Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
The Great War Ends
Answer the following questions from the current lesson covered in class today. Also, read the additional info. below. The topics to study for the test on Friday is also listed lastly.
1) What reason did Woodrow Wilson give for the United States joining the war against Germany?
2) How did the American troops change the balance of the war?
3) What happened on November 11, 1918?
4) What is an armistice?
5) How many soldiers and civilians had died?
6) What good thing came out of the war in England and America?
7) What is "suffrage"?
8) What had to be changed in the United States so that women could vote?
9) What British law allowed women over thirty years of age to vote?
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment (1920) to the Constitution of the United States provides men and women with equal voting rights. The amendment states that the right of citizens to vote "shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." Although this equality was implied in the 14th Amendment (1868), most of the states continued to restrict or prohibit women's suffrage.
Did You Know?
1) What reason did Woodrow Wilson give for the United States joining the war against Germany?
2) How did the American troops change the balance of the war?
3) What happened on November 11, 1918?
4) What is an armistice?
5) How many soldiers and civilians had died?
6) What good thing came out of the war in England and America?
7) What is "suffrage"?
8) What had to be changed in the United States so that women could vote?
9) What British law allowed women over thirty years of age to vote?
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment (1920) to the Constitution of the United States provides men and women with equal voting rights. The amendment states that the right of citizens to vote "shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." Although this equality was implied in the 14th Amendment (1868), most of the states continued to restrict or prohibit women's suffrage.
The women's rights movements, which started as early as the 1830s and became intertwined with the struggle to abolish slavery, resulted in the proposal for the 19th Amendment, introduced in Congress in 1878. This proposed amendment remained a controversial issue for over 40 years, during which the women's rights movement became strongly militant, conducting campaigns and demonstrations for congressional passage of the amendment and then for ratification by the states. This political action, reinforced by the service of women in industry during World War I, resulted in the adoption of the amendment.
Did You Know?
Wyoming, the first state to grant voting rights to women, was also the first state to elect a female governor. Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876-1977) was elected governor of the Equality State (Wyoming's official nickname) in 1924. From 1933 to 1953, she served as the first female director of the U.S. Mint.
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Study for a test on chapters 20 and 21 which will be given in class this Friday.
1) Know the order of events leading into World War I and its development.
2) Know the collective names for the 2 sides which opposed each other.
3) What was the draft?
4) What was worrisome to the British as Germany marched through Belgium?
5) What outraged the world about the sinking of the Lusitania?
6) What provoked the US to enter the war?
If you study all the homework questions for both chapters, you should do well on the test. Remember some other key words too: doughboys, suffragettes, the Communist Party, and the Ten Tragic Days.
Who were Rasputin, Woodrow Wilson, Aledsandr Kerensky, Pancho Villa, Victoriano Huerta? Porfirio Diaz? Francisco Medero? What did they do?
Sunday, December 8, 2013
The Russian Revolution
Complete reading pages 225-227. Answer the questions below about The Russian Revolution. Also, be sure to check out the point of interest related to our lesson at the end of the questions!
1) What were the two reasons why so many Russians were angry with the Romanovs?
2) Why did the Romanovs invite Rasputin to court?
3) What happened when three noblemen decided to kill Rasputin?
4) What war did the Russian army join in 1914?
5) What was wrong with the six and a half million soldiers of the Russian army?
6) Why did Nichoolas II fire his cousin, the Grand Duke Nicolai?
7) Did Nicholas II do a better job as commander?
8) What was Nicholas II forced to do?
9) Why did the leader of the Provisional Governement, Aleksandr Kerensky, order the Romanovs taken to Siberia?
10) How did the army react when Kerensky ordered them to fight?
11) What group of leaders then seized control of the government?
12) Who was their leader?
13) Lenin wanted the land in Russia to be used by whom?
14) Why was the Bolshevik party renamed the "Communist Party"?
15) Why did the Communist Party change the names of St. Petersburg and other cities?
16) How did Lenin get Russia out of the war?
17) How did Lenin deal with the problem of the Romanovs?
18) How did Lenin deal with the problem of poverty?
19) What was this new way of living called?
Alexander III in 1885 commissioned the creation of a decorative Faberge Egg for him to be able to give it to his wife as an Easter gift. (Faberge was the last name of the man who created it, and his company was named after him.) Alexander's wife was so pleased, he continued the tradition every year. After Alexander died, Nicholas II continued the tradition for his wife and for his mother, which I think is really nice! So, the Faberge company made a total of 50 of these special eggs between 1885 and 1917. Each egg always contained some sort of hidden surprise in it. Some of those very eggs are in museums around the world, but some were lost through the years. View one of these eggs here, and notice that the little gold statue on the inside is an image of Alexander III, although this egg was from Nicholas II to his mother in the year 1910. It is now inside the Kremlin.
