ESSAY TOPICS FOR US/GLOBAL REGENTS

Go to this site and review the essay topics and actual questions to prepare for either/both exams

http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/academics.cfm?subpage=1733

Do these over the break and I will be happy to go over them with you when we return in the New Year.
Enjoy

Mr Stone

Global 3, DBQ essay Ind. Revolution

Completed DBQs and fully written essay
DUE Tuesday without exception
Not handing in means no revision or credit

US History, Industrialization

• HW-Due 12/14/10
• Use the book primarily and internet as second option, only 3 required
• 4th and 5th questions will be extra credit...
• What changes did the United States experience during the Industrial Revolution?
• Is it accurate to use the phrase "industrial warfare" to describe business-labor relations in the late 1800s?
• How do immigrants adapt to life in the United States?
• Why are the late 1800s sometimes described as a "Gilded Age?" 
• What roles did political machines play in cities in the late 1800s?

US project RECONSTRUCTION due 12/6

What were the immediate and underlying causes of the Civil War?
2. What was Lincoln's war aim? What steps did he take to accomplish it?
3. Why did the North win?
5. What problems did freed slaves face?
6. How did the President and Congress differ over Reconstruction?
7. When/Why did Reconstruction end?
8. How did segregation develop in the South?

Fort Sumter	Gettysburg	Gettysburg Address	Emancipation Proclamation
Reconstruction	10 Percent Plan	Radical Republicans	Radical Reconstruction
Impeachment of Johnson	Scalawags	Carpetbaggers
Freedmen	Freedmen's Bureau	Black Codes	Ex Parte Milligan
13th Amendment	14th Amendment	"Equal Protection Clause"	15th Amendment
Ku Klux Klan	Poll Tax	(Voting) Literacy Test	Grandfather Clauses
Jim Crow Laws	Segregation	Plessy V. Ferguson	"Separate but Equal"

*IDENTIFY ALL THESE TERMS!*

US History on your Ipod/MP3 player

With this link you can download and listen to lessons on most of the topics that we have covered and will cover in US History, check it out and let me know what you think:

http://www.nylearns.org/webpage/viewpage.aspx?ID=101176&UID=1162

US History December 1 2010

Focus Lesson Questions on the conclusion of
The Civil War

1. What were the main reasons the North was able to win the Civil War?
2. Why does President Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?(Explain 3+ motives)
3. What was provided for by the 13th,14th,15th amendments?
1. What was the purpose of them?
2. Why were they necessary additions to the Constitution?
3. In hindsight, were they immediately effective in their intentions?

Refer to this site for part 3 question on the America's Transformation towards African-Americans:

http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/Lesson_38_Notes.htm

Global 3 Current Events Articles Assignment #1

For Friday, December 3rd:
You are to find an article that deals with either the politics or social happening in
Latin America, Europe, Asia, or the Middle East as I have assigned to you.

You must bring in a copy of the article,
Explain what the article is addressing,
give your evaluation and opinion as to the event(s) that you have found.

Here is an example of an article that would be a good choice:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/world/asia/30korea.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=world

US history classes and Global Prep

Reference Website for huge assistance

REGENTSPREP.ORG
do the reading and the questions, otherwise
youre just guessing or having no foundation, but use it
and if anything needs explanation or help, then see me.

Classwork/Notes needed for US and Global classes

For US prep, we will be looking at the Presidents of importance this week and seeing how their contributions had impact on America.

For Global prep, we are looking at Nationalism in all parts of the world and the changes that took place from it's result.

In US history, we are dealing with Jacksonian Democracy and heading towards the sectionalism of the North and South.

While in Global we are entering the troubled times of the French Revolution, right before the turn of the 19th century.