Essay question for Friday- chapter 9 TEST Due at the beginning of class

Why did workers in the late 1800s and early 1900s like the idea of communism as an alternative to capitalism?

STEP 1

Start by describing the working and living conditions of industrial cities that caused frustration.

Working conditions

· 1. Long hours

· 2. Low wages

· 3. No benefits (medical care, workers compensation)

· 4. Unsafe factories (dangerous)

Living conditions

· 1. Sickness, disease

· 2. Overcrowded, not enough housing

· 3. Unsanitary, dirty

· 4.

STEP 2

Explain how the profits (money) created was distributed.

· Owners became wealthy while workers made very little

· To increase profit, owners increased hours and cut pay

STEP 3

Explain the philosophy of communism. (pg 303)

· How will communism help workers to improve their working and living conditions

· Example – government control over factory hours, pay, conditions, not private individuals with self interest

How the Industrial Revolution affected people

In small groups come up with a list ways that the following groups were affected by industrialization. Be as specific as you can. Use the information in section 2 of chapter 9.

1. Poor city dwellers

2. Factory workers

3. Wealthy merchants, factory owners, shippers

4. Children

5. Lower middle class of factory overseers and skilled workers

6. large landowners and aristocrats

Done in class on Friday

Chapter 9 Study Guide

1. Industrial Revolution

2. enclosure

3. crop rotation

4. factors of production

5. agricultural revolution

6. urbanization

7. unions

8. collective bargaining

9. utilitarianism

10. laissez-faire policy

11. William Wilberforce

12. entrepreneur

13. corporation

14. capitalism

15. Karl Marx

16. socialism

17. communism

Agricultural Revolution Brochure

You are an Entrepreneur. Create a brochure for a tour company in Britain during the Agricultural Revolution. Your assignment is to advertise what customers will see on your tour. Below is a list of terms/attractions that you must include.

Enclosures – describe in your newsletter what an enclosure is, what new types of farming are happening on them (crop rotation, seed drills, reapers, etc.), warn your customers not to feed the begging tenant farmers looking for food and work.

Factories and new machines – On your tour you stop at a textile factory and your customers will have a chance to see how one operates. Explain what Britain’s factories power sources are, describe a few of the machines that they will see.

Transportation – This is the first time any of your customers have been on a train. Explain to them that it is safe. Be sure to describe the other new forms of transportation they will see on your tour (steam boat, wagons using a Macadam’s road, and of course the railroad).

You will need to come up with a name for your company. Your brochure needs to be attractive because you are competing against the other tour companies in the room.

15 pts…5 pts extra for the top 5 brochures

DUE Thursday October 22nd

Napoleon Campaign Poster

Read the sections "Napoleon Seizes Power" and "Napoleon Seizes France" at the beginning of section 3 of chapter 7. Take notes the things that Napoleon did to become leader and what he did to make France stronger once he was in power.

Your Assignment is to create a campaign poster for Napoleon. Pretend you are on Napoleon's election staff and your job is to convince the French people to "re-elect" him. The theme of your poster should be Napoleon's greatness as a leader (militarily or otherwise) and what he has already done to improve France. You must include/mention the following in your poster:

1. Defending the National Convention against the Royalists

2. Military victories against European Monarchies

3. Coup d'etat (French people lost faith in the Directory)

4. Plebiscite (the French people have already shown their support)

5. Has achieved the goals of the Revolution of 1789

a. tax reform (relief for the 3rd estate) and banking system

b. creation of Lycees (schools) to train government officials and open positions of law

making to people of all classes.

c. ended corruption in government

d. Signing the "Concordat" which recognized church sovereignty

e. Napoleonic codes

Your poster needs to be attractive to voters visually. Remember you are trying to convince/remind the people how great Napoleon is.

Scoring: 15 pts for mentioning Napoleon's success

5 pts for presentation

5 pts extra for the top posters (5) Good Luck!

Terms for Thursday Quiz

Guillotine

Radicals (what do they believe)

Jacobins

Directory (Executive created in 1795)

Reign of Terror

Declaration of the Rights of Man

Georges Danton

Emigres

Legislative Assembly

Conservatives

Sans-culottes

Robespierre

What is the Slogan of the Revolution (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity)

Chapter 7 Study Guide

Old-Regime

Estates

Bastille

Declaration of the Rights of Man

Reign of Terror

Napoleon

Battle of Traflagar

Congress of Vienna

Klemens von Metternich

Estates-General

Robespierre

Jacobin

Coup d’etat

Scorched Earth Policy

Waterloo

Chapter 7 section1 review

Define terms : Old Regime, Estates, Estates-General

Answer questions 3,4,5

Due Monday 9/5/09