APUSH 2007-2008

Hello and welcome to the official blog of Mr. J's APUSH class. I hope you are all as excited as I am for summer and then a great school year. I am back from my wedding/honeymoon and as such, will have much more time to update this site as the summer goes on.

I have given you two assignments so far for the summer. One involves the 'Hall of Fame'. This is fairly self explanatory but feel free to ask any questions on the comment section below. The second assignment deal with a historical figure profile. I will be assigning each of you 2 or 3 (have not decided yet) historical figures to take on. The assignment was handed out on the last day of school (it's the one with the gerald ford template on it).

I will be assigning these figures in the next week or so but I would like each of you to check in by leaving a comment below with your name.

I may be requiring each of you to start a google account if you do not already have one. Google is one of the many tools that we will utilize this year in order to enhance our ability to study US History.

Again, please feel free to ask anything in the comment section. It would be helpful for me if you (anyone) could list as many names of people who are taking the class as possible. We will need to set up an e-mail or phone chain as well.

More to come, enjoy your summers!!

Notice the usable Google calendar on the right hand side of the site. You can use this to see the agenda for the day/week/month!

AP Test Review - Progressive Movement - 1920s

Review your notes and the review packet in order to be ready for class tomorrow.
Study up on the Progressive Era, WWI, and the 1920s.

Research Paper - Evaluating a President

Your assignment for the weekend is to write a research paper. The exact prompt is:

Evaluate the presidency of one of the following men:

John F. Kennedy

Lyndon B. Johnson

Richard M. Nixon

You must write in 12 pt Times New Roman font. 1.5 space between lines. No messing with margins. 3-7 pages long. Make sure you create a title page (and be creative for Pete's sake)

You must use 3 outside resources (not Pageant or AMSCO) of which only one may be an encyclopedia. Yes, that means you must read books (or parts of them). Use paranthetical references or foot/end notes and include a bibliography at the end. The more resources you use, the better off you will be in making a judgement. Click here for help with proper citation. ___________________________________________________________

Remember, this is a chance to choose a topic that you are interested in and then actually write a history about it. After all, isn't that why we are here?

Homework 4-26

List the Cold War confrontations that occurred in:
1. Asia
2. Latin America
3. Europe

What is Detente? When did it begin? Was it an appropriate policy?

How did the anti-war movement manifest itself? Who partook in it?

April Vacation Assignment

Part I - Notes
Chapter 27 - Eisenhower Years - Pages 570-584
Terms:
Eisenhower
Nixon
Republicanism
Highway Act
Dulles
massive retaliation
Indochina
Geneva Conference
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnam
domino theory
SEATO
Eisenhower Doctrine
OPEC
Kruschev
Warsaw Pact
Sputnik
U-@ incident
Castro
Cuba
Military Industrial Complex

CIVIL RIGHTS TERMS
Jackie Robinson
NAACP
desegregation
Brown v. Board
Warren
Little Rock
Rosa Parks
Montgomery
MLK Jr.
Civil rights acts
nonviolence
corporate America

Chapter 28 Promises and Turmoil notes - pages 593-610
Terms:

JFK
New Frontier
Alliance for Progress
Bay of Pigs
Berlin Wall
Cuban missile crisis
flexible response
NTBT
Warren Commission
LBJ
Great Society
War on Poverty
Barry Goldwater
Medicare/Medicaid
Elementary Secondary Act
Civil Rights Act 64
24th Amendment
Voting Rights Act
Meredith
MLK Jr.
Malcolm X
Stokely Carmichael
Black Panthers
Watts
Brown v Board
Gideon v Wainwright
Edcobedo case
Miranda case
sep of church and state
New Left
counterculture
sexual revolution
women's movement
Vietnam War
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Tet Offensive
hawks and doves

Part II - Annotated Timeline

Create an Annotated Timeline (just like the civil war timeline you did) regarding the Cold War.
Complete the timeline up to the end of Chapter 28 in AMSCO. Use both relevant foreign and domestic events. Be sure to give the date, and the significance of each event. Be neat.

Truman - Terms

GI Bill
baby boom
suburban growth
employment act of 1946
inflation
Commitee on Civil Rights
22nd Amendment
Taft-Hartley Act
Dixiecrats
Strom Thurmond
Fair Deal
Cold War
Soviet Union
UN
World Bank
Iron Curtain
containment
Truman Doctine
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
NATO
NSA
arms race
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mao Zedong
Stalin
Korean War
House Un-American Activities Committee

Also, due to recent comments made on the site, you will no longer be able submit them. If there is any confusion regarding homework or anything else, see me at your soonest possible convenience.

