditions • Reforms • Opinion changed from gov’t doing little/nothing to getting involved • Muckrakers • Jacob Riis & Upton Sinclair • The Jungle • Pure Food and Drug Act

  4. Learning Goal 10 • Learning Goal 10 – I will be able to:-Cite and explain the importance of examples of political corruption during the Gilded Age (Spoils System, political machines, political bosses, Tammany Hall)-Identify seven voting problems during the Progressive Era and six solutions proposed to fix them (16th Amendment, 17th Amendment, Direct Primary, Initiative, Referendum, Recall, Wisconsin Plan)-Summarize why these reforms were put in place

  5. Each State = 2 Senators Pat Toomey – Republican Bob Casey – Democrat

  6. What does it mean to recall?

  7. Pages 41-42 • Page 41 • Chinese immigrants bring industry, order, peace, and sobriety but are kept out of the Golden Gate of Liberty while dangerous people like Communists, Socialists, and Hoodlums are welcome. • Page 42 • The US protested Russian exclusion of Jewish Americans, but had the “skeleton in its closet” (a past act of which one is sorry or ashamed and wishes to keep hidden) of the Chinese Exclusion Act.

  8. Now… • Read pages 666-667 • Guided Practice – Page 50 • Learning Activity – analyze the political cartoon on page 50 and complete the analysis page on 51 • Learning Activity – analyze the political cartoon on page 50 and complete the analysis page on 51 • Look over pages 52-53; cross out assignment at bottom of page 53. • When done, as always, Need to Know List and Review pages

  9. Political Corruption Voting problems and solutions Reasons • Pol machine – org tried to get candidates elected; Tammany Hall in NY most famous • Pol boss – head of machine • Strategies = stuff ballot boxes, bribes, pay voters • Spoils system – gov’t jobs given based on loyalty, Pendleton Civil Service Act tried to fix • Problem = gov’t has too much power, ignoring needs/wishes of the people • Solutions = all try to empower people and give them more say • When the people have more say, they have more power

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