Booker T. Washingston

Booker T. Washington (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Booker_T_Washington_retouched_flattened-crop.jpg/220px-Booker_T_Washington_retouched_flattened-crop.jpg)

Tuskegee Institute. (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6b/Tuskegee_University_seal.jpg)

Essential Questions: http://goo.gl/DV30q

1. What was the name of the school that Booker T. Washington started?
-Booker T. Washington started the Tuskegee Institute.
2. Whom did Booker T. Washington recruit to head the agriculture department at Tuskegee Institute?
-Booker T. Washington recruited George Washington Carver to the head of the agriculture department at Tuskegee Institute.
3. Booker T. Washington's autobiography is entitled:
-Booker T. Washington's autobiography was titled, Up From Slavery.
4. What president did Booker T. Washington dine with?
-Booker T. Washington dined with president Teddy Roosevelt.
5. With whom did Booker T. Washington often come into conflict?
-Booker T. Washington often came into conflict with W.E.B. Du Bois.

African-Americans after Reconstruction

Essential Question:
 1. List ALL the methods Southern states tried to limit the power of African-Americans.
-Southern states made laws restricting African-American's civil rights.
-Southern states limited African-American's by limiting their votes. The way Southern states limited African-American votes were by giving them a literacy (reading) test. It was unfair because they were asked more questions and/or given a test in a foreign language.
-Southern states created a poll tax which was an annual tax that had to be paid before being able to vote to limit the power of African-Americans.
-Southern states added the Grandfather clause which stated that whether you failed the literacy test or could not pay the poll tax and your grandfather or father was able to vote before January 1, 2867 you would as be able to vote.
-Southern states created laws that segregated Blacks and Whites called the Jim Crow laws.
-Southern states made it okay for black and Whites to be separate as long as it was equal. Although, it was not equal because the Whites had better quality faculties.

2. Reading: http://goo.gl/1KkWn

3. OUTPUT: Blog post with 2 images.
a. How is racism today different than racism practiced immediately after Reconstruction?
-Racism today is different than racism before because there is more separation in classrooms, homes, and life styles. Racism today is also said more in-between the lines rather than in your face obvious. The standards for races has changed from the past till today.

b. 4-5 sentences paragraph, using examples from reading.
-In the past Southerns states limited African-American's rights in many ways. They created unfair limits that went against African-American's civil rights. They assigned unequal laws such as the poll tax, Grandfather clause, and Jim Crow laws. Blacks and Whites were suppose to be equal but Southern states did it to the very minimum. The literacy test were racist to the African-Americans because they were asked more questions and even at times given to them in a language that were not theirs, therefore they would not be able to vote.

Segregation must go. (http://blog.lib.umn.edu/hutch213/bridge/segregation.jpg)

Poll tax. (http://cdn.dipity.com/uploads/events/41e1f316901da22e1a574352358900a7.jpg)

Mid-Term Exam Reflection

1. My Mid-Term score was 20/25 which is an 80%. An 80% is a "B".
2. The questions I had incorrect were: 6, 12, 14, 16, and 25. The reason I had number 6 incorrect was because i was too quick to answer and didn't go though each answer choice carefully. For number 12 i knew the answer but i didn't carefully read/ didn't repeatedly read the answer choices. For number 14 i was too quick to answer because i should have read the questions until i was confident in my choice. For number 16 i felt like i didn't have enough information to answer or i didn't review/ study that type of question enough. Lastly, for number 25 i didn't see the answer which meant i didn't look though the questions accurately.
3. As a test taker i learned that i need to read though questions carefully. Also, i need to put the answer i feel more confident in vs. second guessing myself. To improve my scores i learned that i need to carefully go through the test and have confidence in myself. 

China and WWI

Link: http://goo.gl/3RjkH

Essential Questions: http://goo.gl/TCkuj

1. Which country's interest did the Open Door Policy in China favor?

-The Open Door Policy in China favored the United States.
2. What were the reasons behind the Boxer Rebellion?

-The reasons behind the Boxer Rebellion was when the Chinese were angry that countries were coming in and trying to take over their land.
3. List three causes of World War I?

1. Nationalism a devotion to the interests and culture of one's nation
2. Imperialism building empires
3. Militarism the development of armed forces and their use as a tool to achieve goals
4.  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?

