Democratizing Twentieth Century Homework - Due - Friday, Sept 25

Read Zinn 328 - 338

a)    Discuss Samuel Gompers’ position on the race question in the South? Is this position consistent with the overall goals of organized labor? Explain

b)    Discuss the role race played in the labor movement.

c)     Discuss Zinn’s characterization of Gompers. Does he believe Gompers is a good labor leader?

d)    Compare and contrast the AFL and the IWW. Make a Venn diagram.

e)    Identify: Eugene Debbs

f)     Identify: Mother Mary Jones

g)    Define: direct action

h)    Define: anarcho-syndicalism

i)      In what ways did the IWW try to transform the political and economic order?

j)      What were “free speech fights?” Provide an example

k)     Discuss the social and economic issues faced by workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

l)      Identify: Ettor and Giovanitti

Read and take notes

Progressive Movement 

Rubric for notes

 Rubric:

4 - clearly shows connections between at least 2 causes of the Women's Suffrage Movement: industrialization, immigration, increases in women's education, WWI
- clearly demonstrates understanding of all the article's central ideas
- provides evidence/quotes to support your claims/arguments; evidence includes numeric data, relevant people and events
- notes are neat and organized; contain headings that show general ideas; contain bullets, numbers, letters or other symbols to distinguish supporting ideas and evidence



3 - shows connections between 2 causes of the Women's Suffrage Movement: industrialization, immigration, increases in women's education, WWI
- demonstrates understanding of most of the article's central ideas
- provides evidence/quotes to support your claims/arguments; evidence includes numeric data, relevant people and events
- notes are neat and organized; contain headings that show general ideas; contain bullets, numbers, letters or other symbols to distinguish supporting ideas and evidence



2 - shows connections between one or two causes of the Women's Suffrage Movement: industrialization, immigration, increases in women's education, WWI
- demonstrates understanding of two or less of the article's central ideas
- little evidence/quotes to support your claims/arguments; little or no numeric data; little mention of major events or people
- notes are sloppy and unorganized; no headings to distinguish general ideas; doesn't contain bullets, numbers, letters or other symbols to distinguish supporting ideas and evidence



1 -oh hell naw