History Links. Good For Inventions Paper

Here is the beginning of my post.
Databases:
Issues and Controversies in American History

www.2facts.com at home: username: summit password: facts

 Select “Issues and Controversies in American History”
o Search for a topic, or scroll down the menu on the left for pre-determined topics and categories
o Select “View all periods” under “Chronological Index” to see a break down of important time periods
o Under “Special Features” investigate history time lines, primary documents, and many other features

World Book Online
www.worldbookonline.com at home: username: bendlapine

password: central
 Select the green “World Book Advanced” tab on the upper right part of the page.
 Enter your search term—results will be listed in categories, which include encyclopedia articles and primary documents.
 Advanced search allows you to search for graphics, maps, tables, etc.

Deschutes Public Library
www.dpls.lib.or.us
 Select the “online resources” tab
 In the “Research and Homework” section, select “Virtual Reference Library”
 To enter the Gale research site, enter you library card number. If you do not have a library card, see Ms. Overcash to use the school’s card number.

Multnomah County Library
www.multcolib.org see Ms. Overcash for user name and password

 Select “Databases”
 Scroll through list of databases and choose the one(s) that will be helpful:
o America: History and Life
o Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
o JSTOR
o New York Times Historical
o World Almanac
o Others might be helpful, too

Trial Databases (available until March 18)
Daily Life America
http://dla.greenwood.com username: summit password: reference
 Browse by category or enter a search term

Daily Life through History Premium
http://dailylife.greenwood.com username: summit password: reference
 Browse by category or enter a search term


Websites:
US Population History from 1850
http://www.demographia.com/db-uscity1850.htm

Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/index.html

Online Refernce Guide to African American History
http://www.blackpast.org/

History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/

Digitized Primary American History Sources
http://www.library.uni.edu/instruction/digitalhistory.shtml

US History Web Sites
http://education.indiana.edu/~socialst/us.history.html

Montgomery County Public Schools Social Studies Curriculum Links
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/socialStd/American_bookmarks.html

National History Day
http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/USHistoryPrimarySources.htm

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US Test 2 Test Prep

Short Answer definition:

1. Reconstruction
2. Amnesty
3. Andrew Johnson
4. 13th Amendment
5. 14th Amendment
6. 15th Amendment
7. Carpetbagger
8. Tenant farmers and Sharecroppers
9. Promontory Pt, Utah
10. Timezones
11. Samuel Morse
12. Edison
13. Bessemer Process:
14. Andrew Carnegie:
15. Social Darwinism
16. Monopoly:
17. Vertical consolidation:
18. Horizontal consolidation:
19. Steerage:
20. Urbanization:
21. Tenement:
22. Ghetto
23. Jacob Riis
24. Graft:
25. Political Machine:
26. William Marcy “Boss” Tweed
27. Gilded Age
28. Laissez-faire policies
29. Spoils system
30. Nativism
31. Social Gospel Movement
32. American Federation of Labor
33. Homestead Strike
34. Distribution of Wealth


Essay Questions:

1. How did daily life change from 1865 to 1900?


2)
Discuss the concept of Big Business in US History, and how it contributed to the growth of the industrial society.

Intro
Invention
Labor saving
Communication
Transportation
Industry

Industry
Rises from invention ex Carnegie
Benefits from new methods of control
Vertical monopoly
Horizontal monopoly

Immigration
Why they came
Where they worked
Where they lived

Growth of Cities
Urbanization
Immigration
Conditions
Rich
Poor
Middle Class
Conclusion

2) Discuss the Role of RR in increased agriculture, increased ranching, decreased bison, decreased native Americans.

Intro

RR Developments
Innovations
Transcontinental, etc.

Increased agricultural and Ranching interests
Move People
Move goods
Opened land

Hurt Native Americans
Loss of Land
Homestead
Competition
Main source of life (bison)
Market
Sport
Conclusion


3) Discuss reform as it applied to urban life and work.