-The U.S. protected themselves from German U-boats by sailing in groups, guarded by military vessels.
5. What was the Selective Service Act used for?

-The Selective Service Act  was used to require men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service.
6. What new weapons did WWI introduce?

-Tanks and the airplanes were new weapons introduced in WWI.
7. How did the Espionage and Sedition Act affect Freedom of Speech and Labor Unions?

-Espionage and Sedition Act affected freedom of speech because a person could be fined and sentenced in jail for interfering with the war effort or for saying anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the government or the war effort. Labor Unions were affected because they were sentenced to jail for "accusing of destroying the war effort" because they urged workers to strike for better conditions and higher pay.

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

-There opposition to President Wilson's League of Nations felts like if they joined the League of Nations they would be forced into another war with England.

American Imperialism after Spanish-American War

Link: http://goo.gl/nsq1R

Essential Questions:

a. How did the U.S. change Cuba’s Constitution? 

 -The U.S. changed Cuba's Constitution by adopting (adding) the Platt Amendment to their constitution:

• Cuba could not make treaties that might limit its independence or permit a foreign power to control any part of its territory.
• The United States reserved the right to intervene in Cuba.
• Cuba was not to go into debt.
• The United States could buy or lease land on the island for naval stations and refueling stations.

b. What did the Roosevelt Corollary build on? 

 -The Roosevelt Corollary built on the Monroe Doctrine.

c. Pancho Villa was pursued by whom? 

 -Pancho Vila was pursed (chased) by John J. Pershing.

d. How did the U.S. get the land for the Panama Canal? 

 -The U.S. got land from Panama for the Panama Canal by helping Panama declare their independence from Colombia. 

e. What is meant by “speak softly and carry a big stick"?

-"Speak softly and carry a big stick" meant negotiations were always backed by the treat of military force.

Spanish-American War

Reading: http://goo.gl/Hp3ES

Essential Question:

A)Why did Jose Marti destroy U.S. property?

-Jose Marti destroyed U.S. property because he wanted the American government to get involved with the war to free Cuban's.

B)Who did the de LOme letter criticize? What were the consequences? How did this private letter become public in the first place

 -The de LOme letter criticized president McKinley. The consequence was that the minster resigned. The private letter become public because a Cuban rebel stole the letter from the Havana post office and leaked it to the newspaper.

C)Who was the "winner" of the Spanish-American War, and what were the winning?

-The "winner" to the Spanish-American War was the United States because Spain ended the war with an agreement. Spain then also sold parts of their land to the United States.

D)How was the Spanish-American War connected with American Imperialism?

-The Spanish-American War connected with American Imperialism because both the Spanish-American War and American Imperialism wanted to control other counties/take over.

E)How was the war started? Was it proper?

-The war started by the misleading untruthful newspapers. I personalize think it was not proper because people were in war over things that were not true and many people died off the misleading statements that were published on the newspapers that everyone began to read.

Education has Changed. A little or A Lot?

Essential Question: What examples from your years as a student are different from a student's from the early 1900's? What's still the same?

-From my years as a student the effectiveness of education has changed since the 1900's. There are different standards, ways of discipline, and most importantly education has grew into every culture.

Song/Rap/Rhyming Poem:

Effectiveness, Discipline, Cruel. 

Hurt, Tears, Run. 

Unequal, Unfair, Racist. 

Horrible, Bad, Done. 

Education, 1900's.

Punishment in schools. (http://indiacurrentaffairs.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/CORPORAL-PUNISHMENT-IN-SCHOOLS.jpg)

Unequal Opportunity. (http://whiteseducatingwhites.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/cropped-gp.png)

Four Passages, keywords or key ideas from the text:

1)"African Americans were mostly excluded from public secondary education." Pg. 284 (1)

2)"Unlike African Americas, immigrants were encouraged to go to school." Pg. 284 (2)

3)"The pattern in public education in this era was one of growth, opportunity differed sharply for white and black students." Pg. 283 (4)

4)"Strict rules and physical punishment made many students miserable." Pg. 283 (1)

How the rhyme relates to the essential question:

-My rhyme relates to the essential question because it reveals that the way education was ran during the 1900's. Education in the 1900's was much different than today because they were mistreated and education was held to a different level. Today people are more respectful of those who reach for education and give them a fair share to reach their hopes and dreams.