Due Friday March 2nd

Revise your DBQ outlines to submit at the start of class.

In addition, read the hand out on the Spanish-American War!

Due Thursday Feb. 28th

Since you enjoyed it so much, here is the 2 Cow Philosophy of Government.

Notes on the year 1950 from your dates quiz:

For homework, please read and take notes pp. 580-583. In addition, complete your DBQ outlines to be handed in.

Due Wednesday Feb. 27th

Please read and take notes starting on page 569 through the top of page 580.

Actively read "20 Years at Hull House" by Jane Addams, which I will send to you as a PDF via email.

Due Monday Feb. 25th

Please complete reading Chapter 19 picking up on page 558 through page 565.

Next, please print out and actively read Andrew Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth.

And if you're feeling extra responsible, you can start working on your DBQs, handed out to you in class. Remember, our objective for this DBQ is to create an outstanding thesis statement, and to frame an outline:

I. Intro
   A. Thesis Statement:
II. First Body Paragraph
   A. Topic Sentence
       1. Make your point
       2. Use of document to support point
           a. Support point with outside information
...and so on!
V. Conclusion
   A. Restate thesis in a new manner.
   B. Sum up points of essay.

For those of you who want to learn more about John D. Rockefeller and horizontal combination beyond what we learned today, check it out:

Watch The Rockefellers on PBS. See more from American Experience.

Due Friday Feb. 22nd

Pick up on page 554 and read/take notes through page 558 stopping before "Children, Women and African Americans."

Due Thursday Feb. 21st

Please read and take notes starting on page 547 through page 554 stopping before "Corporate Critics."

Notes from today:

Due Wednesday Feb. 20th

Read and take notes starting on page 539 through page 547. Please learn about Bessemer, Edison & Eastman, Morse & Bell and "Robber Barons".

Notes from today: