Webquest

Unit 4 Webquest Words


1. Henry Ford- American automobile manufacturer who developed a gasoline-powered automobile.
2. Assembly Line- An arrangement of workers, machines, and equipment in which the product is being assembled passes consecutively from operation to operation until completed.
3.Installment buying- a system for paying for goods.
4. Teapot Dome Scandal- a government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming.
5. Calvin Coolidge-
6. Kellog-Briand Pact- renouncing war as an instrument of national policy and urging peaceful.
7. Dawes Plan- a plan to ensure payments of reparations by Germany after World War I.
8. Scopes Trial-
9. Prohibition- when the Eighteenth Amendment was in force and alcoholic beverages could not legally be manufactured, transported, or sold in the U.S.
10. Charlie Chaplin-
11. Charles Lindberg-
12. Marcus Garvey-
13. Harlem Renaissance- An African-American cultural movement of the 1920s and 1930s, centered in Harlem.
14. Black Tuesday- October 29th, 1929 when the DJIA fell 12%.
15. Hawley-Smoot Tariff-
16. Hooverville- a collection of huts and shacks.
17. Dust Bowl- the region in the S central U.S. that suffered from dust storms in the 1930s.
18. Repatriation- to send back to one's own country.
19. FDIC-
20. TVA- tax on value added: a sales tax imposed by member nations of the Common Market on imports from the U.S. and other countries.
21. Huey Long-
22. Social Security Act- a law passed in 1935 providing old-age retirement insurance, a federal-state program of unemployment compensation.
23. Joseph Stalin- 1879-1953 Soviet political leader.
24. Benito Mussolini- An Italian dictator of the twentieth century.
25. Adolph Hitler- A German political leaderof the twentieth century, born in Australia.
26. Appeasement-
27. Munich Pact-
28. Blitzkrieg-
29. Winston Churchill-
30. Lend-Lease Act-
31. Douglas McArthur-
32. Dwight Eisenhower-
33. George S Patton -
34. Battle of Midway-
35. Internment-
36. Battle of the Bulge-
37. Harry Truman-
38. Manhattan Project-
39. Nuremburg Laws-
40. Kristallnacht-

4.1.10

The Roaring 20’s Part 2 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

What does the Scopes Monkey trial show concerning the US in the 1920’s?
· Tenn. made it illegal to teach evolution. John Scopes taught it and was found guilty, but trial showed cultural and religious divide.

How does Prohibition affect the US? Who were some of its leading figures?
· Prohibition did not stop people from drinking and organized crime became involved including Al Capone.

Speakeasies- People made alcohol at home, bootleggers sold it illegally to consumers and in cities saw rise of drinking establishments.

What did Americans do with their leisure time in the 1920’s?
· Americans start going to motion pictures. In 1927 see first movie synchronized with sound called Jazz Singer.

List the stars and heroes of the 1920’s and the reason for their fame:
· Hero’s in sports like Babe Ruth in baseball, Red Grange in football, Jack Dempsey in boxing, Bobby Jones in Golf. Biggest hero became Charles Lindbergh who was the first to fly across the Atlantic solo, nonstop.

How did the role of Women change in the 1920’s?
· Women began to wear dresses with shorter hemlines, put on more makeup, danced to the latest dance craze, and generally assumed had same rights as men showing that women were moving into modern times.

List the famous writers of the 20’s:
· Writers include F. Scott Fitzgerald with Great Gatsby and Ernest Hemingway.

What African American movements came out of Harlem in the 1920’s?
· Harlem became focal point for AA aspirations and blend of cultures and traditions bred new ideas. One of those was Back to Africa campaign by Marcus Garvey who saw discrimination everywhere and thought was best course.

Describe the impact of Jazz on the US?
· Jazz became a new style of music from AA expressed their experience in US.

What other well-known artist and authors come out of the
Harlem Renaissance?
· Jazz musicians Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway. Other white musicians like Irving Berlin were influenced by movement. Includes writers who explored the pains of being AA in US like Jean Toomer, Claude Mckay, and Langston Hughes.

4.1.10

The Roaring 20’s Part 1 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

How does organized labor affect the US after WWI?
· After the war because of scarcity of goods and the high demand inflation ran rampant. Workers were unable to buy goods, workers strike for high wages.

What was the Red Scare?
· Red Scare was a wave of fear in US of suspected communist and radicals plotting against the US gov. Real rev activity such as mail bombs to leading industrialist and gov officials from radicals gave scare substance.

