Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, 1911

Read and React: Provide your reactions to the article I presented in class about the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Considering the Progressives were interested in making and American industry more humane by curbing the effects of industrial capitalism and checking the power of monopolies, what were some of the reactions of prominent reformers to this horrible event.

For more info http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/Trianglefire/

Status: Optional

Perspectives - The Age of Empire

Choose one of the following perspectives and respond to one of the scenerios listed below

Perspective
Isolationist Ida/Irene
Expansionaist Ethan/Elizabeth
Imperialist Ivan/Imelda
Pacifist Pete/Pamela
Alliance Alex/Alice
Jingoist James/Jasmine
Businessman Bob/Beyonce

Scenerios
1. Should the US help Cuba fight against Spain?
2. Should the US remain in Cuba after the war?
3. What should the US do with the Philippines?
4. Should the US build the Panama Canal?
5. It is our business to insist on an Open Door Policy?

Example: Expansionist Ethan's perspective on the situation in the Philippines (#3)

TEACHERS: This activity can be found in Breaking Away from the Text Book - A New Approach to Teaching American History

Social Thought in the Gilded Age

The power of ideas and the choices over how to deal with industrialization, immigration, and urbanization helped to structure the possible solutions needed to address the growing gap between wealth and poverty in the United States. Choose one of the following ideas listed below promoted during this time period and identify why you support this school of thought.


Economic Individualism
Social Gospel

Robber Barons vs. Captains of Industry

After reading "Big Business: Robber Baron or Hero of Industry?" from Feder Viewpoints pp.194-214. Attack or defend American industrialists such as Carnegie and Rockefellar as Robber Barosn or Captains of Industry.

Status: Required
Due Date: 2/7/2007 10:00 pm

Closing the Frontier

For this post revisit your text - The National Experience pp. 456-457 and re-read "The Frontier as an Imitator" by Robert E. Riegal, 1952 and "The Frontier as an Innovator" by Frederick Jackson Turner, 1893.

After reading each perspective on western migration and settlement, defend either Mr. Reigal or Mr. Jackson. Feel free to bring in any necessary information to defend your position.

Status: Optional Post
Due Date: ASAP

Civil War Option #3 Lincoln's Second Inaugral

Second Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln
SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1865

Review Lincoln's second inaugural address and write a response from the perspective of either -

1. a Radical Republican

2. a Freedman

3. a former Confederate

Resources:
Bailey HW question #4 pp.449-451; Second Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln

Civil War Option #2 - Lincoln and the Constitution

Choose of the following actions of Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War and find the provision in the Constitution that was violated

Example: Censored some anti-Union newspapers - Amendment #1 Freedom fo Speech

During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln....

#1 suspended the writ without congressional approval
#2 increases size of the army without Congressional approval
#3 withdrew 2 million dollars without authorization
#4 arrested and jailed anti-Unionists giving no reason for arrest.
#5 set up military courts to try Confederate sympathizers

Resources:
Civil War Fact Sheet; National Experience Text questions; and the Interactive Constitution

Civil War Option #1 - Emancipation, 1863

You are to assume the identity of one of the following groups and offer your reaction to Lincoln's Emanicpation Prcolamation.

1. White Southerner
2. Black Southern slave
3. White Northerner
4. Black Nothern free person

Resources:
Abraham Lincoln's Crossroads Click on Crossroad #9 Final Emancipation

Interactive Constitution - Amendment #13


HW Assignments - Bailey and Chapter 13-14 (questions 27-30); Civil War Fact sheet

Party Politics GEM Option

Go the Extra Mile for this optional blog post and earn an omit on our next test. Utilize the following resources to create your own chart of the Poiltical Parties 1824-1864. You can create this chart as a word document or one lined paper.

Source #1 Our Wiki Timeline
Source #2 Our Blog post containing 23 ancedotes and facts
Source #3 Political Party Timeline: 1836-1864

Lincoln and American Party Politics.

View the following video Lincoln and American Party Politics and create a timeline/fact sheet of American Party politics.

STEPS:
1. Download and watch slide show - 12:00 minutes(Right Click and "Save Target As"). This is a great review as we approach the mid-term exam. If you are having trouble downloading go to the following site

2. Post one fact or ancedote you learned about American Party politics to our class blog.

3. Go to our class Wiki and create a timeline of American Party politics highlighting events relating the evoltuion of party politics.

Please post blog and wiki response by Thursday, January 4th 2007