Don't forget that our test this week on chapter 24-28 (75 points)
There are many resources to use for this test:
- edmodo practice test/objective review ( it goes from chapter 24-32, but we only need to know 24-28)
- blogger :D (thank you to everyone that has been contributing)
- google doc folder (here's the Link if you need it)
- college.engage's lectures: Transforming the West and Rise of Industry
- Mr. Stewart in-class lectures: (in-order)
Also, I'm going to hopefully get all the lectures in this 'topic' uploaded on dropbox and shared. Hope you guys don't mind the sound and other noises in the background.
I hope this helps. I know that I personally like using different kind of methods to study. The college engage lecture I haven't really used yet, but it seems pretty good so far since it is supposed to summarize the textbook reading (at least for the 12th edition) They're pretty short about 15 minutes or so each compared to the ones I'm going to upload. Those ones are actual lectures in class, hence the reason why they are ranging from 40-50 minutes long. However, we still have a few more days, and you can always play these lectures in the background as you do your other homework
Good luck everyone
Good luck everyone
JENICE! This is fantastic!! Thank you so, so much for uploading your lecture recordings! I was completely able to fill out my notes that I didn't catch the first time around as well as supplement them with the other lectures. I completely agree with the idea of multi-media learning...
ReplyDeleteFor those who want more notes, I always read the textbook and annotate the notes from coursenotes which works well for me:
http://course-notes.org/US_History/Notes/The_American_Pageant_11th_Edition_Textbook_Notes
I also like to use crash course videos after I read the textbook because it helps me brush over the points that I had read. I would discourage using crash course before reading or else the fast pace might confuse you more. For those that might have missed some of the lecture, here is a link to my notes which I took during the past few days:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KvTlIMxYuS3byzn0A7qSjoIs1g4LDEwIjnzJcMRBJbo/edit?usp=sharing
I hope this helps in complement to Jenice's study tools!
Thanks for posting all of this! I had a quick question about the reading that I was hoping someone would be able to answer... On page 632 of the textbook, they talk about the McKinley Tariff of 1890 and how it was supposed to keep protection high and the surplus low. I understand why people would have wanted high protection, but I don't understand why they would want a low surplus. Looking at how much debt the government has today, I don't understand why it would be bad for the Treasury to have extra money. Does anyone understand/can help clarify this? Thanks in advance!
ReplyDeleteHi Analisa, I think the Republican especially the business owner wanted to keep the high tariff protection because they would gain more money from the people and become richer. Meanwhile, the dissatisfied group of people like the workers, farmers, etc wanted the tariff to get lower since the American business owner can change the rate however they want. Basically, some of the people felt like they were being ripped off and wanted to see the surplus of the American market lower (lower tariffs) while the business owner wanted to keep the high tariffs to continue their way of living. Back to what you mention about the government today. If they suddenly made everything on the foreign market 40% more expensive and forces you to buy American products which could be 30% more expensive than normal but still 10% less than the foreign price, you would somewhat be forced to buy the American goods. Even though the debt might decrease, wouldn't you get a bit "pissed" off? I hope this helps.
ReplyDeleteOkay, thanks, it kind of makes sense now. So basically... it's not as much about the surplus as it is about the tariff? In other words, a low surplus came with a high tariff, and the Republicans wanted a high tariff, so the low surplus was just a natural progression?
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DeleteOh I totally get it now. I kinda told you about why Cleveland and the other people were mad at the tariffs and not why they wanted to keep the surplus low. I think the word surplus is used in this context as just excess. Remember how the corporates were having failures because of overproduction and misjudgment of the market? Due to that, it became like a domino effect, and stock collapse, banks fail, contraction of credit, business failures, and then unemployment? I think the high tariffs were put before the Panic of 1893. It was probably their way of solving the overproduction of goods, therefore lowing the surplus (excess) of American goods, but since the cost of the American goods can be levy to a high price (still lower than the foreign one) and the wages paid to the workers were low, the circulation of money stopped.
DeleteIf anyone have any other idea, please share and help out. I'm not 100% if I'm correct, but it's how interpret it.
*I keep getting information mixed up. grr my bad guys*
Oh maybe the surplus was referring to the civil war pension, and the surplus was going low because it was given to those pensioners. Therefore, when the Panic of 1893 hit, the government could not use the money to help its economy. To keep the surplus low probably meant that the surplus was used for political loyalty. As long as they kept giving pension out, they get money. I think this is actually the right answer.
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Jenice, thank you so much for posting your audio recordings! It helps a lot to review by listening to the lectures/documentaries again. Also, thanks for explaining the tariff issue—I kind of skimmed over that part, it but after Analisa's comment I realized I didn't understand it and your comments really helped clear things up! (I think your explanation about people wanting a low excess of goods makes the most sense, but there are probably multiple interpretations.)
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