Monday, October 20, 2025

Studying for Immigration, Urbanization and Modernization of the Late 1800's Test (Chapter 15 and 16 of "The Americans)

The Immigration, Urbanization and Modernization of the Late 1800's Test is Thursday, October 23 in class on google forms.  The Test is 100% notes-based.  Class notes for this unit were based on Chapter 15 and 16 of "The Americans" textbook.  Textbooks can be borrowed any time from 2216!  Also, the links to the textbook are shared each class block!  

Immigration and Urbanization discussions and notes

  • 15 Intro
  • 15.1
  • 15.2
  • 15.3
  • 16 Intro
  • 16 Outline- Chapter 16 Notes are all in the same document

The test contains 31 multiple choice and 4 short open response questions in CP1 C block. CP2 E block has 32 multiple choice and 3 short answers.  SEI G block has 20 multiple choice and 5 short answers. For multiple choice, choose the best answer!  If you need to, eliminate wrong answers to find the best answer!  For open response, write a logical response to the question using a specific historical example discussed in our class to prove you know.  Cheating in any form is prohibited.  This test judges what you know on test day.  Test corrections written on paper (never typed) can be completed after grading is complete, so no need to cheat or plagiarize anyway!  Also, test corrections should decrease the test anxiety!  Once the test is graded, Mr. Cook will "release the grade and comments", and you will be sent an email (from google forms which gives feedback on manually entered point deductions).  Mr. Cook will also tell the students that the email has been sent in class once they are all done.  To prepare for a potential test correction, at that point students should study the released test and see Mr. Cook at an appropriate time for studying help also as Multiple Choice questions do not offer feedback.  Turn in test corrections before the end of the quarter 11/6.  Multiple choice and open response questions are based on notes but also on the course essential questions below!  The course essential questions are below.

US History II 10 Essential Questions (From syllabus) relevant to our Reconstruction, Westward Expansion and Industrialization of the late 1800's Test

Essential Question #1- How has the idea of The American Dream influenced the lives of Americans and how has its definition changed over time?
-Immigration
-Statue of Liberty
-Ellis Island
-Angel Island

Essential Question #2-How have various groups attempted to Access Their Rights and how have they been Opposed, and how did they Succeed?
-Poll tax
-literacy test
-grandfather clause
-Plessy vs. Ferguson
-"Jim Crow Laws"
-Trade schools vs. Historically Black Colleges and Universities
-Gentleman's Agreement
-Chinese Exclusion Act
-Immigration Restriction League
-Push Factors (Emigration from other countries)
-Pull Factors (Immigration to the US)

Essential Question #3- How has Religion, Philosophy andIdeology affected the US?
-WEB Du Bois
-Booker T. Washington

Essential Question #4- How is Poweracquired and what measures does it take to Protect Itself?
-Garfield's assassination and political machines

Essential Question #5-How does the drive to acquire Wealth influence America?
-Gilded Age
-Immigration
-Birds of Passage

Essential Question #7-Where does the drive for Expansion come from and what is its impact on America and the rest of the world?
-Skyscrapers

Essential Question #8-How have citizens affected the growth and change of Political Parties and Government?
-Political Machines
-Boss Tweed
-Pendleton Civil Service Act
-Municipal improvements and programs

Essential Question #9-How has the rise of Mass Media influenced and transformed Culture?
-Newspapers!
-The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus

Essential Question #10-How have advances in Technology impacted the development of the country and the American people?
-Cameras
-Airplane

Friday, September 26, 2025

Studying for the Reconstruction, Westward Expansion and Industrialization Test

The Reconstruction, Westward Expansion and Industrialization Unit Test is Wednesday, October 1.  Tests are 100% notes and discussion based.  The notes and discussions for this unit are based on The Americans textbook chapters 12, 13 and 14.  As you know, links are available for the textbook in each section post.  Hard back books are available in 2216 also!  The test is based on notes from:

Reconstruction

Chapter 12 Intro

Chapter 12 Section 1

Chapter 12 Section 2

Chapter 12 Section 3

Westward Expansion

Chapter 13 Intro

Chapter 13 Section 1

Chapter 13 Section 2

Chapter 13 Section 3

Industrialization

Chapter 14 Intro

Chapter 14 Section 1

Chapter 14 Section 2

Chapter 14 Section 3

The CP1 test will include 32 multiple choice (73 points) and 7 open response questions (27 points) on locked mode in google forms.  Bring a fully charged chromebook always!  Open response questions will be based on course essential questions and will require answering the question appropriately and always with specific evidence.  Class review game or in class study day is Tuesday, September 30.  CP2 will take a modified version of the CP1 test thus the post on the CP1 website!  The CP2 Test has 32 multiple choice (78 points) and 5 open responses (22 points)!   The SEI G block Test has 14 multiple choice worth 90 points and one open response worth 10 points.

The test focuses on the following essential questions which were especially prominent in this unit:

Essential Question #4- How is Power acquired and what measures does it take to Protect Itself?

-How did Andrew Johnson become President and what system protected him strangely enough?

Essential Question #5- How does the drive to acquire Wealth influence America?

-Pullman?

-Rockefeller?

Essential Question #8- How have citizens affected the growth and change of Political Parties and Government?

-Bimetallism?

Essential Question #10- How have advances in Technology impacted the development of the country and the American people?

-Steel Plow

-Incandescent Light Bulb

-Typewriter

-Steel

-Telephone

-Oil drilling and refining