Ch. 15: Self Help in Hard Times; The 1920s & 1930s; Zinn

Hi Apush,

Well... here is week 2 - Per school district and Freire guidelines, this will be totally optional. I hope you find some time to fit it in! Also, just an FYI that at some point, I will add the outstanding work from before we closed...

Please read the following chapter and answer the Q's! I added 10 JIC your really bored!

LINK TO READING: Ch. 15: Self Help in Hard Times

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1. Why did the Seattle general strike end after five days and what did the Seattle general strike symbolize to the business and government elite?

2. Why were there so many strikes after the end of World War I?

3. Why is the depiction of the 1920s as prosperous and “roaring” a misleading one?

4. Why might working class women not celebrate the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment?

5. Why did mill owners move their factories to the South in the 1920s?

6. What percentage of the workforce was laid off during the Great Depression? What happened to these workers?

7. What evidence does Zinn use to support his argument that the New Deal legislation was intended “to reorganize capitalism in such a way as to overcome the crisis and stabilize the system; also, to head off the alarming growth of spontaneous rebellion. . . .”

8. “The grave danger of the situation is that it will get completely out of the hands of the leaders.” To whom was this possibility so dangerous, and why?

9. Did WWII function to weaken labor’s strength in the same was the WWI did?

10. What is Langston Hughes’s argument in the section of his poem “Let America Be America Again,” quoted by Zinn?









Also, check this out! From the college board for students affected by school closures:
https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/coronavirus-updates

Ch. 14; "War is the Health of the State."; A People's History of the United States (Zinn)

Hi APUSH,

Well... I figured I should post this and at the very least, you'll have something to keep you occupied that's not a screen- related activity?!?!?!?! Read at your own pace and try and get to this by the end of the week. Be on the lookout for more assignments starting Sunday, 3/22. I will shift to posting weekly assignments and then adding to powerschool by the following Sunday. 

*As far as I know, AP Exams are still happening, so we need to try and keep up the best we can. If things change, I'll let you know. And, if you are having trouble keeping up, just reach out and we'll figure something out.

Stay healthy. Stay safe. Stay home.

~Mr. B

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After reading and annotating the above chapter, please answer the following questions:
(Link to Chapter: http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/zinnwarhea14.html)

1. What was the state of the fighting in Europe prior to the U.S. entrance? Please describe in detail.

2. What did the United States government and Woodrow Wilson do to quote "create a consensus" around the war effort?

3. What methods did the government and private citizens employ to inhibit criticisms of World War I?

4. What were some of the reason to oppose the war? What were some of the reasons to support the war?

5. What is Zinn's thesis, and to what extent is it true?

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P.S. -- 1917 is available on some of the pay-to-watch streaming services.... but it's like $19.99 to purchase... If you're interested, it was pretty amazing. Lmk if you watch and I'll throw some XC in!!!!

THE PROGRESSIVE PREZZIES; GML pgs 756-762; RCQ!!!!

Hi All,

Please read the above and be ready for an RCQ tomorrow!!!!

Best -- always,
Mr. B

No HW!!!!!!!

I waited too long to post. No RCQ tomorrow. Sorry 😐.

Mr. B

The Transformation of the West; GML pgs 643-656; Blog + RCQ

Happy President's Day W/E*, APUSH!!!!

Please answer the following question after reading. Also, I do have a reading check quiz already made for this section...sooooo.... I figured I couldn't let it go to waste ;) Sorry?!?!?!?

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1. How was the West transformed economically and socially in this period?
(Always remember to use evidence from the text!)

* #HereComesTheGeneral #HonestAbe #HBD

Thanks for the day off boys!

Best,

~Mr. B

P.S. -- Cam... at least this isn't posted Monday afternoon ;) #WinForMrB

The Idea of America; Nikole Hannah- Jones; The 1619 Project (NYT)

Hi All --

First -- apologies for posting this today. For that, I'm reducing the amount of questions you need to answer. Still -- I hope that you started the article over the break and/ or will attempt to read the whole thing. It is worth it on So. Many. Levels...

Also, be ready for Socratic seminar around the two questions below, plus our usual FIRST and FOURTH questions -- What stood out? Why does this matter?

Oh - and here's is the link to article:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html

Best -- always,
Mr. B

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PLEASE ANSWER ONE OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. (Remember to use evidence from the reading!)

1. What stood out to you?

2. How have laws, policies, and systems developed to enforce the enslavement of black Americans before the Civil War influenced laws, policies, and systems in the years since?

3. How has activism by black Americans throughout U.S. history led to policies that benefit all people living in the United States?

4. Why does this matter?

"Colloquy with Colored Ministers" (1865); VoF #92

Hi All!

Please answer the following questions after reading!

1. Why do the black leaders believe that owning land is essential to freedom?

2. How do blacks understand their relationship to the national government as the Civil War draws to a close?

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Best -- always,

Mr. B

EXTRA CRED OPPTY - VoF #89: Letter by the Mother of a Black Soldier; (1863)

Q: What is Mrs. Johnson's opinion of slavery and slaveholders and how would you describe her tone?