US History Presentation 2 11/12th grades

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US History 11/12 Notes

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Civil Rights Notes - 7th/8th

Civil Rights Notes
Apartheid Notes

Scavenger Hunt 2 - Solved

Male
Published a newspaper
Died before 1900
Sold home made candy as a child

US History Projects Rubric 11th/12th Grade

Those with accommodations must complete 250 points.

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Chapter 15

Chapter 15

1. What position did Rosa Parks hold in the NAACP?
2. What is bail, and what is its purpose?
3. Specifically, what did Rosa Parks do to get arrested?
4. What did Jo Ann Robinson do after Rosa was arrested?
5. How long was the bus boycott supposed to last?
6. How long did it actually last, and what ended it?
7. How did Montgomery’s black citizens view themselves?
8. What role did MLK Jr. have during the boycotts?
9. What did MLK say about hate and love?
10. Who rode the bus with MLK after bus segregation was ended?

I Have A Dream Speech Transcript

1. Write down 5 quotes from the speech.
2. Explain what each quote means.
3. Tell me why you chose it.

Ch. 14

Chapter 14

1. What did Mike King do when he got to Atlanta?
2. What was the “center” of the black world at the time?
3. Why was it the center?
4. What did Mike have to do to marry Alberta?
5. He changed his name to Martin Luther King, why?
6. How was MLK Jr. Inspired by Gandhi?
7. Describe how Gandhi protested.
8. Why did MLK Jr. want to be a preacher instead of a teacher?
9. Define taunt.
10. What is the hardest way to face evil according to MLK Jr?
11. What do you think made MLK Jr. a great leader?

Segregation News Article - 7th/8th

Based on what you have learned so far, write a 250 word news article on segregation and the Brown v Board of Education Supreme Court decision.

Try to come up with a catchy headline, and then write the article!

US History Notes

Scavenger Hunt Clues (more clues added daily)

This person from history was:

Born in a state bordering Idaho
Alive in the year 1900
Female
Had the same job as her mother
"Peter Pan"

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

1. How much money did Clarendon County spend on black students compared to white students?
2. What does NAACP stand for?
3. What is an Appeal?
4. How did Barbara Johns protest the decision not to build a new school?
5. Who argued the case for the NAACP?
6. What were the two arguments that the NAACP used in their case?
7. Who was the Chief Justice of the Court at the time?
8. What was the ruling in the case Brown v Board of Education?
9. How many justices voted for, and against, the ruling?
10. How did Prince Edward County react to the ruling?
11. Why do you think that some people had a hard time accepting the ruling?

Logical Fallacies - 7th/8th Grade

Ch 12 - 7/8th Grade

Chapter 12

1. What was Homer Plessy arrested for ?
2. What was the result of Plessy v Ferguson?
3. Define “separate but equal”.
4. Why couldn’t Charlie Houston get a job at a big law firm?
5. What did he do instead?
6. What did Thurgood Marshall have to say about segregation? (write the quote)
7. Define illiterate.
8. In Alaska, which other groups were discriminated against?
9. In what year did Native Americans receive U.S. Citizenship?
10. Why is Feb 16 celebrated as Elizabeth Peratrovich Day in Alaska?
11. What are your thoughts on the things Allen Shattuck said about segregation?

Name that fallacy!

11/12th Grade US History Homework

147 - 155

1. What is Republicanism and why was it so important to the colonies following the war?
2. How were state constitutions different than the British Constitution?
3. Why is a strong executive important?
4. Why did slavery persist in the colonies?
5. How were states represented in the government created by the Articles of confederation, and why was it that way?
6. What disputes did the US have with Britain following the war, and how did the British respond to these disputes?
7. What was the Northwest Ordinance, why was it necessary, and what did it do?
8. What were the effects of the economic depression that the country went through following the war?
9. Describe (in detail) the events of Shay’s rebellion.

Chapter 10 - 7th/8th Grade

Chapter 10

1. What caused the “baby boom”?
2. What is a suburb, and why did people move there?
3. As people moved to the suburbs, what happened to the cities?
4. Describe Levittown.
5. What are some advantages of oil over coal?
6. What made Holiday Inn different than other motels?
7. What is a carhop?
8. Several changes were made to make McDonald’s more efficient, what were they?
9. Define franchise.
10. Define ubiquitous.
11. Describe (in detail) suburbia, both the positives and the negatives.

