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US Makeup
1. Andrew Jackson
Go to http://www.pbs.org/kcet/andrewjackson/edu/webquest2task.html -- choose one of the roles listed, write a 5 to 7 minute speech that supports or opposes a proposal to have Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill from the point of view of that particular role that you chose. Pay attention to how Jackson affected you in the role that you Andrew Jackson portrait is located on the twenty-dollar bill. There can be lots of reasons behind selected and how your life changed during his presidency.
2. Slavery
See other attachment and answer the questions
3. Triangle Shirtwaist Fire http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/triangle/ Watch video and answer the questions below
1) What was a typical day like for workers at the Triangle factory?
2) In what ways was this workplace dangerous?
3) How much money did the workers earn? For what reasons did bosses dock workers' pay?
4) Why did Blanck and Harris believe that their empire "was under constant siege"? What forms of competition did Blanck and Harris face?
5) Why did the Triangle owners keep the factory's Washington Place exit locked?
6) What does historian Steve Fraser mean when he says that the bosses treated workers "like animals, like pieces"? What evidence presented in Chapter Two of the film supports this point?
7) What caused the fire that broke out at the Triangle factory on March 25, 1911?
8) Who was alerted? Who was not alerted?
9) Who escaped? Who did not escape?
10) What did workers discover when they ran to the Washington Place stairway? Why was this door locked?
11) Why were factory owners Harris and Blanck brought up on charges of manslaughter? What was the outcome of this case?
12) What did Samuel Gompers mean when he said that women had to burn in order to spur government action on labor safety?
4. Freedom Riders and Civil Rights
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/watch
1. Andrew Jackson
Go to http://www.pbs.org/kcet/andrewjackson/edu/webquest2task.html -- choose one of the roles listed, write a 5 to 7 minute speech that supports or opposes a proposal to have Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill from the point of view of that particular role that you chose. Pay attention to how Jackson affected you in the role that you Andrew Jackson portrait is located on the twenty-dollar bill. There can be lots of reasons behind selected and how your life changed during his presidency.
2. Slavery
See other attachment and answer the questions
3. Triangle Shirtwaist Fire http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/triangle/ Watch video and answer the questions below
1) What was a typical day like for workers at the Triangle factory?
2) In what ways was this workplace dangerous?
3) How much money did the workers earn? For what reasons did bosses dock workers' pay?
4) Why did Blanck and Harris believe that their empire "was under constant siege"? What forms of competition did Blanck and Harris face?
5) Why did the Triangle owners keep the factory's Washington Place exit locked?
6) What does historian Steve Fraser mean when he says that the bosses treated workers "like animals, like pieces"? What evidence presented in Chapter Two of the film supports this point?
7) What caused the fire that broke out at the Triangle factory on March 25, 1911?
8) Who was alerted? Who was not alerted?
9) Who escaped? Who did not escape?
10) What did workers discover when they ran to the Washington Place stairway? Why was this door locked?
11) Why were factory owners Harris and Blanck brought up on charges of manslaughter? What was the outcome of this case?
12) What did Samuel Gompers mean when he said that women had to burn in order to spur government action on labor safety?
4. Freedom Riders and Civil Rights
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/watch