Assignments for Unit 5: Industry and Empire (1865-1900)
#501: Industrialization, Railroads, and Chinese in America
- View “The Industrial Economy: Crash Course US History #23,” 12 minutes. See below, left.
- View “Growth, Cities, and Immigration: Crash Course US History #25,” 13 minutes. See below, right.
- Read “Timeline of Chinese Immigration and Exclusion” (PDF).
- Consider:
- Identify at least four connections between the timeline and the two videos above.
- Neither Foner nor your Course Reader will be needed for tomorrow's class. However, please do bring a charged laptop.
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#502: The Industrialists: “Robber Barons” or “Captains of Industry”?
Read:
Materials needed for class:
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#503: Poverty & Inequality
- Read: Henry George, “The Crime of Poverty,” 1885 (PDF)
- As you read, consider:
- In your own words, describe what Henry George means when he says “poverty is a crime.”
- Explain George’s central contention, that “the great majority of those who suffer from poverty are poor not from their own particular faults, but because of conditions imposed by society at large.” If the poor are not to blame for poverty, what, in George’s view, causes poverty?
- Do you think George’s arguments are still relevant today? Why or why not?
- As you read, consider:
- View “The Slums of New York” photo gallery (external link) prepared by NPR and the Museum of the City of New York.
- Read or listen to NPR, “Jacob Riis: Shedding Light On NYC's ‘Other Half’” (external link). Note: the radio version is 12 minutes 52 seconds.
- Neither Foner nor your Course Reader will be needed for tomorrow's class. However, please do bring a charged laptop.
#504: Organizing Labor
Read:
- Foner 500-06 (“Liberty of Contract and the Courts” and all of “Labor and the Republic”)
- Please bring Foner to class.
#505: An American Empire
View:
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#506: The Spanish-American War and its Aftermath
Read:
- Foner 535, 538-41
- Read the document containing two poems Rudyard Kipling, “The White Man’s Burden” and Ernest Crosby, “The ‘Real’ White Man’s Burden” (PDF)
- Consider the questions at the beginning of each page.
- No printed materials needed for class. Please bring a fully charged laptop.
#507: The Philippine War
Read:
- “Soldiers in the Philippines” (PDF) collection of primary source documents to prepare for in-class discussion. The goal here is to familiarize yourself with the contents, not necessarily to conduct a “close read” line by line. Please budget your time so you do not exceed the time allotted for homework.
- No printed materials needed for class. Please bring a fully charged laptop.
#508: DBQ Assessment
Review the materials handed out in the DBQ packet during class to prepare for an in-class writing assessment.