US History Study Guide - Early America's Test

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Essay Topic Examples - US History 11/12

Biographies:

Chief Justice John Marshall

Henry Clay

John C. Calhoun

John Adams

Alexander Hamilton

Thomas Jefferson

Andrew Jackson

Robert E. Lee

(More coming soon)

Duck and Cover

US History Homework - American Revolution

(Due Tuesday)

125 - 135

1. What was the goal of the Olive Branch Petition?
2. Who wrote Common Sense, and what was its purpose?
3. What were the two parts of the Declaration of Independence?
4. Who were the loyalists?
5. Why was the government under the Articles of Confederation weak?
6. What were some of the challenges America faced mobilizing for war?
7. List some advantages that the Americans had during the war.
8. Why did the British conclude that Boston was not a good place from which to wage war?
9. Why did the colonies choose to invade Canada?
10. What was the strategy of the British in the Mid-Atlantic region?

125 - 135 WA

1. What was the goal of the Olive Branch Petition?
2. Who wrote Common Sense?
4. Who were the loyalists?
5. Why was the government under the Articles of Confederation weak?
6. What were some of the challenges America faced mobilizing for war?
7. List some advantages that the Americans had during the war.
8. Why did the British conclude that Boston was not a good place from which to wage war?
9. Why did the colonies choose to invade Canada?

US History Rubric Essay #2

Prompt: Choose a battle from the Revolutionary war and analyze it. Your essay should include the following information:

1. What caused the battle/what led up to it.
2. What occurred during the battle.
3. Who won the battle and why.
4. What impact did the battle have on the war as a whole.

Essay Due Date: November 9th

MLA Format	Us standard MLA format. 1 inch margins, standard fonts, headings, etc.	10pts
Content/Length	You must have a clear topic and provide specific information throughout your essay. This may be any topic within the area you were assigned. Your essay should be at least 500 words and two pages.	40pts
Grammar/Spelling (Mr. Barnhill Sanity Points)	This will generally not be graded unless there are lots of problems. Feel free to email me a rough draft of your essay for feedback.	10pts
Bibliography/Works Cited	You must cite all sources used!	15pts

75 Pts Total

Eisenhower Biography Assignment

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Name that fallacy #2

"I Like Ike" Commercial

Chapter 9 - 7th/8th Grade Homework

Chapter 9

1. How many televisions were being purchased per year in the 1950’s?
2. How did Russians react to the death of Stalin?
3. Why did they react that way after all the terrible things he had done?
4. What position did Eisenhower hold during WWII?
5. Most of Eisenhower’s advisors were what?
6. How many Americans died in the Korean War?
7. Who became the leader of the U.S.S.R. after Stalin?
8. Define “prescient”.
9. What was the “arms race”?
10. Did Khrushchev actually say “we will bury you”?
11. Do you think it is ok to call a period “good times” when not everyone is benefiting and why?

7th/8th Homework

Write a 200-250 word (minimum) letter to Joseph McCarthy.

Name that fallacy!

Cold War Map Key

US History Book Assignments (Recent)

105 - 111

1. Why was Britain forced to expand its involvement in its empire?
2. Why did some imperialists want to restrict the speed at which Britain’s newly acquired territories were settled?
3. What was the Proclamation of 1763, and why did it anger many colonists?
4. How successful was the proclamation?
5. What was the sugar act?
6. What was the stamp act?
7. What was the currency act?
8. Who were the regulators and what were they protesting?
9. What was the state of the colonial economy during this time period?
10. What was worse, the political or economic consequences of the British Policies? Why?

83-89

1. What is Social Mobility?
2. Why was there a greater degree of social mobility in the colonies than in Europe?
3. What is a Plantation?
4. Describe the culture of slaves in the South during the colonial period.
5. Describe the Puritan “town”.
6. What did Democracy look like in these towns?
7. Describe the events of the Salem Witch Trials.
8. List the 3 largest cities in the colonies during the 1770’s.
9. What purposes did colonial cities serve?
10. How was life in Northern cities different than on Southern plantations?

71 (Beginnings of Slavery) - 83

1. What was the Middle Passage?
2. How does the attitudes and actions of the British towards Native Americans relate to their treatment of African Slaves?
3. What were “Slave Codes”?
4. How were racial distinctions in the British colonies different than in the Spanish Colonies?
5. Who were the Huguenots?
6. What was the primary group of immigrants to America during this time, and why did they come?
7. What was the primary economic driver in the colonies during the 17th and 18th century?
8. What was the primary crop of the Chesapeake region, Georgia, and South Carolina?
9. How was agriculture different in the Northern Colonies compared to the Southern Colonies?
10. Why was a shortage of currency a problem?
11. What is consumerism, and how did it affect society?

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

1. Joseph McCarthy created a list accusing people of being what?
2. Define “McCarthyism”.
3. Was the list true?
4. What does the State Department do?
5. Define Hysteria.
6. What groups of people were put on blacklists?
7. What happens to you if your name is on a blacklist?
8. Describe the anti-communist laws passed by Texas and Connecticut.
9. Why were people afraid to speak out against McCarthy?
10. What did Edward R. Murrow's film show about McCarthy?
11. Why do you think so many people believed McCarthy?