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      • Journal 1 - Activating Words
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      • Journal 11 - “MAP OF GREECE”
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      • Journal 20 - “THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE”
      • Unit 2 Quiz
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      • Journal 23 - “EMPEROR JUSTINIAN”
      • Journal 24 - “The Great Schism of 1054 C.E.”
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      • Journal 30 - “Activating Words: Emergence of Modern Europe”
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      • Journal 38 - “England becomes Protestant”
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      • Journal 39 - “Activating Words: Emerging Global World”
      • Journal 40 - “Native American Societies”
      • Journal 41 - “The Explorers”
      • Journal 42 - “The Impact of Trade”
      • Journal 43 - “Mercantilism”
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      • Journal 46: “Activating Words: Mounting Global Tensions”
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      • Journal 54 - “The Scramble for Africa”
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      • Journal 56 - “Activating Words: World at War”
      • Journal 57 - “Causes of World War I”
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      • Journal 61 - “The Rise of Fascism”
      • Journal 62 - “Nationalism sweeps through Asia”
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Unit 4 Journal 2

Standard:
SSUSH11 The student will describe the economic, social, and geographic impact of the growth of big business and technological innovations after Reconstruction. c. Identify John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company and the rise of trusts and monopolies.
SSUSH13 The student will identify major efforts to reform American society and politics in the Progressive Era.
d. Explain Ida Tarbell’s role as a muckraker. 

Unit 4 Journal 2

This journal has two components; please complete both components to receive full credit for this journal.



Essential Question— What impact did the railroads have on the development of other industries and the western population growth?

Journal Entry 2A

Titled: “Big Business and Labor (Chart)” 

  • As you read this section, answer the questions below about government’s attempts to regulate big business. For letter a, what is it? For letter b, how did it help businesses such as the Carnegie Company and tycoons like Andrew Carnegie? 
  • On the second part of the graphic organizer, describe how did it harm businesses such as Standard Oil and tycoons like John D. Rockefeller?

 
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Essential Question --.  How did "Populism" and Progressivism" change the United States?

Journal Entry 2B

Titled: “The History of The Standard Oil Company (Primary Source)”       


  • Journalist Ida M. Tarbell exposed John D. Rockefeller’s ruthless building of Standard Oil Company, the first major industrial monopoly in the United States.
  • As you read this excerpt from Tarbell’s book, think about how Rockefeller controlled the oil industry. Answer the questions at the end of the excerpt.
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