Intro

Blame the Immigrants
Nativism
Prohibition
Purity Crusaders

Address the Cause
Charity Movement
Settlement House

Worker ‘uprising’ parallels the societal reform
Conditions
Labor Unions
AFL
IWW (socialism)
Strikes
Workers/Poor v. Wealthy/Business

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Inventions Paper, US History

Inventions PaperDue Mar 4th, tuesday

Find an invention created between 1840-1910.
Write a 2-3 page paper describing the history of the invention, the life of the inventor, how the invention works, why it is important, and how it has changed history.

At Minimum, must include.

1) 2-3 page paper
2) Ilustration(s), one minimum
3) Works Cited page.

Paper must include…

1) Biographical information of inventor
2) Description of invention
3) Analysis of importance of invention

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US HISTORY HW.

Do one current Event, dealing with Fidel Castro.

Read Chapter 3, section one, and take notes on the bold faced terms

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GOV Chapter 12 notes.

Chapter 12
Congress
352-368

1. What is our central policymaking branch?
2. What is the most prominent characteristic of a congressperson’s job?
3. Review table 12.1
4. What do Congressmen receive?
5. Requirements to serve?
6. Review and discuss table 12.2
7. Relate 12.2 to elite theory?
8. What group is most underrepresented?
9. Explain the difference between descriptive v. substantive representation?
10. Define Incumbent
11. Most important fact about incumbents?
12. Assess table 12.1. Note 2 important trends.
13. Why more turnover in senate?
14. What are the possible explanations for the encumbency advantage?
15. What are the 3 activities that help incumbents
16. What is the role of advertising?
17. What is credit claiming?
18. What is casework?
19. What is pork barrel?
20. What is the role of position taking?
21. Discuss weak opponents, and campaign spending?
22. Is campaign spending a guarantee of victory?
23. Why should anyone run?
24. What makes incumbents weak?
25. Role of redistricting?
26. Explain the Cartoon on p. 363?
27. Open seats?
28. What are term limitations?
29. Bicameral legislature
30. How/ why is the House more institutionalized?
31. House rules committee? Define. Explain.
32. Diference in senate and house?
33. What is the role of Party Leaders in the Senate?
34. What is a filibuster?
35. Who is strom Thurman?
36. What is cloture?
37. Why not change the rules of the Senate?
38. Def: Speaker of the house?
39. Who is speaker of the house?
40. Powers of the speaker?
41. Majority Leader?
42. Whips?
43. Minority Leader (and who)
44. Senate:
45. Senate majority leader?
46. Discuss role of congressional leadership?...
47. What do Committees do?
48. What are the 4 types of committees?
49. Define standing, joint, conference and select committees
50. What is a conference committee?
51. What is a select committee?
52. What is legislative oversight?
53. Discuss getting on a committee?
54. Def committee chairs
55. Def. seniority system
56. Wilson said what of Gov of US?
57. What was the 1070’s committee revolt?
58. Caucus
59. GAO
60. CRS
61. CBO
62. Def. Bill?
63. How is a Bill passed to a law?
64. What does it mean to say that presidential leadership in Congress is at the margins?
65. Party influence in voting?
66. Constituency vs. Idology?
67. How many Lobbyists?
68. How much spent?

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Ch 2, Section 5. REconstruction

Here is the beginning of my post.
1. What is reconstruction
2. What is amnesty?
3. What are RAdical republicans?
4. What is the Wade-Davis veto?
5. Why didn't Lincoln like it?
6. What's the Freedmen's bureau?
7. Who is Andrew Johnson?
8. 13th amendment?
9. 14th amendment?
10. 15th amendment?
11. What are black codes?
12. What is the Military reconstruction act?
13. Why was Johnson Impeached?
14. Who is US Grant
15. Chat are Carpetbaggers?
16. What happened for education for blacks
17. What is the KKK?
18. What were 2 scandals of the Grant administration?
19. What election helped the Deocrats regaoin power?
20. What happened to blacks after the end of Radical Reconstruction?
21. What are tenant farmers?
22. What are sharecroppers?

