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10TH grade/AMERICAN STUDIES DUE MAY 14

DUE:

• Key content terms--chapter 15,16,17
• All work from handouts for chapters 15 & 17

9th Graders ONLY!/SLAVERYDEBATE-POS.PPR HW

REMINDER

DUE : ENTIRE WRITTEN ARGUMENT --MAY 14TH---NO EXCUSES!

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Position Paper due on Friday May14th!! 1 Entire argument must be typed in format from handout.

FOR ABOLITION OR AGAINST ABOLITION

Opening statement includes biographical facts as well as 3 main points....FOLLOW THE FORMAT ON THE HANDOUT!!!!!! MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE PAGE #S AND DOCUMENT NAMES OF EVIDENCE.

American Studies/Supremacy of Steel/Ind Revolution

Ms. Gold/American Studies/May 6/2010

American Pageant (APUSH) pp. 540-541

HW Due: Monday, May 10, 2010

The Supremacy of Steel

Iron VS. Steel

Steel is an alloy made up of iron and carbon. Iron itself is a pure element and most things that are "iron" are actually an alloy of iron and other minerals, including iron and carbon.

Iron gets rusted but steel does not gets rusted because steel contains a special metal

There is a common misconception that iron and steel are interchangeable. However, this is a fallacy. Iron is a word used to describe all metals of which pure iron is their main constituent. Because iron lacks carbon, it is very soft. Thus, it can be molded easily and even easier once it is heated. On the other hand, steel contains iron and carbon. Depending on the amount of carbon, the firmness of the metal can be determined. The more carbon makes the metal harder. The effect of heating steel depends on the amount of carbon the metal possesses. Metals containing more carbon will be more temperature sensitive.

1. Which metal was used to make railroads and bridges?

2. Was steel a capital good or a consumer good?

3. What is the difference between a capital good and steel good?

4. Where did Vanderbilt get steel rails from in the 1870s?

5. By 1900 the United States was producing 1/3 of the world’s steel, what is the name of the process that allowed that to happen?

6. Was Carnegie a monopolist? How did he organize his Pittsburgh partnership?

7. What type of profits did they make?

8. What was J.P.Morgan’s philosophy about money?

9. Which of these steel giants “acquired” the other’s company?

10. What did Carnegie do with his money before he died? Why?

11. Who owned America’s first “BILLION” Dollar company? What was the name of it?