Period 7 Reading Calendar and Entrance Slips

1/30 Monday Night: Read pages 542-553 (AV: 520-527)

1. Define: Progressivism
2. Describe the problems facing women and children at work.
3. How did African Americans seek to improve their lives?
1/31 Tuesday Night: Read pages 553-563 (AV: no good comparison)
1. Discuss the continued unrest between organized labor and management.
2. Summarize the Triangle Fire.
3. What popular pastimes existed for Americans?
2/1 Wednesday Night: Read pages 564-580 (AV: 528-532)
1. Describe the features of Progressivism.
2. Define: Social Justice Movement
3. What gains were made for the womens rights movement?
4. Why did Roosevelt become known as the Trust-Buster?
5. How did Roosevelt influence the conservation movement?
2/2 Thursday Night: Read pages 581-595 (AV: 533-541)
1. Why was Tafts presidency a disappointment to Progressives?
2. Describe Wilsons New Freedom.
3. Discuss the successes and limitations of Progressivism.
2/3-2/5 Weekend: Read pages 520-537 (AV: 490-494, 496-503)
1. Define: Imperialism
2. How did the US acquire Hawaii?
3. Describe the cause of the Spanish-American War.
4. What was the Anti-Imperialist League?
5. Summarize the controversy of the US involvement in the Philippines.
2/6 Monday Night: Read pages 538-541, 596-603 (AV: 495, 504-511)
1. Define: Open Door Policy
2. Describe Roosevelts involvement in Latin America.
3. How did Wilson conduct Moral Diplomacy in Latin America.
2/7 Tuesday Night: Read pages 603-609, 612 (AV: 548-555)
1. How did Wilson respond to the beginning of World War I?
2. Describe the events that led the US to join the war.
3. Define: Selective Service Act
2/8 Wednesday Night: Read pages 612-617(AV: 556-563)
1. What actions did Wilson take to keep public opinion positive regarding the war?
2. What new agencies were created to help America win the war? What was the
purpose of each?
3. What changes took place in the American workforce?
2/9 Thursday Night: Read pages 618-621(AV: 570-573)
1. Describe Wilsons Fourteen Points.

2. What were the main aspects of the Treaty of Versailles?

3. Why did Wilson struggle to get approval of the treaty?
2/10-2/12 Weekend: Read pages 622- 629 (AV: 596-603)
1. Describe the growth of the automobile industry.
2. What are some specific examples of the growth of the consumer industry in the
1920s?
3. Why is this era known as the Roaring Twenties?
2/13 Monday Night: Read pages 629-633 (AV: 610-621)
1. What changes took place in literature post WWI?
2. Describe the Harlem Renaissance.
3. Who was Marcus Garvey and what ideas did he have regarding African
Americans?
2/14 Tuesday Night: Read pages 634-643 (AV: 604-609, 579-580)
1. Define: Red Scare
2. What were the effects of Prohibition?
3. Why was there a resurgence of the KKK in the 1920s?
4. What immigration restrictions took place?
5. How did religious fundamentalists influence society?
2/15 Wednesday Night: Read pages 648-654 (AV: 628-643)
1. What were the causes and effects of the Great Depression?
2. How did Hoover respond to the Great Depression?
3. Describe the Bonus Army.
2/16 Thursday Night: Read pages 654-662 (AV: 650-659)
1. Define:
a. Hundred Days
b. Tennessee Valley Authority
c. National Recovery Administration
d. Agricultural Adjustment Administration
e. Civilian Conservation Corps
f. Works Progress Administration
g. Social Security Act
2/17-2/20 Weekend: Read pages 663-666 (AV: no good comparison)
1. Describe the rise of organized labor (labor unions).
2. How did the New Deal impact minorities?
a. African Americans
b. Mexican Americans
c. Native Americans
d. Women
2/21 Tuesday Night: Read pages 667-673 (AV: 662-673)
1. What obstacles did FDR face with Congress?
2. How did the recession of 1937 impact the nation?
3. Evaluate the successes and limitations of the New Deal.

2/22 Wednesday Night: Read pages 676-678 (AV: no good comparison)

1. Describe US international interactions post WWI.
2. What was the Good Neighbor Policy?
2/23 Thursday Night: Read pages 678-680 (AV: 682-687)
1. Why did the US return to a policy of Isolationism in the 1930s?
2. Who were the Axis Powers? What was their purpose?
3. Describe the US Neutrality Acts.
2/24-2/26 Weekend: Read pages 681-687 (AV: 702-707)
1. In what ways did the US begin to take part in WW2?
2. What actions did the US take with Japan?
3. Describe the impact of Pearl Harbor.
4. Who were the Allied Powers?
2/27 Monday Night: Read pages 687-693 (AV: 714-721, 728-735)
1. What changes were necessary in regards to the American economy?
2. How did the labor force change during WW2?
3. Describe the impact of WW2 on Japanese Americans.
2/28 Tuesday Night: Read pages 693-699 (AV: 739-753)
1. Describe D-Day.
2. What happened at the Yalta Conference?
3. Define: Manhattan Project
4. What was the legacy of the war?