How does the Red Scare affect immigration policy?
· Congress passed laws governing the number of immigrants that could come in from certain countries known as a quota system.

How does Warren Harding return the US to a policy of pro big business?
· Harding favored a return to a laissez-faire approach to gov involvement in business instead of the reforms of the progressives.

Describe the Tea Pot Dome Scandal:
· Harding’s problem as President was the he entrusted a lot of people as friends which left him open for corruption. Harding Sec of the Interior got oil reserves transferred from Navy to his interior and then leased it to private oil for money.

How does ford improve the auto industry?
· He brought many new methods to the car manufacturing industry that allowed mass production which allowed cars to become affordable to regular people.

How does the expansion of the automobile industry lead to improvements in the US?
· Road construction and businesses like service stations, diners, and motels also experienced boom.

How does easy credit aid in the economic boom?
· People who did not have the cash to buy they could buy on credit which was easily obtained.

4.1.10

New Deal Part 2 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe the Work Progress Administration:
· It Put People Back To Work Through Civil Projects And Doing Things Like Sponsoring Artist.

Describe the Social Security Act:
· It Provided Pension For The Elderly, Established Unemployment Insurance, Established Insurance For Work Related Accidents, And Provided Aid For Poverty Stricken Mothers, Children, The Blind, And The Disabled.

Describe how FDR favored Labor Unions in the New Deal:
· FDR Believed That To Get Out Of The GD Had To Raise The Standard Of Living For Industrial Workers So Gets Wagner Act Passed Which Recognizes Employees Rights To Join Labor Unions And Collective Bargain.

Describe the problems FDR had with the SC and his solutions:
· The SC Who Had Struck Down Many Of His Programs Ruling The President Did Not Have The Ability To Regulate Interstate Commerce.

Describe the Effects of the New Deal:
· Changed US Gov From laissez Faire Approach To Accepting Responsibility To Prime The Pump Of The Economy. Turned US Into Welfare State With US Gov Accepting Responsibility To Help The Poor.

4.1.10

Great Depression Part 2 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

How did GD affect cities?
· Ordinary People Didn’t Really Understand Stock Market Crash And Reasons For GD. People Understood Having A Job One Day And Not Having One The Next. Everyone Was Affected Or Knew Some One Who Was Affected By The GD.

How did the unemployed live?
· Families Went To Eating Less And Even Had To Take Families To Bread Lines For Food Handouts. Many Families Descended Into Homelessness And Hunger With The Feeling Of The American Dream being Lost.

How did GD affect farmers?
· Many Lost Their Farms And Moved Around The Country Trying To Survive. Others Turned To Being Tenant Farmers As A Way For Survival.

What other problems did farmers face?
· Farmers Couldn’t Farm Anymore.

How did GD affect family life?
· Many Men Sank Into Shame And Despair With Some Even Leaving Their Families.

How did Hoover try to handle the depression?
· Turned To Volunteerism Policy Were He Called For Business Leaders To Keep Employment And Prices The Same, While He Asked Gov To Cut Interest Rates, Lower Taxes. Also Requested That Wealthy Individuals Give To Charity.

3.26.10

Great Depression Part 1 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

How did Herbert Hoover win the election of 1928?
· With His Past WWI Accomplishments And With Optimism Over The Economy Herbert Hoover Wins The Presidential Election.

What things were going on in the 20’s that lead to the Great Depression?
· Easy Credit In The 20’s Masked Some Of The Countries Growing Economic Problems With 80% Of Ratios And 60% Of Cars Bought On Credit.

What was Black Tuesday? How did it happen?
· Black Tuesday Started Chain Reaction Leading To Collapse Of Us Economy.

What effects did Black Tuesday have on the US?
· People Became Scared For The Security Of Their Money In Banks Leading To A Rush Of Withdraws.

How did the Depression spread globally?
· Reparation Payments, War Debt Payments, And Imbalance Of Trade Had Already Created Shaky Economic Structure.

3.18.10

World War I Part 2 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

How does the US build an army during WWI?
· Wilson Encouraged Americans To Volunteer For Service And Pushed Congress To Pass Selected Service Act Which Authorizes A Draft Of Young Men For Military Service.