APUSH terms 4/4/07

Define and give significance of the following terms... remember, if all you are doing is searching for the basics and copying it from the book to your notes, you will have trouble understanding the history behind it all. If you share notes, get them done tonight and study what others did... simply having terms and notes in a binder doesn't mean you know the info.

good-neighbor policy
pan-american conferences
Soviet Union
fascism
Mussolini
Nazi Party
Hitler
Axis Powers
isolationism
Nye Committee
neutrality acts
Spanish Civil War
America First Committee
appeasement
Poland/blitzkreig
cash and carry
Selective Service and Training Act
destroyers for bases deal
four freedoms
Lend-Lease Act
Atlantic Charter
Pearl Harbor

FDR - New Deal - 4/3 HW

Consider your notes regarding the New Deal. List 2 things in your notebook...
1. Who supported it and who was against it? Reasoning?
2. List the effects it had on American society. Be sure to include all groups within the country (ie: labor [industry and agriculture], African-Americans, Native Americans, and other minorities, women, different social classes).
Once you have listed these in your notebook, answer the following:

3. Was the New Deal a success or a failure? Answer with an intro paragraph... follow the three steps to writing a good intro:
a. Reword the question if necessary
b. Brainstrom relevant information
c. Create a thesis statment that addresses the question head on

4. GENERAL NOTES FOR #4 -- Start to consider the extent to which FDR expanded the powers of the presidency.

WWI Terms

Sussex Pledge
propaganda
Zimmerman Telegram
Russian Revolution
Election of 1916
Declaration of War

sorry for the late post.

Homework: Progressive Era

For the weekend of March 16th-18th you should:

Outline Chapter 21 in AMSCO

Define and give the significance of appropriate terms.

Imperialism in China and Panama, Roosevelt Corollary

Finish reading and notes for Chapter 30

Terms:

Phillipine Commision and "benevolent assimilation"

Open Door Policy

Boxer Rebellion

Hay-Pauncefote Treaty of 1901

"Big Brother" policy

"preventitive intervention" and the Roosevelt Corollary

Root-Takahira agreement of 1908

What is meant by "Big Stick Diplomacy"?

Weekend of 3/9-3/11 Homework

Page 664-673 in Pageant. Read and outline.
Terms:
Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines, Treaty of Paris, Anti-imperialism, self- determination, Anti-Imperialist League, Philippine?American War, Emilio Auginaldo, Taft Commission, the Insular Cases (DeLima v. Bidwell, Downes v. Bidwell, etc.), Foraker Act, Leonard Wood, Platt Amendment, Jones Act

Homework Question:
1. Why did the proposed annexation of the Philippines create such conflict among Americans? What were the arguments for and against the annexation of the Philippines?
2. What arguments did Anti-imperialists use to oppose annexation of the Philippines and imperialism more generally? Why might individuals as diverse as Samuel Gompers, Andrew Carnegie, and Booker T. Washington have all opposed imperialism? What impact might this diversity have had on the effectiveness of the anti- imperialist movement? 3. How might both imperialism and anti-imperialism be seen as progressive?
4. Traditionally, why might historians have rarely written about the Philippine- American War?
5. Why had Philippine leader Emilio Auginaldo supported the United States in the Spanish-American War? Why did Auginaldo, who had supported the U.S. in the Spanish-American War, then lead a revolt against the U.S. in 1899?
6. What was the Taft Commission? What did it indicate about the way Americans saw their role in the Philippines? In what sense was the Taft Commission progressive?
7. What principle did the U.S. Supreme Court assert in the Insular Cases (Dooley v. U.S., Downes v. Bidwell, etc.)? What did this suggest about the way Americans viewed the peoples of territories annexed by the United States during the late 19th century?
8. What was the Foraker Act? What did it suggest about the way Americans viewed the United Statesí role in the Western Hemisphere during the late 19th and early 20th century?
9. What were the provisions of the Platt Amendment? What did it suggest about the way Americans viewed the United Statesí role in the Western Hemisphere during the late 19th and early 20th century?

Homework, Night of Wednesday March 7th

Read and outline pages 641-649 (stop at Dewey's May Day...)

Terms and Names:

Alaska Purchase
"new imperialism"

"Big Sister Policy"

Pan-American Conference

Monroe Doctrine (revisited)

Hawaiin issue (describe annexation wishes)

Cuban Revolution

jingoism

"yellow journalism" (role it played in affairs of Latin America)

the Maine incident

Teller Amendment

Night of Monday February 5th Homework

If you haven't already, take notes on Pageant 28. Appropriate terms and names defined.

William Jennings Bryan "Cross of Gold" speech

Homework Questions:

1. What principles did the Democratic Party support during the last decades of the 19th century? What principles did the Republican Party support? What policies did each party promote? What groups of people tended to vote Democratic? Republican?
2. What were the sources of agrarian discontent during the late 19th century? In what sense was their discontent based on economic factors? In what sense was their discontent as much the result of cultural changes in American society during the late 19th century as it was the result of economic concerns?
3. What were the initial purposes of the Grange and the farmersí alliances of the late 19th century? How did they evolve into a political movement?
4. What role did blacks play in farmer alliances and in the emerging Populist movement? How did whites in these organizations view blacks?
5. How did the Populists fair in the election of 1892? In what sense were election results disappointing to Populists? In what sense were the Populists successful?

