Daily warm ups for US I periods 2, 3, 6

1. DAILY WARM-UPS
U.S. HISTORY I

2. • 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!!

3. • 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?

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

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

6. Day 3
• Why and how did some people in the U.S.
support slavery? What reasons did they give?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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

12. • 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)

13. 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?

14. Day 9
• Name one major advantage of the Union over
the Confederacy. Name one major advantage
of the Confederacy over the Union.

15. Day 10
• Based on the map activity we did last week,
why do you think the Union strategy in
defeating the South was successful?

16. Day 11
• Describe at least one new
innovation/technology in warfare during the
Civil War and how it affected the war.

17. 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?

18. 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

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

20. • Day 13:
• Who was the 54th Regiment? Why were they
so famous?

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

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

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

24. • Day 17:
• What were some ways soldiers suffered
on both sides?

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

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

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

28. • Day 21:
Who shot Lincoln and why?

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

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

31. • Day 19:
What was the purpose of Reconstruction?

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

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

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

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

36. • Day 24:
Who were “carpetbaggers”?

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

38. • 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?

39. • Day 25:
• What effect did the destruction of the buffalo
have on the Native Americans?

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

41. • Day 27:
• How would you characterize the government’s
treatment toward Native Americans in the late
1800s?

42. • Day 28:
• What developments led to the rapid growth of
the cattle industry?

43. • Day 29:
• What were the causes of the end of the open
range?

44. • Day 30:
• Why did many African Americans choose to
move west after the Civil War?

45. • Day 31
• What are your New Year’s
Resolutions?

46. • Day 32:
• What were the factors (resources,
people, etc.) that led to the growth of
Industrialization in the late 1800s in the
U.S.?

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

48. • Day 34:
• What was one positive effect of the railroads
on the U.S.?

49. • Day 35:
• If you could start your own business, what
would it be and why?

50. • Day 36:
• How should wealth be distributed in the U.S.?
What obligation, if any, do wealthy people
have to use their wealth?

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

52. • 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)

53. • Day 39:
• What types of things would you want in your
job as a worker? (benefits, pay, etc.) Name at
least 3.

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

55. • 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?

56. • 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?

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

58. • Day 43
• Have you ever given someone a gift with the
intention of getting something in return?
Do you think politicians do this today?

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

60. • Day 45:
• Have you ever felt discriminated against?
Describe the situation.
• What are various forms of prejudice?

61. • 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.