Imperialism Debate

Here’s the link to the PDF Guide for the assignment. On the computers in the classroom, right click, then go to ‘save target as’, save it, and then open the document.

Reading 46 Going West and East

The Emigrants – Many of the emigrants that migrated far west were white and American born and they usually headed to where slavery was prohibited they traveled from the Midwest and the upper south by 1840, more than 11,000 slaves toiled in Texas and 20,000 in Arkansas this was because emigrants coming from the deep [...]

Reading 70 The Middle Class

THE LIFE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS The life of the middle class was of great value during the 19th century industrialization era. You might be wondering why it’s of such great value? More middle class Americans income grew during this time, about 30%, more middle class families owned homes about 36%, and they also sought [...]

Reading 28 Politics in Transition

The Collapse of the Federalist-Jeffersonian Party System The fall of the Federalist Party was due to several reasons. They were discredited by accusations of disloyalty during the War of 1812, held differing views within the party; some endorsed broad suffrage for social stability and other members against it. They also continued to believe that political [...]

Reading 69 The Industrial City

Between the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, the industrial cities of the United States attracted many individuals. As new transportation systems were created, it helped the city expand which allowed people to live on the outside parts of the city. The middle–class and the upper-class would live in the suburbs that had “pure [...]

Blogging the Textbook

Using the text blogs as examples, you will write your own blog post for one of the readings below (excluding those in italics).  Your goal is to summarize your analysis of the text sections, according to the format established in the first text blogs.  Your goal is not to summarize the section.  There’s not enough [...]

Reading 65 The New South

By 1900, nearly 40% of Westerners lived in the cities. During this time, many workers who worked in mines, forests, and fields provided a flexible workforce that attempted to support economic growth in the South. How do you think these factors affected the Southern Economy at this time? The Agricultural labor force was becoming extinct [...]

Reading 51 Kansas and the Two Cultures

The issue of slavery has not disappeared. While Democrats wanted to expand it, Republicans wanted to stop slavery’s advancement into the West. Competing for Kansas After the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) many people migrated into Kansas. David Atchison was a Democrat who wanted to protect slavery in the territories, and under his leadership, many societies formed [...]

Reading 55 Clashes on the Battlefield

The civil war was the most brutal and destuctive conflict in American history. The Reason for this was the invention of a longer range rifle that increased a range form 100 to 500 yds. Anthor invention that led to this was the French minnie bullet and the new military techniques with tthis new rifle. How [...]

Reading 27 Knitting the Nation Together

- Conquering Distance During this time period it would take approximately 5 days to get word from Washington DC to Philadelphia. When George Washington died this is how long it took. There was no way in communicating besides the original “Human Communication.” Imagine having an important message or question that needs to be sent across [...]

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