Review for Chapter 12

Utah Life Reflects the Nation

Work on your study guide for 15 minutes. Finish any incomplete sections including the essay section. Also make sure your orange paper is completely done!Test is tomorrow! This close to the end of the year

don’t gamble with your grade by doing sloppy/incomplete work. You may not have time to fix it before the end of the year!

The music today is by Woody Guthrie, one of America’s most important singer/songwriters. He traveled from Oklahoma to California during the Dust Bowl and used the music he learned to create many famous songs. Although his most famous song is “This Land Is You Land” it is not as patriotic as many people believe. The later verses and his other songs often express the hard life of ordinary people during the Great Depression.

Where should your backpack be?

Bell ActivityThis is a no gum class. Please dispose of it properly!

Finish and turn in your orange Roaring ‘20s and Great Depression video guides.

Clean out your binder and turn in anything except for your study guide. Turn it in even if it isn’t finished yet.

Work on your study guide 12. The test is tomorrow and it is due tomorrow! There is not enough time to finish incompletes or to turn things in late at this point of the year. Don’t risk your grade by being lazy!

Work on your essays for chapter 12.

Agenda

1. What were some of the positive changes that progressives brought about during the early 1900s?

2. What were some of the effects of the Great Depression in Utah?

3. How did changes (technology, politics, etc.) in the 1900s affect life in Utah?

Essay Questions

#1 What were some of the positive changes that progressives brought about during the early 1900s?

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#2 What were some of the effects of the Great Depression in Utah?

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#3 How did changes (technology, politics, etc.) in the 1900s affect life in Utah?

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Essays

Final States Test – Worth 50 Points!

History Objective – We will prepare forthe exam byreviewing the studyguide.

Behavior Objective – Participation & Work Ethic: We will listen to each questions, answer the ones given to us, and write the important details in our notes.

Language Objective – We will listen to, give answers and write the important details from the activity.

Today we will learn…

29. What ended The Great Depression?

The massive government spending to get the equipment and soldiers needed for WWII ended the Depression by creating jobs.

28. How were ethnic groups affected during the Depression?

They were often deported back to their home counties, had a hard time getting jobs, and were often the victims of prejudice.

27. Who was Marriner Eccles and what did he do in this chapter?

He was a successful banker who helped create the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), which prevented people’s money from being lost even if their bank closed.

26. Who was Juanita Brooks and what did she do in this chapter?

She was a Utah historian who was employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). She located many pioneer diaries and preserved them, and wrote books about Utah and Nevada history.

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23. What was the New Deal and why was it called that?

The New Deal were programs during the presidency of FDR that were meant to employ people and improve the U.S. economy during the Great Depression. The programs were like getting a “new deal” of the cards.

24. How did it [the New Deal] work?

Different government agencies were in charge of different types of programs that provided jobs to millions. For example, the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) built trails and roads, planted trees, etc to improve the use of wilderness areas.

25. How effective were New Deal programs?

The economy did improve, but not quickly. It would take WWII to truly end the Great Depression.

22. Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?

Roosevelt became president during the Great Depression. His New Deal programs helped people get jobs and be hopeful about the future. He was elected to four terms and died in office near the end of WWII.

21. Summarize the ways the Great Depression affected Utah’s people.

Many Utah families lost their jobs and/or savings. 1 out of 4 families lost their jobs, and some areas had up to 70% unemployment. Most people struggle to get enough to eat and depended on charity or welfare to get by.

19. Why did the Twenties “Roar”? What was happening in Utah and other places in the country?

People had lived very frugally during the war and “cut loose” in the ‘20s. They typically had money to spend, which improved the economy, and people were optimistic that they would continue to prosper. That combined with the load, fast new music, new technology, prohibition/gangsters, and the desire to appear wealthy made it a time when people just wanted to have fun.

20. Describe how people lived in the roaring twenties in Utah.

People were more liberated than in the past. Women wore short skirts and bobbed their hair, Jazz was popular, radio and movies became popular forms of entertainment, most people could afford new gadgets, like cars, washing machines, etc.

