DAILY WARM-UPSU.S. HISTORY I

• Day 2: Think of and describe a time in your life when you stood up for your beliefs. Was your position unpopular? How did your opponents treat you? Did anyone persuade you to agree with them?

• *Provide at least one example!!

• Day 3:Answer the following on a notebook paper (hand in):1. Examine the Abolition Movement timeline.2. What early events paved the way for

abolitionists’ thinking?3. What types of strategies or tactics did the

abolitionists use to promote their cause?

• Day 4: In the 1850s, what were most Americans’ views on slavery? Why?

• Day 3: What do you think Douglass meant when he said “Knowledge is the pathway to freedom?”

Day 3

• Why and how did some people in the U.S. support slavery? What reasons did they give?

• Day 3:Recall any fact about slavery or the lives of slaves that you remember from the movie or last week’s notes.

Day 4:Why do people living in different regions of the country have different beliefs?Bonus: What was one major difference between the North and South before the Civil War?

Day 6:Describe something you’ve had to give up in a compromise and how you felt about it.

• Day 6:What was popular sovereignty? Why would some states want popular sovereignty?

Day 7:How did the Fugitive Slave Act divide the nation?

• Day 7:• What are the advantages and disadvantages of

a two-political-party system (Democrat and Republican) today? (List one advantage and disadvantage for each)

Day 10

• Think of a time when you /members of your family had a dispute. Describe what it was like and how may this relate to a civil war?– Why is it more intense within families?

Day 9

• Name one major advantage of the Union over the Confederacy. Name one major advantage of the Confederacy over the Union.

Day 10

• Based on the map activity we did last week, why do you think the Union strategy in defeating the South was successful?

Day 11

• Describe at least one new innovation/technology in warfare during the Civil War and how it affected the war.

Day 10

• Why do you think people actually picnicked outside the early battles such as Bull Run? What did they soon learn about the reality of war?

Day 11

• What if Virginia had not seceded from the Union? How may this have changed the course of the war? Think about:– Virginia’s influence on Southern states– Virginia’s location and resources

• Day 12:• What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

• Day 13:• Who was the 54th Regiment? Why were they

so famous?

• Day 14:How may have African American soldiers been discriminated against in the Civil War?

• Day 15• How did women help in the war?

• Day 16:Who was Clara Barton? What did she do?

• Day 17:• What were some ways soldiers suffered

on both sides?

• Day 18:What was Andersonville prison? Describe what happened there.

• Day 19:Why do you think Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address?

• Day 20:• What happened on Sherman’s March?• Do you think this strategy was justified?

• Day 21:Who shot Lincoln and why?

• Day 22:What was one effect of the Civil War (on economics, politics, society)

• Day 18:Name one problem (you predict) the South had after the Civil War.

• Day 19:What was the purpose of Reconstruction?

• Day 20:Who were the Radical Republicans and what were their beliefs?

• Day 21:• What was Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction?

• Day 22:• What was the Freedmen’s Bureau?

• Day 23:• What did the Fourteenth Amendment do?

• Day 24:Who were “carpetbaggers”?

• Day 25:What was one difficulty for freed slaves in the South during Reconstruction?

• Day 24:• Why do you think the U.S. government did not

make as serious attempts to make Native American citizens like they did with African Americans?

• Day 25:• What effect did the destruction of the buffalo

have on the Native Americans?

• Day 26:Give an example of the U.S.’s assimilation policy

• Day 27:• How would you characterize the government’s

treatment toward Native Americans in the late 1800s?

• Day 28:• What developments led to the rapid growth of

the cattle industry?

• Day 29:• What were the causes of the end of the open

range?

• Day 30:• Why did many African Americans choose to

move west after the Civil War?

• Day 31

• What are your New Year’s Resolutions?

• Day 32:• What were the factors (resources,

people, etc.) that led to the growth of Industrialization in the late 1800s in the U.S.?

• Day 33What was a new invention that revolutionized how railroads were made? What were the effects of this?

• Day 34:• What was one positive effect of the railroads

on the U.S.?

• Day 35:• If you could start your own business, what

would it be and why?

• Day 36:• How should wealth be distributed in the U.S.?

What obligation, if any, do wealthy people have to use their wealth?

• Day 37:- Describe a monopoly in recent history. Why do you think monopolies don’t really exist today (or don’t last for long)?

• Day 38:• Name any business leader you know of today

and list two of his qualities. (If you can’t think of any business leaders, think of two qualities you think a good business leader would have)

• Day 39:• What types of things would you want in your

job as a worker? (benefits, pay, etc.) Name at least 3.

• Day 40Why do you think some Americans would be prejudiced against immigrants?

• Day 41:• Compare the lives of immigrants living in cities

today vs. in the late 1800s/early 1900s. What is similar/different about their experiences?

• Day 41:• What was done in the cities to try to help

immigrants? What was their attitude toward this help? Why do you think some Americans wanted to help immigrants while others hated them?

• Day 42:Why were immigrants drawn to political bosses? What was the connection between immigrants and politics?

• Day 43• Have you ever given someone a gift with the

intention of getting something in return?Do you think politicians do this today?

• Day 44:• What is the purpose of education?

• Day 45:• Have you ever felt discriminated against?

Describe the situation.• What are various forms of prejudice?

• Day 46:• Which of the following do you think is more

effective in changing the actions of business-Governmental action (laws), fines, or public protest? Explain why.