How does the US gov control the economy during WWI?
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How does the US gov control the press during WWI?
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How does the US gov control dissent during WWI?
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How are women affected by WWI?
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How are African Americans affected by WWI?
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How are Mexican Americans affected by WWI?
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3.8.10

Inventors and Big Business Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe inventions of Edison and their effect on US:
· He Received Over 1,000 Patents For His New Invention. Included The Phonograph Which Is Basic Music Player And The First Motion Picture Camera.

Describe inventions of other such as Bell, Bessemer, and Marconi:
· Bell- Invents The Telephone, by 1990 There Were Over 1 Million Telephones In US.
· Marconi- Invents Wireless Telegraph Which Leads To Radio.
· Bessemer—Develops Steel Which Leads On To Skyscrapers And Suspension Bridges.

Describe how big business tried to maximize profit:
· Decreasing Workers Pay, Paying As Little As Could For Raw Materials, Advertising Widely, And Funding Research Labs For New Products.

Describe how Rockefeller and Carnegie changed big business in the US:
· Rockefeller-Wanted To Consolidate All Firms In The Same Business Making One Giant Company.

Describe how the gov regulated big business:
· Gradually Workers And Small Business Owners Came To Feel Trust Monopolies, And Cartels Had An Unfair Advantage. Congress Created Interstate Commerce Commission Which Investigated Unfairness In Railroad Industry.

3.1.10

Reconstruction Part 1 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction
· Was Willing To Pardon Confeds. Did Not Require Rights Guarantees For African Americans.

Describe the Radical Republican’s plan for Reconstruction
· Group In Lincoln’s Party Reject Plan. Advocate Full Citizenship And Suffrage For AA. Supported Sherman’s Plan To Give Land Too AA.

Describe Johnson’s Plan for Reconstruction
· Offered Pardons And Restoration Of Land To Most Confeds But Leaders Had To Apply Personally. Each State Had To Ratify Amend And Draft Consti Abolishing Slavery.

Describe the 13th amendment
· Every State Had To Ratify The 13th Amendment.

Describe the 14th amendment
· Pass 14th Amendment Guaranteeing Equality To All Cits Including AA.

Describe the 15th amendment
· With Grant Winning Election Of 68 Congress Passes 15th Amendment Guaranteeing AA Rights To Vote But Left Loopholes.

Describe Johnson’s impeachment
· To Limit His Power Congress Passes Tenure Of Office Act Which Says Johnson Cant Fire Certain Officials Without Congressional Approval. When Tries To Fire Sec Of War House Votes To Impeach Johnson, But Radicals Fail By 1 Vote To Convict In Senate.

Seeds Of Civil War Part 2

Seeds of Civil War Part 2 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Why did the Compromise of 1850 upset the north so much?

• Compromise Enraged Many Northerners Cause Included Fugitive Slave Act Which Required Citizens To Catch And Return Runaway Slaves. Northerners Also Offended By The Nullified Fugitive Slave Laws.
  

Who were Harriet Beacher Stowe and Harriet Tubman?

• Harriet Beacher Stowe- Publishes Uncle Tom’s Cabin Condemning Slavery.
  Harriet Tubman- Helps Black People Escape Through Network Of Houses And Hiding Places Called Underground Railroad.

Describe the Kansas-Nebraska Act:

• To Appease South, Senate Agrees To Split Nebraska Into Two Territories Forming Kansas. Kansas Was Intended To Be Slave And Nebraska Was Free But Left It To Popular Sovereignty.
  

Describe the aftermath of the Kansas-Nebraska Act especially how it affects Kansas:

• Slavery And Anti-Slavery Settlers Move Into Kansas. Slavery Forces Raid An Anti-Slavery Town Pillaging And Burning.
  

Describe the Dred Scott decision:

• He Sued For Freedom Saying Master Had Taken Him To Free State.
  

Describe John Brown’s Raid:

• He Believes That Violence Is The Best Way To End Evil Slavery. Thought That Many Would Join But Mission Failed.

Bell Ringer

What Does Douglas Say The Union Has Been Fighting To This Point? What Does He Think The Union Should Be Fighting? How Does The Proclamation Change The War?

2.25.10

Civil War Part 6 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition. Where it says from a certain number that tells you what number it is from in your notebook.

What did Union do when came across African Americans early in the war?
The Union would take care of them by giving them food or water.


What is Emancipation Proclamation?
It freed states in rebellion.

Why does Lincoln issue proclamation?
To free all the slaves.


What effect does proclamation have?
It had mixed reactions in North and the south negotiated but an end was not possible.