17. Who was Posey and what did he do in this chapter?

He was a Native American who didn’t like the way Indians and their land were being treated by companies and government officials.

18. Describe the causes and events in the Posey War. Why was land use a major factor in the Posey War?

Indians in Southern Utah were competing with cattle companies and settlers for land. Posey and two Indians were accused of stealing, which triggered a fight for land in the Blanding area. Posey was later killed, and this marked the last “war” for land between settlers and Native Americans.

15. How did World War I change life for Utahns in the early 1900’s?

Utah, like the rest of the nation, were a part of the war effort. Technology improved due to the war, lifestyles became more liberal/modern, and Utah veterans came home with a greater knowledge of the world.

16. How were Utahns involved in World War I?

Utah sent men to fight, mined minerals and metals for guns and ammunition, and raised wheat and other food to send overseas to the soldiers and people starving due to the war in Europe.

12. Why did the Federal Government take land from Utah during the Progressive Era?

The land was being preserved as wilderness or in National Monuments and Parks. The government was trying to preserve the beautiful places across the state.

13. Why were reclamation projects important to Utah’s farmers?

Reclamation projects created dams and reservoirs to store water for times when farmers needed it, and to expand how much of Utah’s land could be used for agriculture.

14. How did Utahns change the way they used public land during this time?

People became more aware about protecting the land and its resources. Watershed, forests, and other resources were protected by new federal and state laws.

11. Who was Alma Richards and why is he important in Utah history?

10. Who was Simon Bamberger and why is he important in Utah history?

9. How did progressives change life in Utah in the early 1900’s?

8. Why did workers form labor unions in Utah and other places in the early 1900’s? What did they want? 

7. What changes occurred in mining in Utah during the early 1900’s?

 

6. How did electricity change the way people lived in the early 1900’s?

 

5. How did transportation improve in the early 1900’s?

 

4. Describe three ways that African Americans were treated unfairly in the early 1900’s in Utah.

 

3. What did the Dawes General Allotment Act do to American Indian reservations?

The The Dawes Act dissolved reservations, gave each person a portion of land, and sold the rest to non-Indians. Native Americans lost a great deal of their land, and their culture and knowledge suffered because of the loss. The reservations were eventually reestablished, but the land that was sold was never given back.

1. Describe the three reasons immigrant groups came to Utah during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

 

2. Where did the immigrants in the early 1900’s come from and what was life like for them in Utah?

 

Get your packet for chapter 12 out and review.

Make sure your essay brainstorms are done. You need three details for each question.

Where should your backpack be?

Bell ActivityCheck for gum under your desk and clean it if you find it. Otherwise your class will lose the privilege.

1. What were some of the positive changes that progressives brought about during the early 1900s?

2. What were some of the effects of the Great Depression in Utah?

3. How did changes (technology, politics, etc.) in the 1900s affect life in Utah?

Essay Questions

Things to do…

Turn in your study guide (except 1st and 7th hours. Your laws allow SG on the test.)

Pick up the essay paper and start on the back with the organizer. When you are finished, put it in your box before picking up an iPad.

Start the computer test, reading each question carefully!

When most of you are working on the computer test, I will put up the

instructions for the map test.

Map Test Go to the map on the link on today’s date

on our website calendar. Open the link. Click on the option for “strict test”. Follow

the instructions. You can start over, but if you don’t

complete the test with enough time for me to record your score (I will have to physically see every single iPad!) you will have to take the paper and pencil test tomorrow in Peak with no help. In other words, don’t restart so many times you don’t finish! (I will not count any scores given to me 1 minute before the bell rings.)

Make your packet:Study GuideMurder at the Fair – Video notes (lined paper)Immigration Primary Sources (lined paper)New Tech & Roaring ’20s (pink)World War I guide (green)Great Depression (white – If you didn’t turn it in

yesterday)

Keep your papers for the “Progressive Era” primary sources. Staple everything else.

Work on essay brainstorms for 5 minutes.

Where should your backpack be?

Bell ActivityThis is a no gum class. Please dispose of it properly!