Here is another one that is amazing! Read what all it is made of and what it contains - wow!, right?
The "Moscow Kremlin Egg" of 1904. An enameled gold composition centered on the egg-shaped (removable) dome of the Cathedral of the Assumption in the Moscow Kremlin, in white opalescent enamel, the interior of the church with its carpets, tiny enameled icons and High Altar made visible through four triple windows, surmounted by a gold cupola; flanked by two square and two circular stylized turrets, the former based on the Spassky Tower, bearing the coat-of-arms of the Russian Empire and Moscow and inset with chiming clocks. Standing on a crenelated gold base and octagonal onyx plinth - signed Fabergé, dated 1904, height 14 1/4 inches (36.1 cm). A clockwork music box (with original key) plays Izhe Khveruviny (Cherubim hymn), a favorite hymn of Tsar Nicholas.
Provenance: Presented by Tsar Nicholas II to his wife Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, Easter 1906
Kremlin Armory Museum
1) What were the two reasons why so many Russians were angry with the Romanovs?
2) Why did the Romanovs invite Rasputin to court?
3) What happened when three noblemen decided to kill Rasputin?
4) What war did the Russian army join in 1914?
5) What was wrong with the six and a half million soldiers of the Russian army?
6) Why did Nichoolas II fire his cousin, the Grand Duke Nicolai?
7) Did Nicholas II do a better job as commander?
8) What was Nicholas II forced to do?
9) Why did the leader of the Provisional Governement, Aleksandr Kerensky, order the Romanovs taken to Siberia?
10) How did the army react when Kerensky ordered them to fight?
11) What group of leaders then seized control of the government?
12) Who was their leader?
13) Lenin wanted the land in Russia to be used by whom?
14) Why was the Bolshevik party renamed the "Communist Party"?
15) Why did the Communist Party change the names of St. Petersburg and other cities?
16) How did Lenin get Russia out of the war?
17) How did Lenin deal with the problem of the Romanovs?
18) How did Lenin deal with the problem of poverty?
19) What was this new way of living called?
Alexander III in 1885 commissioned the creation of a decorative Faberge Egg for him to be able to give it to his wife as an Easter gift. (Faberge was the last name of the man who created it, and his company was named after him.) Alexander's wife was so pleased, he continued the tradition every year. After Alexander died, Nicholas II continued the tradition for his wife and for his mother, which I think is really nice! So, the Faberge company made a total of 50 of these special eggs between 1885 and 1917. Each egg always contained some sort of hidden surprise in it. Some of those very eggs are in museums around the world, but some were lost through the years. View one of these eggs here, and notice that the little gold statue on the inside is an image of Alexander III, although this egg was from Nicholas II to his mother in the year 1910. It is now inside the Kremlin.
Here is another one that is amazing! Read what all it is made of and what it contains - wow!, right?
Provenance: Presented by Tsar Nicholas II to his wife Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, Easter 1906
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
World War I
Read pages 216-221 in your text. Answer the following questions for this lesson:
1) What did the Serbian Gavrilo Princip do to show his hatred of Austria?
2) How did Austria respond?
3) What side did Russia join?
4) What side did Germany join?
5)Why did Germany then decide to march against France?
6) What side was Belgium on?
7) Why did Great Britain join the fight?
8) What was the name for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bulgaria, Germany, and the Ottoman Turks?
9) What was the name for Great Britain, France, Russia, and their allies?
10) What did German ships do?
11) Why did sinking the Lusitania make so many people angry?
12) Why was the United States particularly angry?
13) What law did Great Britain pass in 1916?
14) What did the women do when so many men went off to war?
15) What happened to the British men who went to the front and fought?
16) What reward did Germany promise to Mexico, if the Mexicans would fight on the side of the Germans?
17) What happened to the telegram with this information in it?
18) How did the United States react?
19) In what year did the United States join World War I?
Using Student Page 83 and a clean sheet of paper, try your hand at decoding the cryptogram.
1) What did the Serbian Gavrilo Princip do to show his hatred of Austria?
2) How did Austria respond?
3) What side did Russia join?
4) What side did Germany join?
5)Why did Germany then decide to march against France?
6) What side was Belgium on?
7) Why did Great Britain join the fight?
8) What was the name for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bulgaria, Germany, and the Ottoman Turks?
9) What was the name for Great Britain, France, Russia, and their allies?
10) What did German ships do?
11) Why did sinking the Lusitania make so many people angry?
12) Why was the United States particularly angry?
13) What law did Great Britain pass in 1916?
14) What did the women do when so many men went off to war?
15) What happened to the British men who went to the front and fought?
16) What reward did Germany promise to Mexico, if the Mexicans would fight on the side of the Germans?
17) What happened to the telegram with this information in it?
18) How did the United States react?
19) In what year did the United States join World War I?
Using Student Page 83 and a clean sheet of paper, try your hand at decoding the cryptogram.
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