How African Americans participated in the war:
Menial task, longest guard duty, placed in exposed positions, and took time to get equal pay.


Describe Life in North during War:
Gov introduced Income Tax to pay for supplies that increase as war goes. Gov also raised tariffs to bring in income.


Describe Life in South During War:
Demands are tough on the south because lacked resources to meet demands. Union blockade forced south to rely on own farms.


Describe Life of Soldiers during the War:
Gave many first taste of traveling. Could be fighting against their own family.

2.24.10

Civil War Part 5 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

What two strategies does Grant use to win the war?
· Defeat Lee Wherever He May Be. Commit To A Strategy Of Total War, Which Meant He
Was Also Going To Strike Civilian Population.

Describe how Grant takes it to Lee:
· Grant Took Control Of Army Himself And Fought Several Brutal Battles With Lee Including The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, And Cold Harbor.

Describe Sherman’s March to the Sea:
· Sherman Looted, Pillaged, And Set Fire To Everything In His Path Including Burning Atlanta Before Marching To Savannah.

Describe the Battle of Petersburg:
· Grant Pushed Lee To Petersburg Which Is About 20 Miles South Of Richmond. They Fought A War For Several Weeks. Left Richmond Defenseless, So Was Evacuated, And Later Burned By Union Army.

Describe Lee’s surrender:
· Officially Surrenders, But Takes Till June To Get Other Scattered Forces To Surrender.

Describe the death of Lincoln:
· Two Days After Surrender He Dies By John Wilkes Booth During A Play At Fords Theater In DC.

2.23.10

Civil War Part 4 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe Why Lee Makes The Move To Gettysburg:
Lee Sensed He Had An Opportunity To Win International Support, Demoralize The Union, And Perhaps To Win The War.

Describe Gettysburg Day 1:

• Confeds Push Union Down Hill, Through The Town, And Up On To A Set Of Ridges And Hills To The South Of Town. Confeds Stop Advance With Night Fall, Allowing Meade To Bring Up Reinforcements On Cemetery Ridge, Big Round Top, And Little Round Top.
  

Describe Gettysburg Day 2:

• Lee Orders General Longstreet To Attack From South End Of Battle Line. The Fighting Was Fierce But Longstreet Could Not Break Through. Confeds Also Tried To Take Little Round Top, But Were Repulsed By Unit Rushed Up There From Maine.

Describe Gettysburg Day 3:

• Lee Tried Once More, First By Opening The Morning With A Major Cannon Attack. He Then Orders A Full Frontal Assault On Cemetary Ridge. Union Cannon And Musket Mowed Down Confeds And Basically Ended Gettysburg.
  

Describe The Gettysburg Address:

• Lincoln Comes To Gettysburg And Gives A Short Speech Honoring Dead, Described The War As Struggle To Fulfill The Dec Of Indp.

2.16.10

Civil War Part 1 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe how Lincoln’s election splits the Union:
· Abraham Lincoln Who Had Previously Spoke Out Against Slavery Wins The Presidential Election Without Even Being On The Ballot In Most Southern States. Wins Cause Other Candidates Splits Votes, Also Shows Politics Split On Regional Lines.

Describe how the South reacts to the election of Lincoln:
· As Soon As Lincoln Was Elected, South Carolina Summoned A Convention And Seceded From The Union. In The Next Few Weeks Deep South States Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, And Florida Also Seceded.

Describe the founding of the Confederate government:
· The Seven States Join Together To Form Confederate States Of America.

Describe the breakout of the war at Fort Sumter:
· The South Was Suspicious Of Lincoln’s Intensions And Ordered Troops At Sumter To Surrender Which Fed Troops Refused So South Fired On Sumter. Sumter Made Both Sides Mad And Called For Volunteers To Fight Along With VA, Ark, Tenn, And NC Seceding From The Union.

Describe the Advantages of the North:
· Had Greater Population To Draw Troops From Industry In North Made Them More Prepared. Had Better Railroad To Move Troops And Supplies. Had Better Navy Vs South No Navy Allowing Blockades.

Describe the advantages of the South:
· The South Had Stronger Military Tradition And Leaders. The South Also Had Strategy Advantages- Knew Only Had To Fight Defensive War On Familiar Ground.

Describe Northern Strategies to win the War:
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Describe Southern Strategies to win the war:
· Their Plan Was To Preserve The Army, While Doing Enough Damage To Erode North Will. Also They Got Military And Industry Support From GB And France To Supplement Lack Of.

