Blog West #3 (Due Tuesday)

Read the following short websitte.
Answer the following:
1. Who was JP Morgan
2. Describe how Morgan made his money.
3. What Trouble did have with the U.S. Government?
4. Was he a Robber Baron? Why or Why not?

http://www.ushistory.org/us/36d.asp

West II; Wounded Knee, 1973?

Summarize this event that happened in Wounded Knee, South Dakota in 1973, almost 100 years after the massacre of 1890. (no more than one page)
http://www.nolanchart.com/article2482.html

WESTWARD EXPANSION

Part I-
1. Go to the following site and choose one Indian campaign (after 1850). Write a paragaph describing it.
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-indianwarcampaigns.html

2. Read the following site and answer the questions below.
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/arapaho.htm
a. What happened to the whites after they made 'signals' to the indians?
b. How many Indians were killed?
c. Who was the chief and what did he decide to do with the captives?
d. Explain how they escaped.

Reconstruction

Read the following on politics during Reconstruction. Explain, on paper, Johnson's impeachment.
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/reconstruction/section4/section4_intro.html

Read this account on how the Ku Klux Klan got started. How did the KKK get started? What types of measures did the KKK take?
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/kkk.htm

Good video overview of Reconstruction. Define: Black Codes, Freedman's Bureau, Civil Rights Act-1865, 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment.

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=150847

#4 Civil War

Look over the first two sites and list 10 facts that you found most interesting. (Due Wednesday)

1. http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/war/facts.html

2. http://www.19thalabama.org/cwfacts.html

Look over this site on Civil War pictures. Chose three (copy and paste if you can) and tell why these pictures have helped with defining the Civil War.
http://www.civilwarphotos.net/files/infantry.htm

#3 Start of Civil War

Read over the timeline through the first Battle of Bull Run (1861). Begin to create your own timeline of important events- up to Bull Run. (no more that half of a page)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/tl1861.html

Watch this piece on the Battle of Bull Run. Who wins? Describe this (1 paragraph) battle. Why do you think it was important?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucrVfUr4_ZA

Blog #1 and #2: Rise of Abe Lincoln

Look at the following site. Blog #1- watch one (or all three) short videos on Abraham Lincoln. Make a list of five interesting new things you learned about Lincoln (class discussion). Blog #2- click on the section titled 'the road to presidency and write a 2-3 paragraph explanation of how he became President. (Due Tuesday)
http://www.biography.com/articles/Abraham-Lincoln-9382540&part=0#8722

Pearl Harbor- Blog #1

Read through the following sites. On a separate piece of paper, write down 4-5 facts about the attack on Pearl Harbor that you can bring to class for discussion. Also, bring in a comment on one of the photos on the last site.

www.erikanderson.net/pearlharbor/facts.html

http://ezinearticles.com/?Facts-on-Pearl-Harbor&id=1582085

www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/pearlharbor.htm

www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/.../pearlhbr/pearlhbr.htm

U.S. History III