Thursday, January 31, 2013

Booker T. Washington

1. What was the name of the school that Booker T. Washington started?
He started the Tuskegee institute
2. Whom did Booker T. Washington recruit to head the agriculture department at Tuskegee Institute?
he recruited fredick douglas
3. Booker T. Washington's autobiography is entitled:
"up from slavery" is the name of the autobiography
4. What president did Booker T. Washington dine with? *
He dined with the president teddy rosevelt

5. With whom did Booker T. Washington often come into conflict? *
had  conflicts with W.E.B. Du Bois

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

China and WWI

1. Which country's interest did the Open Door Policy in China favor?
The united states favored since they could close the door.

2. What were the reasons behind the Boxer Rebellion?
chinese martial artists that built haterd from for foreign coming in there country
3. List three causes of World War I?
nationalism a devotion to the interests and culture of one's nation
imperialism building empires
militarism the development of armed forces and their use as a tool to achieve goals
formation of a system of alliances countries backing-up other countries, like a gang mentality; the Allies, consisted of France, Britain, and Russia; Central Powers consisted of German and Austria-Hungary

4. How did the U.S. deal with German U-boats?
have american ships in groups with military protection

5. What was the Selective Service Act used for?
A law that required every male that is 18 and is not in school to be  drafted the army randomly even if there not registerd

6. What new weapons did WWI introduce?
The airplane and tank were new way to kill people

7. How did the Espionage and Sedition Act affect Freedom of Speech and Labor Unions?
person could be fined up to $10,000 and sentenced to 20 years in jail for interfering with the war effort or for saying anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the government or the war effort.

8. Why was there opposition to President Wilson's League of Nations?
senators



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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

American Imperialism after Spanish-American

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1. How did the U.S. change Cuba's constitution?
They added the Platt ademnement.

2 What did the Rosevelt Corollary build on?
The monroe doctrine

3 Pancho villa was pursued by whom?
15,000 solider who were under  govener John J. Pershing
4 How did the U.S. get the land for Panama Canal?
A rebillion which gave panama indepence from columbia. Then the united states rented the property from panama

5 what is meant by "speak softly and carry a big stick"?
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U.S. always had the threat of the army behind his words

Friday, January 18, 2013

Spanish-Americian war

1 why did jose marti destroy U.S property?
In order to provoke the united states to get involved in the war with spain an cuba

2 Who did de LOme letter crticize? What were consqueof the ? how did this prove letter become publinc in th first place?
They criticize presidnt  McKinley .Cuba beacame a self limited government

3 Who was the "winner" of  the Spanish-American war, and what were the winnings?
The United States won both war and got guam and puerto rico. they gained phillipines for 20 million dollars. cuba granted freedom.

4. How was the Spanish-American connected with american imperialism?
-Strong army
-New makerts
-Cultrual superioty
5.how was the war started? was it proper?
The media , the letter, and the maine.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Whats imperailism and what's the United States got to do with it?

1. What is  imoerailism?
When a country is more powerful and take other countries to expand itself.

2 What are some reasons for untied states  to purse imperailism?
- Desire for military strength
-Thirst for new markets
-Cultral superioty

3 if you were the hawaiian  queen(or king) how would you feel about annexation?
- Hawaiian queen would feel bad since they would be dethorned
-Hawaiian's youth would  be confused about culture
- America would protect them from threats

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Coming to The United States

1. how much time was the trip from Europe and Asia, would you have like the trip?

The trip was excatly one week on a steamboat. I would have hated the expirence. There would have been no space and the sanity was very low.
2. What were the two names of the main immgration processing station in San Fransico & New York? Describe the expirence of the chinese immagrant?
The names were Ellis & Angel Islands. The chinese were questioned harshly an had to wait in unsanitary places.


3.How did Kearny try to stop asain from entering California in 1882 ? Why did he do this, How would feel if you were chinese?
He was a nativist that made a working party to get chinese out of america. He did this because he belived only americans can be in america. If i was chinese i would feel disrespected and i would say everyone should have a chance to go to america.
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4.In 1907-1908 the gentlmens argeement did two thing what were they?
This argeement stoped the segration of japanese students. And limited the emmigration of unskilled japanese workers.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Education has changed a little or a lot

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school was diffrent back then
no swagg just steady proverty an sin
segrated black cause of there skin
but martin luther king jr. made come to a fin
abuse was discipline
but kids now a days lack it
rasicm still hasnt change
the view make peoople rearange
americans learned to expand
but still reapet the same lessons

My poem talks about how the education changed from the 1900's. There is no more abuse in school. and any race can attend any school.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

The Meat Inspection Act

1.How "The Jungle" affect the way americans thought about the ways meat was produced?

People wanted to start new laws for the meat they buy. This progressive thinking got the Meat inspection . This was the act of sending of inspectors from the goverment to slaughter house. This ensured clarity of the food he ate.
2. Argue that Upton Sinclairs was a progressive.



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 Upton Sinclair was progressive  because he wrote a book that embrace americans to start new laws. American would have token many year to have clean meat if it wasn't for the author uptton sinclair.