Booker T. Washington

1.) What was the name of the school that Booker T. Washington started? 

• Tuskegee Institute

2.) Whom did Booker T. Washington recruit to head the agriculture department at Tuskegee Institute?

• George Washington Carver

3.)  Booker T. Washington's autobiography is entitled:

• Up From Slavery.

4.) What president did Booker T. Washington dine with?

• Teddy Roosevelt

5.) With whom did Booker T. Washington often come into conflict? 

• W.E.B. Du Bois

African Americans after Reconstruction

How is Racism today different than racism practiced immediately after reconstruction?

• racism today is very different, because African Americans have more rights. Back then they didnt have freedom of speech and southern states did not want black people to vote. Southern states would make them take literacy test and would make it ex

Mid- Term Exam Reflection

My score on the Mid- Term Exam was a 21/25. I think i did a pretty desent job on this test, but i could of gotten a better grade. One of the questions that i got wrong was #10. I did  not carefully read the question, and i was to quick to answer it. It was a silly mistake, and i think that if i spend more time both reading and understanding the questions, i will get it right. Another question i got wrong was #20, this question was more difficult, and i did not have the knowledge to correclty answer it. If i spend more time studying at home, i will succeed next time.

China and WW1

1.) Which country's interest did the Open Door Policy in China Favor?

• It favored the United States

2.)  What were the reasons behind the Boxer Rebellion?

• They got tired of all the U.S., Britian, France, and Japan troops coming to China. The Chinese Martial Artist, began to fight back against these foreigners but many died.

3.)  List three causes of World War I?

• nationalism
• imperialism
• militarism
• formation of the system alliances

4.) How did the U.S. deal with German U-boats?

• America would sail ships in groups not leaving any ship alone and easily targeted. Also,they were  protected by military vessels.

5.) What was the Selective Service Act used for?

• it was an act used for getting more fighting power so it can register men so they can be randomly drafted.

6.) What new weapons did WW1 introduce?

•  it intoduced airplaines and tanks

7.)  How did the Espionage and Sedition Act  affect Freedom of Speech and Labor Unions?

• it took away your freedom of speech, and

8.) Why was there opposition to President Wilsons League of  Nations?

American Imperialism after Spanish- American War

a.) How did the U.S. change Cuba's Constitution?

•  the United States made them add the Platt Aamendment to their constitution which gave some power to the U.S. over Cuba.

b.) What did the Roosevelt Corollary build on?

• the Roosevelt Corollary builded on the Monroe Doctrine.

c.)  Pancho Villa was pursued by whom?

• he was pursued by the U.S. who sent a military of 15,000 men to find him in Mexico led by Brigadier General John J. Pershing

d.) How did the U.S. get the land for the Panama Canal?

• Panama declared their independence from Colombia, and then the U.S. bought the land for 40 million.

e.) What is meant by "speak softly and carry a big stick"?

• the negotiations of the U.S. were always backed by the military force.

Education has Changed. A little or a lot?

children that attended school back in the 1900s     

would get wiped if they didnt do their work

most of them never went to high school

and in life became a huge fool

pg. 282

many

Unit Exam Study Guide

1.)  immigrants in the 1870s arrived via what mode of transprortation?

•           immigrants in the 1870s they came on steam ships

2.) the triangle shirtwaist factory was infamous for what?

• a shame full fire that killed 146 women

3.) These people were used to break labor strikes by working for less money?

• scabs

4.) the main purpose of americanization movement was to..??

• assimilate immigrants into the dominent american culture

5.)  what law was enacted to decrease chinese immigrants to US?

• the chinese exclusion Act

6.) new immigrants moved here because it was cheap and lots of jobs?

• the cities

7.) the main immifration processing station in san francisco was named ??

• angel island

8.) the smaller men in the room are :

• the United states Senators

9.) industrial worker of the world iww was organized by>>?

• radical unions and sociallist

10.) what best would reduce monopolies and trust?

• competition

11.) settlement houses helped new immigrants assimilate. who made these house possible??

• social reformerss

12.)

Coming to the United States 1870's

1.) For the immigrants trying to come to America back in the 1800's it was very difficult, because it took to long to arrive, and there were no Airplains. The people coming from both Europe and Asia, had it much more difficult, because it took nearly two to three weeks to arrive.

• I would definetly not have liked to be an immigrant back in the days, because the traveling conditions were horrible and it just took to long to arrive. I mean some people didnt even get the chance to arrive, because they would die from diseases, that they would get from the bugs that were  in the rooms.

2.)

The Meat Inspection Act

Meat                                                                          
Eat
Anybody who ate the meat would get sick
The jungle was the solution

Infested meat
Nasty rats all over the meat
Sinclair was progressive
President passed law
Expectation for the meat was high
Conditions were horrible
Tabaco spits on the foor
Industry was changed
Occured in the slaughter house
Needed  change fast

A
Cleaner area
Totally new system