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The Great War. Unit 8: Progressivism. The Week in Rap. Political Cartoons Illustrating Progressivism and the Election of 1912. Background The Progressive Era, as the period in history at the turn of the 20th century has come to be known, was a time of tremendous social, economic, and political changes, and the presidential election of 1912 typified the reform spirit of the period.
Beginning in the late 1800s with the challenge to the "spoils system" of machine politics, progressivism gathered momentum between 1900 and 1916, as the desire for reform permeated the minds of the American people. Reformers themselves were a diverse group, frequently with different views, but always the same general purpose-- to reform America. Among them were politicians, labor leaders, religious leaders, and teachers, men and women who believed the federal government needed to address the ills of a modern industrialized society. The more famous reform leaders of the day reflected the diversity within the various reform groups.
As opponents, Roosevelt and Wilson had almost as much in common as they did in conflict. Resources. American Experience | The Rockefellers | People & Events. Youth Rockefeller Archive Center John D. Rockefeller, Sr. John D. Rockefeller was born July 8, 1839, in Richford, New York, about midway between Binghamton and Ithaca. By the age of 12, he had saved over $50 from working for neighbors and raising some turkeys for his mother. From 1852 Rockefeller attended Owego Academy in Owego, New York, where the family had moved in 1851. In 1853, the Rockefellers moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and John attended high school from 1853 to 1855. Early Business Career: 1855-1863 In the spring of 1855 Rockefeller spent 10 weeks at Folsom's Commercial College -- a "chain College" -- where he learned single- and double-entry bookkeeping, penmanship, commercial history, mercantile customs, banking, and exchange. In August of 1855, at the age of 16, Rockefeller began looking for work in Cleveland as a bookkeeper or clerk.
Rockefeller soon impressed his employers with his seriousness and diligence. By 1858, Rockefeller had more responsibilities at Hewitt & Tuttle. John D. Rockefeller. Political Cartoons in U.S. History - Primary Source Set - For Teachers. THE WEST - The Dawes Act (1887) The Dawes Act February 8, 1887 (U. S. Statutes at Large, Vol. XXIV, p. 388 ff.) [Congressman Henry Dawes, author of the act, once expressed his faith in the civilizing power of private property with the claim that to be civilized was to "wear civilized clothes...cultivate the ground, live in houses, ride in Studebaker wagons, send children to school, drink whiskey [and] own property.
"] An act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes. To each head of a family, one-quarter of a section; To each single person over eighteen years of age, one-eighth of a section; To each orphan child under eighteen years of age, one-eighth of a section; and, SEC. 5.
SEC. 6. Lexrachel2 - Plessy vs. Ferguson. Original Civil War photographs. Teaching the Civil War with Technology. Ideas for teaching the Civil War. America's Reconstruction: People and Politics After the Civil War. The Battle Over Reconstruction. As the Civil War drew to a close, the social, political and economic conditions within the rebellious southern states fueled discussion about how to restore them to the Union. This series of lesson plans will examine the nature and extent of some of these social, political and economic conditions and how they worked to shape the debate about restoring southern states to the Union as well as their lasting impact in shaping the national debate in the years following Reconstruction. Beyond the obvious material destruction, there was more to reconstruct in the South than buildings, farms, manufacturing and railroads—there were social and political relationships to rebuild.
Yet, it is impossible to understand Reconstruction fully without a grasp of the social and economic upheaval the war brought with it. For the people living through the times, this upheaval created a situation that demanded immediate attention. Many in Congress, however, had a different view. President Ulysses S. Primary Source Sets - For Teachers.
Teachers Abraham Lincoln: Rise to National Prominence Speeches, correspondence, campaign materials and a map documenting the free and slave states in 1856 chronicle Lincoln’s rise to national prominence Alexander Hamilton Manuscripts, images, and historic newspapers document the life and accomplishments of Alexander Hamilton American Authors in the Nineteenth Century: Whitman, Dickinson, Longfellow, Stowe, and Poe A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring the topic of American authors in the nineteenth century, including Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Edgar Allan Poe.
Top. Andrew Jackson’s Message to Congress Concerning the Indian Removal Act of 1830: A Common Core Unit. Westward Expansion and Regional Differences < History 1994. Constitution Day. Constitution Day: An Opportunity for Empowering Students to Think Critically. Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesLaird Monahan walking up the steps of the Lincoln Memorial past a giant banner printed with the Preamble to the United States Constitution during a demonstration against the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling on Oct. 20, 2010.Go to related 2010 blog post » Sept. 17 is Constitution Day, the day when the writers at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia signed the United States Constitution in 1787. Dust is far from gathering on this 225-year-old document, however (not least because it is preserved in the highly protected, temperature-regulated National Archives case): The Constitution influences our lives, schools and government every single day.
Each school day is an opportunity to make the Constitution relevant in your classroom by empowering students to research big questions, think critically, defend their arguments with evidence and speak their opinions with the protections that the Constitution entitles us. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Into the Future: Social Media Info Elevates Big Data Predictions. Your tweets do have meaning. To your family and friends, of course and maybe to some colleagues. But we are referring to a bigger meaning for your online musings, in the bundled and aggregated sense. Sophisticated investors and some government agencies are increasingly analyzing social media data to enhance their own statistical predictive capabilities.
They are searching for patterns, trends and anomalies that may provide knowledge about the direction of various markets; for securities, for products, for services, for political outcomes and any other knowledge from which advantage can be derived. Tweets, Facebook likes and shared articles are among the clues. But some are also delving into Amazon clicks - and virtually any other source that may offer insight into the human thought, emotion and random proclivity that may drive someone to act. Downsides do exist. Skepticism about the worth of bundled tweets or likes is already abundant. Ariana Cha reports in the Washington Post: How The Simpsons Disproves Everything I Believe About Economics. Economy | Future | EconomyWeb.
Civics Documents. Electing a President - An Interactive Graphic. Social Studies - History - American History. Usnationalarchives's Channel. S Guide (9-12): Historical Documents. Industrial Revolution Lesson Plans for 8th Grade American History. NORTHERN CLOTH MANUFACTURER - You are a manufacturer of cloth in America.
Before Congress passes the tariff of 1828, you almost went out of business. The British cloth manufacturers were selling their cloth so cheaply in the USA that you could not compete with them. American clothing makers were buying their cloth because it was cheaper and of better quality. You wrote a letter to your congressman. You argued that the English were selling so cheap just so they could cause you and other American cloth weavers to go out of business. SOUTH CAROLINA PLANTER - You are a cotton plantation owner in South Carolina. JOHN C. ANDREW JACKSON - As President, you understand the point of view of Southerners who are strongly opposed to the tariff. DANIEL WEBSTER - One of the nation's great speakers, you are a senator from Massachusetts. HENRY CLAY - Your nickname is "The Great Compromiser. " ROBERT Y. Image Credit. Teacher Guide To The Industrial Revolution - Lesson Plans, Worksheets. Teacher Guide to the Industrial Revolution Before the Industrial Revolution, manual labor was the basis of most production and by necessity the scale of production was small.
This tended to keep the supply amounts small and so the market reach was also limited. Even when this progressed to the use of animal-powered vehicles, there was not a significant improvement in scale of production. The invention of the steam engine marked the first major shift in increasing rates of production. There was a shift to the mechanization of the textile production process, improvement in the processing of iron and experiments with the increased use of coal.
All these meant a significant jump in quantities of production and so supply of goods became plentiful. At the same time there was also an improvement in transportation options because there had been investment in infrastructure such as canals and roadways. There were also some negative developments from the Industrial Revolution.