The following questions relate to the speech linked above.

6. In his "Cross of Gold" speech, how does Bryan (a Populist-Democrat) depict the Democratic party? What critique of his political opponents is implicit in Bryanís speech?
7. In his "Cross of Gold" speech, how does Bryan characterize cities? How does he characterize farming? What does this indicate about the cultural concerns of the Populist movement?
8. In the "Cross of Gold," what does Bryan mean when he says that "It is the issue of 1776 all over again."?
9. In the "Cross of Gold," how does Bryan depict the gold and the gold standard? How does he depict silver?

Homework - 2/27

Questions:

1. What groups and people sought to take on the challenges that came with urbanization?

2. Why did so many educational initiatives and institutions take root in America in the late 19th and early 29th centuries. Who funded or created these institutions? What were the results of this movement? Be specific.

3. What advancements were made in the fields of press and literature. How did these reflect the changing landscape of America at this time?

We will finish this chapter in Pageant by Wednesday.

February Vacation Assignment

1. Pageant notes: Chapters 26 and 28. Review notes from end of Chapter 27.

2. Relevant terms and Names from the chapter (373 and 392 in AMSCO correlate to these chapters, you do not need to define terms or names that are in AMSCO but do not appear in Pageant)

3. Answer the following questions (paragraph form... be in depth, use your notes, don't come in with vague statements and hope to get credit):

1. What were the structural and immediate causes of the Great Railroad strike of 1877? How did the public and governmental response to the strike reflect the attitudes of the era?

2. What factors led to the rise of the Populist Party during the last decades of the 19th century? What does agrarian discontent indicate about American culture during the late 19th century?

3. What reforms did the Populists seek? What factors contributed to the decline of the Populist movement? To what extent did the movement succeed?

4. What effects did Urbanization have on the country politically? Socially? Economically?

Robber Barons or Captains of Industry

Guiding Questions:

What various practices of industrialists/financiers led to their being labeled "robber barons"? "Captains of industry"?

In what ways did such industrialists/financiers harm and/or benefit the U.S. economy and the quality of life of its citizens?

Objectives

State definitions of the terms "robber baron" and "captain of industry."
List some of the actions, both positive and negative, of one or more captains of industry/robber barons.
Take a stand as to whether a particular financier/industrialist is or is not a robber baron and support that stand with evidence.

To complete the tasks and answer the questions above, click here.

Be sure to evaluate the 4 case studies (Carnegie, vanderbilt, Rockefeller, and Morgan) and defend why you named them a Captain of Industry or Robber Baron. Cheeuh.

Debate Tomorrow/Today's Class

Sorry about today in class. Not sure what was going on but getting it checked out. In any case, I plan on being in school tomorrow and you should plan on arguing your sides.

Things to consider:

Robber Barons: What justifications do you have for not 'giving back' to society? What's your take on the 'Gospel of Wealth'? Be able to explain your capitalist philosophies. Are the 'Captains of Industry' deserving of the title?

Captains: Why are you deserving of the title? What are the Robber Barons doing wrong? Why should they stray from their laissez-faire/Darwinist ways? Why is Robber Barons a fitting description of them?

Have a general idea of what each member is about.

Any questions I will handle before the debate tomorrow.

On a happy note for you... Only DBQ Friday, no Multiple Choice part... that will be 2 Fridays from now.

Robber Barons and Captains of Industry

Pageant - 545-554. Outline.
Terms and Names:

Carnegie
Rockefeller
J.P. Morgan
vertical integration
horizontal integration
trust
Standard Oil
U.S. Steel Corp.
Gospel of Wealth
Social Darwinism
philanthropy
Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890
James Duke
American Tabacco Company
Robber Barons and Captains of Industry

Questions:

How was the Constitution applied to protect monopolies during the 2nd Industrial Revolution?

Did the Sherman Anti-Trust Act help regulate business? Evaluate it's early effectiveness.

What is a Robber Baron? Captain of Industry? Examples?

RESEARCH YOUR INDUSTRIALIST and any arguments you might use.
Debate topic: Is there really a difference between Robber Barons and Captains of Industry?

Useful Powerpoint

Transcontinental Railroad

Visit the following site: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/tcrr/index.html

Click on the 'Special Features' tag and select 'Race to Utah'

Take notes on the interactive journey and answer the following question:

"What was the impact of the transcontinental railroad on the United States?"

Once you are finished writing the answer, click here. Compare your answer to the information given here. Don't cheat... use the knowledge from your notes and the "Race to Utah" feature to answer the question before looking at the link.