1. Muckrakers: A term used in the Progressive Era to characterize U.S. journalists and other writers who exposed corruption in politics and business in the early 20 th Century. Example Upton Sinclair. Read “Tar Heel Talk” pp. 266-67 and answer Qs 1-5. Think globally or in the U.S. about political corruption or scandal etc. that needs the hand of a muckraker to bring it to public attention. Write a one page muckraking essay about the topic of your choice. Essay must be word processed 1 inch margins, double spaced, Times Roman 12 font and header with NTCD. Essay is due on 26/Feb by 11:59pm. Turn in essay on my Haiku Page using Dropbox. After finishing the test you may use your phone or a computer to research a topic for your essay.

2. Chapter 8 Into a New Century Lesson 1 Growth and Conflict EQ: How did growth, conflict and challenges affect change in N.C.? Timeline for Chapter 8 1900-1930 Inventions change lives Millions of immigrants come to U.S. Progressives seek social improvements Jim Crow laws create separate cultures WWI Roaring 20s “Great Gatsby” Women Vote Charlotte 1905

3. Read pp. 268-75 and answer the following questions. 1.The Wright brothers’ accomplishment opened a century filled with technological wonders. Give three examples. 2.What does the Kodak add promise? 3.List 5 forms of technology we use in the classroom today? 4.How has technology changed your lives? 5.How does new technology affect the economy?

4. Mill Worker From Scotland Neck 6. List some of the negative effects of children going to work at such a young age. 7. Contrast what this 11 yr. old girl is doing with what an 11 yr. old girl does today. 8. What did engineers envision as a grand project to provide electricity across the region. Who was the “money person” and what is the name of the electric company today?

5. 9. List some of the reasons mill owner would provide “Welfare Work”.

6. WTKs for Ch. 8 29/Feb/16 Alliance Paternalism Civic Segregation Conservation Stalemate Entrepreneur Suffrage Hydroelectric Tenement Labor Union Vocational Institution Lynch Neutrality Pandemic Parasite

7. Read pp. 276-79 and answer the following questions. 1.What was the function of the settlement houses? 2.How did the Progressive Movement affect the govt.? 3.What contributions did Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson make to the Progressive Movement? 4.What are some of the effects of the Progressive Movement you can still observe today? Who is considered the leader of the Progressive Movement today? 5.The Progressive Era saw the start of public health programs. How did they combat hookworm disease?

8. 6. When did most of the immigrants come to the United States and what countries did they come from? 7. What types of jobs were they seeking? 8. What part of the U.S. had the largest concentrations of immigrants? 9. What were some things the state wanted to do to improve schools? 10. What was Charles McIver’s greatest accomplishment?

9. 1/Mar/16 Chapter 8 EQ: How did economic, legal and social institutions impact North Carolina? How did the changing role of education impact the state? Read pp. 280-87 and answer the following questions. 1.What were the limits to Progressive reform in N.C.? 2.What were some projects women’s clubs did in their communities? 3.Describe the “family wage” system in mills and factories. 4. List the benefits for mill/factory owners in using child labor.

10. 5.Who led the fight to end child labor in North Carolina? 6.What was the argument mill/factory owners used to stop the state and federal govt. from enacting child labor laws? 7.What law abolished child labor? 8.Despite barriers, list some of the achievements of Pauli Murray. 9.Why do you think the character of Jim Crow became a common term for segregation? 10. Describe how Native Americans suffered under “Jim Crow”.

11. 11. Who wrote Birth of a Nation? 12. Why was the movie so controversial? 13. What were some of the paths African Americans used to fight back against segregation discrimination and racial violence? 14. What was W.E.B. Dubois’ stance as compared to Booker T. Washington's? 15. Describe the Palmer Memorial Institute and its founder.

12. 3/Mar/16 Chapter 8 EQ: How did the U.S. involvement in WWI affect N.C.? Read pp. 288-95 and answer the following questions. 1.How many different alliances had European countries formed in the early 1900s? Why did they form alliances? 2.The assassination of which person was the spark for WWI? 3.Which U.S. President took the nation from neutrality to fighting in WWI? 4.How is the current world map different from the map on p. 289?

13. 5.List the things Kiffin Rockwell was know as the “first” in. 6.What did North Carolinians do to support the war effort? 7.Explain how the Great Migration helped African Americans find a better life in the North. 8.What was the date WWI ended and what document ended the war? 9.What did President Wilson create after WWI and how did it fare? 10.What did Warren G. Harding promise during the Presidential election of 1920?