Mrs. Connors' Classroom

1.) Bell Work:
 “Communists seized power in Russia in 1917 and threatened to spread their revolution to other countries.  When a wave of strikes hit the United States in 1919, some Americans feared this was the start of a Communist revolution. In 1919, anti-Communist hysteria led Attorney General Palmer to conduct raids against radicals accused of plotting to overthrow the government. Thousands were arrested, and several hundred immigrant radicals were deported. The hysteria affected immigrants in other ways as well.  Two Italian immigrants, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, were accused of committing murder during a robbery to obtain funds for an anarchist revolution. Despite insufficient evidence, they were convicted and later executed in 1927.
 The ‘Red Scare’ and the Sacco and Vanzetti trial contributed to the rise of nativism – a dislike of foreigners which led to new restrictions on immigration in the early 1920s. The migration of African Americans from the South to the Northern cities during World War I led to increased racial tensions after the war. The Ku Klux Klan, dead for decades, revived in the 1920s. The Klan was hostile to immigrants, Catholics, Jews, and African Americans.”
a.) Describe what is happening in 1917 that seems to be frightening many Americans.
b.) Based on the excerpt what can we identify as some of the potential motives behind the anti-Communist hysteria led Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer in 1919?
c.) Imagine you were a member of the U.S. government living sometime in between 1917 and 1920. How would you have handled the “Red Scare”? Would you have given into the fear or would you work to stop the spread of mass hysteria? Please explain your answer.

2.) Discuss Sacco & Venzetti trial. Annotate & answer the questions on the Sacco & Venzetti worksheet.

1.) Bell Work:
How did the end of WWI affect the United States?
How did the end of WWI affect the people who survived the war?
Provide an example or two.

2.) Discussed nativism, isolationism, communism, the Red Scare, and the Palmer Raids.

3.) Using our conversation today & the video we watched answer the follow question:
How do nativism & key events in the early 1920s impact American beliefs or feelings on communism? Support your answer with evidence.

1.) Bell Work:
We are taking a survey on social studies.

2.) Chapter 12 Vocabulary Booklet begins today.

1.) Bell Work:
Any questions on the test?

2.) Chapter 11 TEST today!

Have a great weekend!

1.) Bell Work:
We will be doing a Kahoot! to practice for the test. Grab your Chromebook!

2.) Kahoot! for prizes!

1.) Bell Work:
Answer p. 402 History Through Film Questions 1 & 2

2.) Time to work on your Chapter 11 Study Guide.
3.) Have your Chapter 11, Sections 3 & 4 Notetakers out to be checked.
4.) Your WWI Propaganda Posters are now overdue. Please turn them in ASAP.

1.) Bell Work:
a.) Identify the underlying theme of the political cartoon.
b.) Based on your prior knowledge which major proposal created by Woodrow Wilson is the inspiration for the political cartoon?
c.) Based on architectural concepts identify why is the United States position as the “Keystone” so important in metaphorical terms?

2.) Chapter 11 Section 4 notes on the notetaker from yesterday.

1.) Bell Work:
“It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars…But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for things which we have always carried nearest to our hearts — for democracy; for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own Governments; for the rights and liberties of small nations; for universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free.” –Woodrow Wilson, speech asking Congress to declare war on Germany (April 2, 1917)
a.) What is the main theme of the primary source?
b.) Reflect back on what we learned about the age of American imperialism/expansionism, why is Wilson’s statement that we fight “for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own Governments” particularly ironic?
c.) Imagine you were a United States Congressman listening to President Wilson’s speech. Based on this excerpt would you cast your vote in favor of passing a declaration of war against Germany or would you stick to an isolationist principle and vote against a declaration of war? Please provide the reasons behind your decision.

2.) Begin Section 3 Notes in class using textbook pages 388-395. Only Section 3 needs to be completed today.

WWI Propaganda Posters are DUE TOMORROW!
Chapter 11 WWI TEST is FRIDAY!

1.) Bell Work:
a.) Who is this poster meant to appeal to?
b.) Where can someone get more information about growing a Victory Garden from according to the poster?
c.) Explain the meaning of the phrase “Every Garden a Munition Plant”.

2.) Today is the last day for time in class to work on your WWI Pro-American Propaganda Poster! The poster is due TUESDAY.

1.) Bell Work:
Using prior knowledge & p. 385 answer the following questions:
-What were the physical effects of the new weapons & tactics used during WWI?
-What were the psychological effects of the new weapons & tactics used during WWI?

2.) Finish Section 2 notes! They are due tomorrow in class.

3.) Begin WWI Pro-American Propaganda Poster!