2.12.10

Mexican American War Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Why was there tension between Mexicans and the American settlers to Texas?
· 1830 Tension Between Settlers And Mexico Rise And Settlers Stayed Protestant And Continued To Use Slavery. 1835- Texas Rebels Against Mexican Rule. A Year Later Declares Independence And Adopts New Constitution.

Describe the Battle of the Alamo and why it was fought?
· To Crush Rebellion Santa Ana Leads Attack Against Small Fort The Alamo.

Describe Sam Houston’s defeat of Santa Ana:
· Led By Sam Houston Texas Defeats Santa Ana At Battle Of San Jacinto And Captures Santa Ana. They Then Make Him Sign Treaty That Gave Them More Land.

Describe the US’s annexation of Texas:
· A Month Before Polk’s In Office Congress Agrees To Annex Texas As A Slave State. Polk Also Makes A Treaty With British For Half Of Oregon Territory, Angering Congress.

Describe how Polk provokes the Mexican’s into war:
· Polk Endorsed Texas Claim Of All Territory Surrendered By Santa Ana Inflaming Border War. Polk Also Sent Troops Into Contested Region Waiting For Conflict So He Could Declare War.

Describe the Military aspects of the Mexican American War:
· In The One Sided War US Won Every Major Battle Including Seizing New Mexico, California, Monterrey, Mexico Port Vera Cruz, And Mexico City.

Bell Ringer

What Was Unusual About Andrew Jackson’s Inauguration? Why Might Jackson Have Been Called The Peoples President?

· Many Of Those Voters Caused A Wild Scene At The White House When They Arrived In Large Numbers To Celebrate The Historic Event.

2.9.10

Age of Jackson Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe Jackson’s push and winning of the presidency:
· In 1828 Jackson Defeats John Quincy Adams With His Party Promising A Return To Strong States And Weak Fed Gov That Would Not Interfere In Slavery.

Describe the Indian Removal Act:
· When Jackson Came To Office People In South Wanted Him To Remove All The Indians That Were In The Area. Several Tribes Agreed, Several Resisted And Were Forcibly Removed Which Includes Trail Of Tears And Several Different Indian Wars.

Describe the Bank Crisis:
· Congress Passed Charter For Second Bank Of US In 1816. In 1832 Congress Voted To Renew Charter But Jackson Vetoed Calling It Unauthorized By The Constitution.

Describe the reaction to Jackson’s policies:
· Bank Supporters Denounced Jackson And Formed New Political Party Known As Wings. In 1832 Jackson Was Reelected In A Landslide And When Elected Weakened Federal Bank By Withdrawing Fed Funds From It.

2.8.10

Reform Movement Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe the expansionist movement:
· In 1820’s Mexico Becomes Independent From Spain. Many Americans Look At It As An Opportunity To Take Land Such As New Mexico, Texas, And Cali.

Describe Manifest Destiny and what people used it to justify:
· The Manifest Destiny Was Referred To Belief That God Wanted US To Own All Of North America. The US Continued To Expand With People Moving Toward The West.

Describe the Temperance Movement:
· As The US Expanded The Crime Rate Went Up To. Temperance Means Drinking In Moderation Which Many Pushed For But Some Pushed For Prohibition.

Describe the Abolition Movement:
· With Growth Of Cotton Industry In Early 1800’s Slavery Also Grew. By Early 1800’s Many Opposed To Slavery Began To Speak Out Against It On Moral Grounds.

Describe the Education Reform Movement:
· Because There Was No Public Schools Many People Didn’t Go To School. Reformers Wanted To Start Public Schools System From Tax Money.

Describe the Reform Movement for Women’s rights including the Seneca Falls Conference
· Women Were Supposed To Influence And Make A Difference Privately.

Bell Ringer

What Is Grimke's Main Argument In Support Of Womens Rights?

• Like The Rights Of Slaves, Need Only Be Examined To Be Understood And Asserted, Even By Some Of Those, Who Are Now Endeavouring To Smother The Irrepressible Desire For Mental And Spiritual Freedom Which Glows In The Breast Of Many.....

2.8.10

Industrial Rev Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe advances in road construction:

• Started turnpikes which were toll roads where a toll was a way to pay for road construction.
  

Describe advances in water transportation: the steam boat which made water transportation faster.

• Also water canals which connected cities with farms by water.
  

