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Jesse-History: Don't know much about history: Boom to Bust to Big Boom
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Thursday, March 31, 2011. Don't know much about history: Boom to Bust to Big Boom. 1) Name five important books of the 1920s. 183; Gatsby, three soldiers, main street, Babbitt, Arrow smith and Elmer gantry. 2) What was the first "talkie"? How did it change America? 183; The jazz singer, it was a multi million dollar production, and Hollywood became “Hollywood.”. 3) Discuss the "Red Scare of 1919". 4) What was the 18th amendment? Why was it enacted? How did it go wrong? How did he change America? 183; The...
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Jesse-History: Don't know much about history: World War II
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Monday, April 4, 2011. Don't know much about history: World War II. 1) Why did FDR want to pack the Supreme Court? Do you think this was constitutionally correct? So they would be in favor the new deal so it could get passed. It didn’t work and it wasn’t really constitutionally correct. 2) What is a theory about Amelia Earhart's death? Why was she important? 3) What was Lend-Lease? 4) Discuss the BATTLE OF BRITAIN. 5) What were some of the reasons isolationists wanted to stay out of the war? A military d...
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Jesse-History: August 2010
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Skagway U.S. History. The Grapes of Wrath Chapter 21-22 questions. View my complete profile. Watermark template. Template images by compassandcamera.
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English 11: Grapes of Wrath
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English 11: The Death of the American Dream. Monday, 11 April 2011. 1) The importance of the land to the people. 2) The Strength of Women. 3) The Importance of family (even the definition of WHAT IS FAMILY). 4) We vs. I. 5) People vs. “Moloch”. Allusions to the Bible:. 8220;The Angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God’s Wrath.”. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Grapes of Wrath Chapter 21-22 questions. Grapes of Wrath Study Questions.
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Jesse-History: February 2011
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Friday, February 25, 2011. Chapter 18 study questions. 7) It allowed them to transport goods all over the country, and they could bring food and supplies to the workers. 8) It began in Victoria, Texas. 9) Fertile land, for farming, and the buffalos. 10) African American settlers, who migrated from southern states into Kansas in the late 1870’s. 11) There was a lack of moisture, flash floods would wipe out all their crop, and when they planted it down deep the plants would not produce large crop yields.
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Jesse-History: November 2010
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Sunday, November 28, 2010. 1) What are the three branches of government and what are the powers of each? Lawmaking branch. Congress is made up of the House of Representatives and Senate. The representatives are determined by the size of the state, and each state gets two senators. Power of the Congress include: collecting taxes, coining money, regulating trade, declare war and “raise and support armies”. 2) How can these branches check and balance each other? Two house legeslature, Each enslaved person w...
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Jesse-History: May 2011
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011. 1) How did the Civil war shape our lives today? 8211; It started us on the road to civil rights and fought for blacks to have equal rights. It created a strong central government and created one nation instead of two. Also changed the face of modern warfare. 2) Name three ways the civil war changed the south: Destroyed their economy, freed the African Americans, and south lost power in the government. 3) What constitutional right did Lincoln suspend? 5) Why did West Virginia form?
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Jesse-History: December 2010
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010. Don't know much about History: Study Questions. 1) Discuss the significance of Thomas Jefferson's quote: "A little rebellion now and then is a good thing.God forbid that we should ever be twenty year without such a rebellion.The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.". 2) Why did Shay's Rebellion happen? 4) What was the Virginia Plan? 5) "No person held in service" was a euphemism for what? 5) Provides for laws concerning p...
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Jesse-History: Don't know much about history questions (Civil War)
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Sunday, January 30, 2011. Don't know much about history questions (Civil War). 1) Why does the author suggest that John Brown had a sense of humor? Buchanan put a price of $250 for Brown’s head, and Brown responded by saying that Buchanan’s head was worth $2.50. 2) What was John Brown's plan? His plan was to march south, arm the slaves who would flock to his crusade, and establish a black republic in the Appalachians to wage war against the slaveholding south. 3) Why did John Brown become a symbol? Advan...
