Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Tuesday, 11/19:

Social Studies 8 -  Today we reviewed for the Wednesday test.  For those that view this blog here are two of the tougher questions on tomorrow's test:


  1. Which of the following was NOT a problem faced by farmers in the late 1800’s?
    1. Farmers incurred debts they could not pay back
    2. Farmers had no means to transfer their goods to market
    3. Farmers often did not get fair prices for their products
    4. Farmers had difficulty buying needed equipment because it was expensive 
    1. Cooperatives were:
      1. Indians coming together to fight white encroachment
      2. Democrats coming together to support the Populists
      3. Farmers coming together to buy seed and tools together to lower costs
      4. White settlers coming together to force Indians onto reservations

APUSH -   Homework:

Read Chapter 16, “The South and the Slavery Controversy”, pages 359-369
Hippocampus Activities – Nationalism & Economic Expansion:
1.     Slave Resistance
Hippocampus Activities – American Culture & Reform:
            1. Abolitionism

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