Why is the Eerie Canal important?

• It connected the Hudson River with Lake Erie and funneled goods through NYC.
  

Describe advances in railroads:

• It costs less to build than ships, moved faster than ships, and could carry more weight.
  

Describe advances in industry including Samuel Slater:

• He builds the first water powered textile mill from memory.
  

Describe the inventions of Sam Morse and Eli Whitney:

• Sam Morse invented the telegram which allowed communication over distances. Eli Whitney invented interchangeable parts which allowed factories to change one part instead of the whole machine.
  

Why did the Cotton Gin expand slavery?

• It increased the need for slavery in order to pick cotton.

Exit Ticket

• I Learned That The Railroad Costs More Then Ships But Also Moved Faster Then Ships, And Can Carry More Weight Then Ships.
  
• I Also Learned That Transportation In The Early 1800’s Was Expensive And Slow.
  
• The Final Thing I Learned Today Is That Eli Whitney Invented The Cotton Gin In 1793.

Bell Ringer

How Long Does The Young Women Work In The Lower Mill Each Day? What Affect Do You Think This Work Would Have On A Young Person Each Day?

They Work 12 Hours A Day. I Also Think The Affect Is That They Learn Responsibility At A Young Age And They Be Tired A lot.

Exit Ticket

Write a short paragraph about a current event. How will this current event figure in the grand scope of history? What do you feel about this current event? It can be pretty much anything including pop culture.



Gilbert Arenas tried joking about his gun trouble. NBA commissioner David Stern found none of it funny. Arenas was suspended indefinitely without pay Wednesday by Stern. A day after the Washington Wizards guard was photographed before a game in Philadelphia playfully pointing his index fingers in a gun imitation at his teammates, Stern warned the former All-Star that his conduct will "ultimately result in a substantial suspension, and perhaps worse. Arenas is under investigation by federal and local authorities after admittedly bringing guns into the Wizards' locker room.

Bell Ringer 2

Why does the speaker think the fight for independence should continue?

• If we institute any government at all, for heavens sake let it be the best government we can. We shall be as certainly hanged for a bad as a good one... If therefore, we incure the danger let us not decline the reward...

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Am Rev Part 1 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe the beginning of the Am Rev:
Americans were tipped off about approaching troops including Revere’s ride. So they responded with militia to drive British back to Boston.

Describe the battle of Lexington:
British army then marched to Concord was they had a small skirmish. When they tried to go back to Boston, militia hid behind trees on road and killed approximately 200 British troops.

Describe the actions of the Second Continental Congress:
Rest of colonies joined New Englanders and jointly took control if war forming army under Washington.

Describe the book Common Sense and the affect it had on the colonies:
In the book, Paine argued for independence from Britain, republican government, and union of states.

Describe the signing of the Dec of Independence:
The king of England as a tyrant and declared people has unalienable rights.

Bell Ringer

Why the Virginia House of Burgesses thought it was to radical?

• Many people saw it as too radical because it clearly criticizes the British.

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The Causes of Am Rev Part 2 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe where the protest over new taxes got many of their ideas:
As protest grew against Stamp Act people began to take up enlightenment ideas like John Locke that encouraged individual’s rights.

Describe what action the Stamp Act Congress took, and the British response to it:
Stamp Act Congress showed colonist would not accept direct taxes so Parliament backed off but thought would accept indirect taxes so pass Townshend Acts with tax glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.

Describe the Boston Massacre and its causes:
Colonist also responded to new taxes with more pretest, boycotts, and Street Violence especially in Mass.

Describe British response to the Boston Massacre:
Colonist responded that they would not pay any tax to parliament without rep and resented the use of tax to pay royal governors and judges.

Describe the Boston Tea Party and the British response to it:
In December 1773 colonist took maters in their own hands and dressed as Indians dumping British tea into Boston Harbor.

Describe the First Continental Congress and what policies came out of it:
Convention passed boycott of all British goods and created a system to enforce them.

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The Causes of Am Rev Part 1 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe the similarities and differences between the British and colonial govs:
· British gov not a formal document but series of law and tradition while colonies had formal document. Most colonist owned enough property to qualify to vote while most British did not.

Describe why the British gov imposes new taxes on the colonies:
· British officials wanted to change situation with governors by taxing colonist to provide governors pay.

