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Weeksheet: October 25-29
Make sure that you attach any notes, outside question sets, homework, assignments, tests, quizzes, or other weekly
documents each Friday.
MONDAY (20.1 p. 630-637)
Daily Character Focus: (Remember to attach notes for Friday)
Person: Significance: Term: Definition:
Thomas Robber
Edison Baron
Alexander Gilded Age
Bell
John Monopoly
Rockefeller
Andrew Shareholder
Carnegie
1. What role do patents play in encouraging people to be creative and invent new things?

2. What two factors spurred on the Industrial Revolution?

3. Why do you think there are time periods of “booms” and “busts” that occur to the American economy?

TUESDAY
Daily Character Focus: (Remember to attach notes for Friday)
1. Image that you are a newspaper journalist and you have begun to hear accounts of the Pullman Strike and see
images of the events. Write an article about the events. Make sure to include details about who is being impacted,
which groups are responsible, and what the outcome was. Be as creative as possible, including adding witness
testimony and/or pictures to support your story.
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WEDNESDAY (20.4 p. 656-661)
Daily Character Focus: (Remember to attach notes for Friday)
1. (Based on Lecture) What was the Haymarket Square Riot? Describe the event.

2. What were some of the of the grievances that factory workers had against the owners of the factories (List at
least three)? Which do you feel is the worst?

3. What was the Knights of Labor? What type of actions could they take to help factory workers?

4. Complete the chart below:

Event Cause Outcome
Haymarket Affair

Homestead Strike

Pullman Strike

THURSDAY
Daily Character Focus: (Remember to attach notes for Friday)
1. (Based on Lecture) What event happened at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in 1911? Describe the Event.

2. Picture the Event: Draw a picture representing one of the critical events discussed in class (Haymarket Affair,
Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike, or Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Tragedy). Include as many details as possible, and
color your picture to bring it to life. Be sure to do your final draft on a full sheet of paper.

FRIDAY
Daily Character Focus: (Remember to attach notes for Friday)
• Take Notes on the film, look for key ideas described by Mr. Schmidt