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Chapter 2, section 4 Civil War

1. What is Ft. Sumter.
2. What is Martial Law? Where was it imposed/
3. Who is Robert E. Lee?
4. What advantages did the North Have?
5. What is Conscription?
6. What is habeas corpus? What did Lincoln do about it?
7. What did Europe want to do?
8. How was it the first modern war?
9. What is attrition?
10. What was the southern Plan? What did they do?
11. Who won Bull run?
12. What are blockade runners?
13. Where did US Grant first rise to prominence? Why did Lincoln Like him?
14. Why did the South invade the North?
15. What is Antietam? Why was it important?
16. What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
17. What is the Anaconda Plan
18. What is life like in the south?
19. What is life like in the north?
20. How did innovations in agriculture change things?
21. Women in the war?
22. What happened at Vicksburg?
23. What was Gettysburg?
24. Pickett’s charge?
25. How was Gettysburg the turning point?
26. Gettysburg address?
27. What was Sherman’s march to the sea?
28. What is the 13th amendment?
29. What is Appomatox Courthouse?

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US HISTORY, CH2 - Section3

Chapter 2, Section 3 pp. 192 – 201
Manifest Destiny and Crisis

1. How many people moved west from 1830-1860? Why?
2. What is manifest destiny?
3. Name 3 wagon trails across the country?
4. What was the treaty of ft. Laramie? Was it honored?
5. How did Texas become a state?
6. How did the US force a war with Mexico?
7. Who is John C. Fremont?
8. What is the result of the war with Mexico?
9. How does discovery of Gold in CA help lead to the Civil war?
10. What is the Compromise of 1850?
11. What is the Fugitive slave act?
12. Who is Henry David Thoreau?
13. What is the Underground Railroad? Who is Harriet Tubman?
14. What is the Transcontinental RR?
15. What is the Kansas Nebraska Act?
16. What is the Republican party?
17. What is the Dred Scott case?
18. Who is John Brown? What was his plan? What happened?
19. What happened in the election of 1860? What did this lead to in the south?
20. What is the Confederacy?
21. Who is Jefferson Davis

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Governement Assignment Ch7 and Election essay

Essay assignment for BBlock Gov:
Assess the current state of the election. Who’s left? What happened to Romney, Edwards, etc? What issues will shape the election? What is your impressionyou’re your prediction, and why?

For All
Chapter 7 through page 223.

1. What was Gore’s Senior thesis?
2. What was LBJ’s TV. Who was LBJ?
3. Define High-tech politics
4. Define Mass media.
5. Define Media event? Example.
6. Campaign spending and presidential ads?
7. Describe ‘America in perspective?’
8. What were Reagan’s 7 principles.
9. Define press conference
10. Hoover v. FDR on press.
11. Change in relationship of press and president (ex).
12. Investigative journalism.
13. Change in positive / negative references about Presidents (specific)
14. Print media
15. Broadcast media
16. What is yellow journalism. Be specific?
17. Describe fig. 7.1 and explain it’s consequences?
18. Broadcast media and Nixon?
19. Broadcast and Vietnam?
20. 3 ways the FCC regulates the airwaves?
21. What is narrowcasting?
22. How will it affect information about politics?
23. What is the possible result of growing inequality of political information?
24. What accounts for the diversity of American media sources?
25. What is happening to the news quality?
26. What are beats?
27. What are trial balloons?
28. Discuss embedded media.
29. Why is news superficial?
30. Def soundbite?
31. What’s the trend in political coverage?
32. Describe Fig 7.2
33. Evidence of bias in the media.
34. Talking Head?
35. Table 7.2
36. Define policy agenda
37. Policy entrepreneur
38. Media and scope of Govt?
39. Individualism and the media?

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US HISTORY Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence.

Vocabulary.
Pick 10 words from the Declaration that are unfamiliar. Look them up. Then, on a piece of paper, copy the sentence in the Declaration in which each unfamiliar word is used, and after the sentence write the definition of the unfamiliar word.

Comprehension
1) Which truths in the second paragraph are “self-evident.”
2) Name the three unalienable rights listed in the Declaration.
3) From what source do governments derive their “just powers?”
4) What right do people have when their government becomes destructive?
5) In the series of paragraphs beginning, “He has refused his assent,” to whom does the word “He” refer?
6) Which phrase in the Declaration expresses the colonists’ opposition to taxation without representation?
7) According to the Declaration, what powers does the US have “as Free and Independent states?”
8) List the colonies that the signers of the Declaration represented?