Describe some of the new taxes imposed by the British gov in the 1760’s:
· In 1764 new prime minister set up formal system in sugar act meant colonist could not get around tax. 1765 Parliament passes quartering act requiring colonist to house and supply GB army.

Describe the Stamp Act and the colonist response to it:
· Colonist angrily protested cause did not think Parliament could tax colonies directly without rep in Parliament.

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Wars of Empire Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Why did the British and French fight over the colonies?
· They fought for territory.

When go to war over the colonies, what group do the French and the British try to get on their side and Why?
· They knew they had to have the Indians on there side.

Describe the events in the Ohio River Valley that led to the outbreak of war?
· To keep British out French built Fort Duquesne .

How do British turn the tide of war?
· Tide turned between 1758 and 1759 when British cut off French shipping to Americas which cause many Indians to shift to British.

Describe Pontiacs Rebellion:
· The Indians goal was to weaken British and bring back French but failed to capture biggest British forts and when supplies started to run out rebellion fizzled.

Describe the aftermath of the French Indian War:
· After investing blood and money many British wanted greater control of colonies also wanted colonist to pay some war debt and cost of guarding territories.

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Colonial Life Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

How were colonial govs set up and how did the Glorious Rev in England affect them?
Most had govs but differed on way they appointed and most had some type of elected leg.

Describe the slave trade and how it affected the colonies:
Europeans participated in triangle trade where they carried goods from Europe to Africa to trade for slaves who were then shipped to Americas.

Describe colonial trade and taxes:
New Duties and taxes included passing Navigation Act in 1600’s which declares only England can trade with the colonies.

Describe the commercial rev in the colonies:
Most colonist lived on farms but wanted luxury items like tea and sugar. Started a commercial rev in the colonies with more and more British companies becoming profitable.

Describe how the enlightenment affected the colonies:
In Europe in 1600 and 1700’s where thinkers like Rousseau, Locke, and Voltaire looked for natural laws to apply to gov, society, and economics.

Describe the Great awakening in the colonies:
It was a religious movement in the mid 1700’s where evangelical preachers traveled from town to town giving emotion packed sermons.

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Other Settlements Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe initial Spanish exploration of the New World:
The Spanish was looking for gold.

Describe Spanish exploration of what would become US including their treatment of Indians:
De Soto and Coronado were searching for resources.

Describe French Exploration of the New World:
The French was more interested in finding the Northwest Passage.

Describe French founding of New Orleans:
In 1682 Robert De La Sale was hoping to Northwest Passage instead made his way to south on Mississippi river.

Describe Dutch Exploration in North America:
The Dutch went to the east coast and started a city in Hudson River.

Describe the discovery of Pennsylvania:
Pennsylvania began as a debt by King gave Penn the land as a proprietary colony.

