Agenda for 1/19

1. Using the Urbanization Slide Show, answer the following questions in your notebook:

A. What was the primary cause of migrations to (and rapid growth of) major cities in America?
B. In what ways did these cities change the lives of women in America?
C. What significant problems/challenges arose (especially for the poor/immigrants) as a result of the rapid growth of cities?
D.  What were some important responses to the challenges/problems of urbanization/immigration?

2. Using the "Urbanization" reading/handout, answer the following questions in your notebook:

A. In what ways did the American population shift between 1870 and 1900?
B. Which American cities grew most rapidly between 1870 and 1900?
C. What was the change in the number of millionaires in America between 1866-1900?
D. How many people in NYC (and what percentage of the population) lived in tenement buildings
E. What was Hull House, what services did it provide and who ran the facility?
D. What was the broad goal/aim of the Salvation Army and Social Gospel movements?

3. At 11:15, begin watching Triangle Shirtwaste Fire - American Experience

4. Information about test on 1/25

• 20 MC questions
• Essay (Organized labor DBQ) will be written in class (50 mins)
• You may bring:
• Your copy of the DBQ with notes on the documents
• An outline that has the following
• A complete thesis statement
• Topic sentences for each body paragraph
• A bullet point identifying the outside evidence you are using the in each paragraph
• A list of the documents (by letter/title) that you are planning to use in each paragraph

•  Outlines will collected and checked during the MC section to ensure they contain only the allowed information. Those that contain information beyond that listed above will not be allowed to be used during the test.

HW:

• Continue to prepare for the test 
• Finish Triangle Shirtwaste Fire - American Experience
• Using this website about the legacy of the fire, write a 1/2 page to one page explanation of the LEGACY of the Triangle Shirtwaste Fire. Most specifically, what legislative reforms resulted from the fire, and what impact did it have on the work done by labor unions, namely the ILGWU?