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US History, 1-3 assignement.

On Pate 131
Section assessment, questions 1,2,3 complete.
(Note, each section includes a number of terms. It's basically all the bold - faced terms in the section)

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AP GOV, Woll, VO Key homework

Read V.O. Key on p. 199, and starting on page 213.

answer the following


WOLL HW CHECK #4

Key – A Theory of Critical Elections
Key – The Responsible Electorate

Complete and print out this assignment and bring to class on the assigned due date.

Directions: answer the following in the space provided.

Define and explain the significance of “critical elections” according to Key.










What is V. O. Key, Jr.'s "perverse and unorthodox argument" according to The Responsible Electorate?











Directions – read each statement and list of answers. Pick the best answer and circle that choice.

1. V.O. Key, Jr. defines critical elections as:
a) elections that take place during economic depression.
b) elections occurring during crises.
c) elections reflecting the realignment of party allegiances.
d) a frequently recurring phenomenon of the political system.

2. Critical elections reflect:
a) short-term shifts in voter attitudes.
b) long-term changes in voter allegiances.
c) the decline of political parties.
d) the rise of the imperial presidency.

3. Critical elections occur:
a) every two years.
b) relatively frequently.
c) relatively infrequently.
d) every eight years.

4. V. O. Key, Jr., concludes that studies of electoral behavior:
a) present a picture of voter rationality.
b) give a vivid impression of the variety and subtlety of factors that enter into individual
voting decisions.
c) reveal that voters do not take their economic interests into account in making their choices.
d) conclude that group identification determines electoral choice.

5. V. O. Key, Jr., argues, in discussing the responsible electorate, that theories about how voters
behave become important because:
a) voters are aware of them and vote accordingly.
b) candidates and their advisers are aware of them, and act as if voters' behavior conforms
to the theories.
c) they demonstrate that economic interests are always paramount in political campaigns.
d) they reveal that most electoral outcomes depend upon a single issue.

6. In discussing the responsible electorate, which of the following statements does V. O. Key, Jr.
not make?
a) It can be a mischievous error to assume, because a candidate wins, that a majority of
the electorate shares his views on public questions.
b) Election returns tell us precious little about why a candidate wins.
c) The voice of the people echoes candidate inputs, and even the most discriminating
popular judgment can reflect only ambiguity, uncertainty, or even foolishness if those
are the qualities of the input candidates make into the echo chamber.
d) The electorate is rarely moved by concerns about central and relevant questions of
public policy and governmental performance, but rather are always persuaded by the
facile public relations techniques of political candidates.

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US Geography Review

Geography Term Review.

Open your book to pp. 90-91
Due Thursday in Class.

Create a physical map of a fictional country and try to incorporate as many Physical Features as you can.

15 pts.
3 Points Neatness
3 Points Ink
3 Points Colored
6 Points Minimum 10 Physical Features

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US HISTORY 1-2

1. What is mercantilism?
2. What are the Navigation Acts?
3. What is the Glorious revolutioin, and how did it increase democracy in Britain?
4. Who is John Locke? How did it influence the declaration of independence?
5. What is the enlightenment?
6. Who are Rousseau, Montesquieu, and how did they influence American government?
7. What is the Great awakening?
8. What is the legacy of the Enlightenment and the Great awakening?
9. What is the French and Indian war? Who was the Big winner?
10. What did GBR do after the French and Indian war?
11. What are customs duties?
12. What is the stamp act?
13. Who is the Boston Massacre/?
14. What are committees of correspondence?
15. What is the Tea act?
16. What is the Boston Tea Party?
17. What was british response to it?
18. What are the intolerable acts?
19. Who are minutemen?
20. What are Whigs and Tories?
21. Who is Paul Revere?
22. What is Lexington?
23. Battle of Bunker Hill?
24. What is the Olive Branch Petition?
25. What is “Common Sense?”
26. What is the Delaration of Independence?
27. What are the advantages and Disadvantages of the British army and the Continentals?
28. What was Saratoga?
29. What is Yorktown?

