ws 2010.12.13

Weeksheet: December 13-17 Name/Hour:____________________ Make sure that you attach any notes, outside question sets, homework, assignments, tests, quizzes, or other weekly documents each Friday. FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT GO TO: http://bradfordacademy.wikispaces.com/ LAST WEEK The following two assignments are from the week of December 6-10 th . Some students have finished the work, while others have more to do. If you have to complete the assignments, use the guidelines below. Thursday , December 9th: ASSIGNMENT : Create a Br ochure about t he Pr ogressive Presidents Step One: Fold paper in 3 Step Two: Create a Title Step Three: Label each page (Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson) Step Four: Add details about each president to their pages -What did they do before being president? -What type of reforms did they push for? -How did they feel about who should have power? (the president, people, or businesses?) -Any other important details about them Step Five: Add a picture of each President, or something that represents that president. Step Six: Submit for grading. Friday, December 10th: ASSIGNMENT: Read 18.3 (p. 234-6) and answer the following questions. 1. What do you think this quote by Roosevelt means? “The man that holds that every human right is secondary to his profit must now give way to the advocate of human welfare.” 2. What did the Sherman Antitr ust Act do? 3. What did the Hepburn Act do? 4. The Clayton Act made it illegal for companies to offer lower prices in one market (say Michigan), but higher prices in another (California). Can you think of an example of a business that might be guilty of such a thing today? 5. Why is the Pure Food and Drug Act so important? 6. In what ways did the rules for workers change? Provide specific EXAMPLES. 7. What is the difference between a preservationist and a conservationist? 8. What actions did people take that specifically helped to protect wildlife? MONDAY (SNOW DAY / SNOWDAY / SNOW DAY / SNOWDAY / SNOW DAY / SNOWDAY / SNOWDAY) TUESDAY (18.4, p. 237-239) 1. How does the Federal Reserve System help to keep banks safe, similar, and yet still independent? 2. The 16 th Amendment created an Income Tax. What exactly does an income tax do? 3. The 17 th Amendment changed the way Senators were elected to the National Senate. Describe the process before and after: Before After 4. What is the 18 th Amendment, and why was it passed? 5. W omen fought for the right to v ote for a long time. Fill in the timeline b elow: Pre-1900's 1912 1919 1920

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Weeksheet: December 13-17 Name/Hour:____________________ Make sure that you attach any notes, outside question sets, homework, assignments, tests, quizzes, or other weekly documents each Friday.

FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT GO TO: http://bradfordacademy.wikispaces.com/ LAST WEEK The following two assignments are from the week of December 6-10 th. Some students have finished the work, whileothers have more to do. If you have to complete the assignments, use the guidelines below.

Thursday, December 9th: ASSIGNMENT: Createa Brochure about the ProgressivePresidents

Step One: Fold paper in 3Step Two: Create a TitleStep Three: Label each page (Theodore Roosevelt,

William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson)Step Four: Add details about each president to

their pages-What did they do before being president?-What type of reforms did they push for?-How did they feel about who should have

power? (the president, people, or businesses?)-Any other important details about them

Step Five: Add a picture of each President, or something that represents that president.

Step Six: Submit for grading.

Friday, December 10th: ASSIGNMENT: Read 18.3 (p. 234-6)and answer the following questions.

1. What do you think this quote by Roosevelt means? “The manthat holds that every human right is secondary to his profit mustnow give way to the advocate of human welfare.”2. What did the Sherman Antitrust Act do?3. What did the Hepburn Act do?4. The Clayton Act made it illegal for companies to offer lower

prices in one market (say Michigan), but higher prices in another (California). Can you think of an example of a business thatmight be guilty of such a thing today?5. Why is the Pure Food and Drug Act so important?6. In what ways did the rules for workers change? Providespecific EXAMPLES.7. What is the difference between a preservationist and aconservationist?8. What actions did people take that specifically helped to protectwildlife?

MONDAY (SNOW DAY / SNOWDAY / SNOW DAY / SNOWDAY / SNOW DAY / SNOWDAY / SNOWDAY)TUESDAY (18.4, p. 237-239)1. How does the Federal Reserve System help to keep banks safe, similar, and yet still independent?

2. The 16 th Amendment created an Income Tax. What exactly does an income tax do?

3. The 17 th Amendment changed the way Senators were elected to the National Senate. Describe the process beforeand after:

Before After

4. What is the 18 th Amendment, and why was it passed?

5. Women fought for the right to vote for a long time. Fill in the timeline below:

Pre-1900's 1912 1919 1920

http://bradfordacademy.wikispaces.com/