Day 2

Web Quest Unit 1 Words


1.English Bill of Rights- An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown.
2.Habeas corpus- any fundamental constitution or law guaranteeing rights and liberties.
3.Salutary neglect- was an undocumented British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws.
4.Mercantilism- An economic doctrine that flourished in Europe from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries.
5.Navigation Act- an act of Parliament between 1651 and 1847 designed primarily to expand British trade and limit trade by British colonies with countries that were rivals of Great Britain .
6.Enlightenment- a philosophical movement of the 18th century, described by belief in the power of human reason and by innovations in political, religious, and educational doctrine.
7.Benjamin Franklin- an American public official, writer, scientist, and printer.
8.George Washington- a U.S. general and political leader he was also the 1st president of the U.S. 1789–1797.
9.French Indian War- a war in America in which France and its Indian allies opposed England 1754–1760 which resulted in the end of Treaty of Paris in 1763.
10.Pontiac’s Rebellion- it was a war started in 1763 by a loose confederation of elements of Native American tribes.
11.Proclamation of 1763- closed off the frontier to colonial expansion.
12.Albany Plan of Union- it was a meeting of delegates from seven American colonies, held in 1754 at Albany, New York, at which Benjamin Franklin proposed a plan for unifying the colonies.
13.Stamp Act- an act of the British Parliament for raising money in the American Colonies by requiring the use of stamped paper for official documents.
14.John Adams- he was the first Vice President (1789-1797) and second President (1797-1801) of the United States .
15.Patrick Henry- he is an American Revolutionary leader and orator and a member of the House of Burgesses.
16.Sons of Liberty - many of several patriotic societies, that used to be secret, that opposed the Stamp Act.
17.Non-importation agreement- colonists choose their opposition to the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts, and the Coercive Acts.
18.Boston Massacre- the British fired into a crowd that was threatening them that resulted in them killing five men.
19.Committee of correspondence- an intercolonial committee organized 1772 by Samuel Adams in Massachusetts to keep colonists informed of British anticolonial actions.
20.Boston Tea Party- a raid on three British ships in Boston Harbor in which Boston colonists, dressed up as Indians, threw several hundred cases of tea into the harbor.
21.Intolerable Acts- a series of British measures passed in 1774 and designed to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
22.First Continental Congress- convened in Philadelphia 's Carpenters Hall on September 5, 1774.
23.Militia- a group of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out sometimes for drills or either in an emergency.
24.Loyalist- a supporter of the sovereign or of the existing government.
25.Second Continental Congress- basically the same as the first but was watched over by John Hancock and included some of the same delegates as the first.
26.George Washington- American military leader and the first President of the United States (1789-1797).
27.Thomas Paine- British-born American writer and Revolutionary leader who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense talking about American independence form Britain .
28.Declaration of Independence- the fundamental document establishing the United States as a nation, adopted on July 4, 1776 and is still used to this day.
29.Thomas Jefferson- The third President of the United States and he also drafted the declaration of independence.
30.Natural Rights- Rights that people supposedly have under natural law.
31.Cornwallis- British general that surrendered to Washington at Yorktown , Virginia , October 19, 1781.
32.Yorktown- a village in Virginia : surrender of Cornwallis to Washington in the American Revolution War.
33.Saratoga- a village in New York . It was the scene of Burgoyne's defeat and surrender in the Battle of Saratoga 1777.
34. Proclamation of 1763- closed off the frontier to colonial expansion.
35. Albany Plan of Union- it was a meeting of delegates from seven American colonies, held in 1754 at Albany, New York, at which Benjamin Franklin proposed a plan for unifying the colonies.
36. Stamp Act- an act of the British Parliament for raising money in the American Colonies by requiring the use of stamped paper for official documents.
37.John Adams- he was the first Vice President (1789-1797) and second President (1797-1801) of the United States .
38. Patrick Henry- he is an American Revolutionary leader and orator and a member of the House of Burgesses.
39. Sons of Liberty - many of several patriotic societies, that used to be secret, that opposed the Stamp Act.
40. Non-importation agreement- colonists choose their opposition to the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts, and the Coercive Acts.
41. Boston Massacre- the British fired into a crowd that was threatening them that resulted in them killing five men.
42.Committee of correspondence- an intercolonial committee organized 1772 by Samuel Adams in Massachusetts to keep colonists informed of British anticolonial actions.
43.Boston Tea Party- a raid on three British ships in Boston Harbor in which Boston colonists, dressed up as Indians, threw several hundred cases of tea into the harbor.
44.Intolerable Acts- a series of British measures passed in 1774 and designed to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
45.First Continental Congress- convened in Philadelphia 's Carpenters Hall on September 5, 1774.
46Militia- a group of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out sometimes for drills or either in an emergency.
47.Loyalist- a supporter of the sovereign or of the existing government.
48.Second Continental Congress- basically the same as the first but was watched over by John Hancock and included some of the same delegates as the first.
49.George Washington- American military leader and the first President of the United States (1789-1797).
50.Thomas Paine- British-born American writer and Revolutionary leader who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense talking about American independence form Britain .
51.Declaration of Independence- the fundamental document establishing the United States as a nation, adopted on July 4, 1776 and is still used to this day.
52.Thomas Jefferson- The third President of the United States and he also drafted the declaration of independence.
53.Natural Rights- Rights that people supposedly have under natural law.
54.Cornwallis- British general that surrendered to Washington at Yorktown , Virginia , October 19, 1781.
55.Yorktown- a village in Virginia : surrender of Cornwallis to Washington in the American Revolution War.
56.Saratoga- a village in New York . It was the scene of Burgoyne's defeat and surrender in the Battle of Saratoga 1777.

2nd Day

New England Settlement Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe the Puritans and why they came to the New World:
· To escape religious execution.

Describe Puritan Society:
· They didn’t tolerate different religions or different sects of Christianity.

Describe Puritan interaction with the Indians:
· The Puritans saw the Indians as savages.

Describe King Phillip’s War:
· In the King Phillip’s War the Indians won first with trading weapons, but soon they ran out of ammo then the trade was cut off.