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Name:__________________

Hour:__________________

Weeksheet: October 25-29

Make sure that you attach any notes, outside question sets, homework, assignments, tests, quizzes, or other weekly

documents each Friday.

MONDAY (20.1 p. 630-637)

Daily Character Focus: ( Remember to attach notes for Friday)

Person: Significance:

ThomasEdison

Alexander

Bell

John

Rockefeller

Andrew

Carnegie

Term: Definition:

RobberBaron

Gilded Age

Monopoly

Shareholder

1. What role do patents play in encouraging people to be creative and invent new things?

2. What two factors spurred on the Industrial Revolution?

3. Why do you think there are time periods of booms and busts that occur to the American economy?

TUESDAY

Daily Character Focus: ( Remember to attach notes for Friday)1. Image that you are a newspaper journalist and you have begun to hear accounts of the Pullman Strike and see

images of the events. Write an article about the events. Make sure to include details about who is being impacted,

which groups are responsible, and what the outcome was. Be as creative as possible, including adding witnesstestimony and/or pictures to support your story.

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WEDNESDAY (20.4 p. 656-661)

Daily Character Focus: ( Remember to attach notes for Friday)1. (Based on Lecture) What was the Haymarket Square Riot? Describe the event.

2. What were some of the of the grievances that factory workers had against the owners of the factories (List a

least three)? Which do you feel is the worst?

3. What was the Knights of Labor? What type of actions could they take to help factory workers?

4. Complete the chart below:

Event Cause Outcome

Haymarket Affair

Homestead Strike

Pullman Strike

THURSDAY

Daily Character Focus: ( Remember to attach notes for Friday)

1. (Based on Lecture) What event happened at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in 1911? Describe the Event.

2. Picture the Event: Draw a picture representing one of the critical events discussed in class (Haymarket Affair,Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike, or Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Tragedy). Include as many details as possible, an

color your picture to bring it to life. Be sure to do your final draft on a full sheet of paper.

FRIDAY

Daily Character Focus: ( Remember to attach notes for Friday)

Take Notes on the film, look for key ideas described by Mr. Schmidt