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Teddy Roosevelt and the Square Deal
For a quick summary of the Square Deal and Roosevelt's Presidency (a lot of this stuff is listed in our textbook and it will be on the Chapter 9 and 10 tests), click here
Coal Scrip
For a detailed description of what scrip is and a brief descripton of how mining communities generally operated throughout the first half of the 20th Century in the U.S. worked, click here
How a Coal Company Town works
The Coal Strike + Regulation of Railroads
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
I plan on showing the portion from 1:05 to 4:30
If the book were made into a movie, this could be the trailer. Very well done.
Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal (Some Progressive Reforms)
A Brief History of Coca Cola and Pepsi
The above clips provide a summary of the Coca Cola company, a discussion of Coke's addictive ingredient in its original recipe, and the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 forcing cocaine to be removed from all items available to consumers. I plan on showing the 1st 1 minute and 40 seconds of the 1st clip and possibly a brief segment of the 2nd clip (13:06 - 13:53)
Civil Rights at the turn of the 20th Century
African-Americans fighting for equality during this time were divided into 2 main camps: one led by Booker T. Washington with the other led by W.E.B. Du Bois. For a summary of how the philosophies of Washington and Du Bois were different (with links to more detail if you're interested), click here