Thanksgiving Break
11/13
B
(2) Read Background: Debates Over Imperialism
(3) Complete Key Concepts, Terms & Analysis
(4) Read The Role of China in US History by Warren I. Cohen
11/12
A
(2) Read Introduction to the age of empire with Guiding Questions
(3) Watch "American Imperialism" by Crash Course (Guiding Questions)
(4) Read Empire Building by Robert W. Cherny
10/28
D
(2) Read AMSCO 6.9 / Complete Key Terms & Analysis
(3) Read "Nativism and the Know-Nothings" from Learning for Justice.
Watch "What was the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act?" from PBS American Experience
(4) Read "Expelling the Poor: The Antebellum Origins of American Deportation Policy" by Hidetaka Hirota
10/22
D
Testing - No Class
10/17
A
(2) Read AMSCO 6.8 / Complete Key Terms & Analysis
(3) Read and complete The “Colossus” at the “Gates”
(4) Read "Immigration and Migration" by Hasia Diner
10/7
B
6.6 The Rise of Industrial Capitalism
Complete "Robber Barons or Captains of Industry? "
Continue prep from 10/6
10/6
A
6.6 The Rise of Industrial Capitalism
Complete "The Industrial Economy"
(2) Read AMSCO 6.6 / Complete Key Terms & Analysis
(3) Read Andrew Carnegie, “The Gospel of Wealth,” 1889 excerpts
Read Henry George, Progress and Poverty, 1879 excerpts
(4) Read "The Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900" by Richard White
9/24
A
6.5 Technological Innovations
(2) Read AMSCO 6.5 / Key Terms & Analysis
(3) Watch Inventions In America's Growth (1850-1910)
(4) Read "The Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900" by Richard White
9/19
B
(2) Read AMSCO 6.4 / Key Terms & Analysis
(3) Watch "The New South: After Reconstruction"
Read The "New South"
(4) Read "Citizenship in the Reconstruction South" by Susanna Lee
Read "The Ku Klux Klan and Violence at the Polls" by Julie Silverbrook
9/15
B
(2) Read AMSCO 6.3 / Key Terms & Analysis
(3) Read "Turner's Thesis" from PBS
Read "Go West" by Horace Greeley
Read "Buffalo Tales: The Near-Extermination of the American Bison" by Shepard Krech III
(4) Read "American Indians and the Transcontinental Railroad" by Elliot West
9/12
A
(2) Read AMSCO 6.2 / Key Terms & Analysis
(3) Read “Industrialization of Agriculture”
Read "The Industrial Struggle"
Read "Colored Farmers' National Alliance and Cooperative Union"
(4) Read "The Development of the West" by Ned Blackhawk
9/11
D
6.1 Contextualization (Slides)
(2) Read AMSCO 6.1 / Guided Reading
(3) Watch "Eric Foner on Reconstruction and its Legacy"
Watch "Richard White on the West in the 20th Century"
Watch "How modern U.S. compares to Gilded Age of 1800s"
(4) Read Introductory Essay: 1860-1877