29) The United States Gains Territories Overseas

a) Why did the United States seek to make Hawaii a territory?
b) Why did the United States want to open trade with Japan?
c) Why did the Boxer Rebellion take place?

28) What would you?

What would you do if, all of a sudden, somebody tried to enter your home and order you around, and you had no power to stop that person? Would you fight back? How would you feel if you were unable to throw this person out of your home?

27) The Progressive Spirit of Reform (Review)

As we complete Chapter 4: The Progressive Spirit of Reform, think about the most important:

a) Person,
b) Event, and
c) Thing

that was covered. What can you tell me about each of those choices, and why did you select it?

26) The Progressive Spirit of Reform (Review)

What information did you learn by watching the video clip from United Streaming?

25) The Progressive Presidents (II)

1) Why do you think the Pure Food and Drug Act was important?
2) Look at the "Election of 1912" map on page 102. Which individual had the MOST popular votes during that election? Which individual had the LEAST votes? How can you tell?
3) What was the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914?
4) Why was the Federal Trade Commission created?

24) The Progressive Presidents

Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson were American presidents in the early 1900s who did a great deal to promote progressive reforms. Choose 1 president and write about some of his more important accomplishments.

23) The Rights of Women and Minorities

a) What did the 18th and 19th Amendments accomplish?
b) How did Booker T. Washington differ from W.E.B. Du Bois?
c) What discrimination did Chinese Americans face?
d) How were some minority groups overlooked by the Progressive movement?

22) Reforming the Workplace (Part II)

a) What is capitalism?
b) What does socialism mean?
c) Would you prefer a system of socialism or capitalism?
d) Why did the Industrial Workers of the World scare many people?

21) Reforming the Workplace

a) Describe what happened during the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.
b) Looking at the image on page 92 in your textbook, what can you tell about the life and work of those boys?
c) What jobs did child laborers often hold?
d) Why did businesses employ children in factories?

20) The Gilded Age and the Progressive Movement (Part III)

In reading the passage from Jane Addams' "Twenty Years at Hull House," what impressed you the most about that short selection?

19) The Gilded Age and the Progressive Movement (Part II)

Read the passage from The Jungle on page 89. What feelings do you get after reading this very graphic and detailed passage? Does it make you angry, sad, upset, disgusted?

18) The Gilded Age and the Progressive Movement

a) What is a political machine?
b) Why is the Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883 important?
c) How did 'muckrakers' help push for reform?
d) What did the 17th Amendment state?

17) A New Wave of Immigration (Part III)

Look at the image provided. This is an example of what tenements in the United States looked like during the late 1800s. List 5 things that you see in the image.

16) A New Wave of Immigration (Part II)

You live with your family in a small farm in Italy in the 1890s. You want to earn some money to help your parents, but there are not many jobs nearby. You have heard that jobs are easy to find in the booming factories of the United States. But you speak no English and know no one in America. Would you travel to the United States in search of new opportunities? (Please explain your answer in 3-4 sentences)

15) A New Wave of Immigration

1) When immigrants moved to the United States, what were some of the BENEFITS they encountered?
2) What were some of the CHALLENGES immigrants faced when they moved to the United States?
3) What were TENEMENTS, and why did many immigrants live in them?
4) Why did some Americans oppose immigration?