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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Monday, October 18th

Advanced American History

After finishing a discussion of the Wizard of Oz as a political allegory of the 1890's Populist movement, we shifted our focus to immigration and urbanization in the Gilded Age.  With 15 million immigrants arriving between 1890 and 1914 alone, and the "frontier declared closed" in 1890, unprecedented urban problems faced the nation in the years around the turn of the 20th century.

Assignment:  Read text 136-142


American History

Our discussion on farm problems and the politics of the 1890's continues today with an analysis of the Wizard of Oz-- a political allegory representing issues from this time period.

Reminder:  Quiz Wednesday

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