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US 1-1 questions

Chapter 1 section 1 Questions

1. When did people move to the US first?
2. What is a civilization?
3. What are the early civilizations in the Americas?
4. What are Cultures?
5. Pick 5 Native Cultures, and list the region of the country they lived in?
6. What drove Europe to explore west?
7. Who is Columbus?
8. Who is Leif Ericcson?
9. What is the treaty of Tordesillas?
10. Hernan Cortes?
11. Francisco Pizzarro?
12. How did the Culture change when the Spanish arrived?
13. Where was new France?
14. What is a joint-stock company
15. What is Jamestown?
16. Who are the pilgrims?
17. What were the values of the New England Puritans?
18. What is the difference between subsistence farming and Cash Crops?
19. What is Bacon’s rebellion?
20. What are the results of Bacon’s rebellion?
21. What is triangular trade?
22. What are slave coldes?
23. Where did the European immigrants come from?

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US HISTORY EXPECTATIONS

READ THIS, SHOW IT TO YOUR PARENTS, AND HAVE THEM SEND AN EMAIL CONFIRMING THAT YOU HAVE READ IT.
Modern American History
Instructor: Luke Smith
322-3288
Email: mlsmith@bend.k12.or.us


Dear Student,

I’m writing to present the material and expectations for the course in Modern American History. I’m looking forward to teaching you, and I hope that the class will be challenging and rewarding for you.

My curriculum is centered on the state standards for Modern American History and for other relevant Social Science standards. Daily lessons will include instruction in American History ranging from ‘SETTLEMENT’ to the present, while developing geography skills, and encouraging an understanding of current events. This class is a core class, and as such the expectations are high for all students.

Instructional techniques will include research, writing, map skills, ‘hands on’ projects, group work, and lecture as we work towards becoming better informed of the world around us. Students will develop not only an understanding of history, but a better ability to teach themselves, think critically, analyze, organize their thoughts, and communicate. Also, I hope that all students will grow as individuals towards becoming good citizens, and successful people in whatever career path they follow.

Following is a list of class policies and expectations for all students. I would greatly appreciate if you and your parents/and or guardians could review the list and sign.

I’m looking forward to the school year. If either you (the student) or your parents have any questions, please do not hesitate to call.

Thank you,


Luke Smith





Classroom Policies and Expectations for Modern American History

This is the general list of class expectations. This should be basically the same as all other classes. If you have any questions about any of the specific points, please do not hesitate to call. I’m asking you to sign the list so that everyone involved knows the general expectations.

Attendance. Attendance is required. Students with unexcused absences will not be allowed to make up work.

Tardiness. A student is tardy if they are not in their seat, ready to work, when the bell rings.

Behavior: The classroom is a professional environment. Students are expected to be prompt, to participate, and to be polite and respectful towards each other and towards the teacher.

Class Materials: Each student must have the following EVERY DAY.

Textbook
A 3 ring binder dedicated to the class.
A set of colored pencils (8 is plenty).
Pencil, and Pen (Blue or Black)
a ‘fine tip’ or ‘roller ball pen’ for maps.

If students cannot afford the materials for whatever reason, the FAN office can provide the material. The student can talk to the FAN office directly, or talk to me.

Late Policy: Late work is not acceptable. The department policy is 1 letter grade off for each day late. After the 3rd day, the work will not be accepted.

Grading: I will provide examples of work for students so that expectations are clear. Work will generally be graded within 24 hours. Grades will be posted 2-3 times per week. I will provide an individual grade report for every student weekly, and for any student or parent/guardian that requests it as frequently as requested.


Homework: This is a core class. As such the student will be required to perform work outside of the classroom. For every assignment, in class time will be given (including library time, computer lab time, etc.). But it is reasonable to expect ½ to 1 hour of homework each night. Please note that many of these projects will be one or two week projects. It is assumed that the student will budget their time, so that they do not do the entire project the night before the project is due.

I understand that students have other classes, and lives outside of school. If students have legitimate needs for extensions, they should see me as soon as possible. If the students contact me in advance, I will make every reasonable accommodation.

Cheating and Plagiarism: The penalty for cheating or plagiarism is that the work will be marked as a zero. I will also contact the parent or guardian and request a conference.

Thank you,


Luke Smith


Student ______________________________________

Parent/Guardian _______________________________

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