What are the main historic events that took place in 8th Grade US History that helped shape the United States up to 1877? Chapters 1-4

Columbus and exploration- In 1492 Columbus started out exploring and looking for faster routes to around india for trading and ended up coming across the new world.

Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Won the war against Great Britain and gained our own freedom in 1776

Westward expansion (1800) Started gaining more and more independence and with that we started expanding a lot more and mostly in the western direction

The Civil War (1861-1865) War fought between union and confederate and was a big thing for us as it determined out grounds as a country

Reconstruction (1865-1877) After the civil war the US started building back up to become once again a strong country.

How did the US change during the late 1800's and early 1900's? Chapters 5-8

A lot of immigration was going on. A lot of new inventions were coming around which really if you think about it has made our country let alone any country. Labor laws were changing and rights for woman were changing and things were starting to look better for america with the cities and everything. 

What impact did the Progressive Era have on the US? 10 point-9chapter

The Progressive Era- Movement seeking to return control of the government to the people. It had four goals. Promoting moral improvement, creating economic reform, fostering efficiency, and protecting social welfare. Also the prohibition, was to ban alcohol. They thought people would have better morals and goals. The workplace also become better.

A lot to do with woman right and prohibition. 

Banning of alcohol was a very big thing around this time. Men would get drunk and beat women , showing up drunk to work, ect. and they all just got fed up and started the bans on alcohol which of course became a huge thing that eventually went into the 1920s.

Child labor was cut down to a minimum and labor laws were looking better and better for people as time went on. 

African Americans were also gaining a lot of right throughout this time, which ended slavery but really did nothing about racism. 

Describe US Foreign Policy in the late 1800's and early 1900's and be able to give examples (10 points)-Ch. 10

The US  worked with old diplomacy. At first we didn't want to get into any other countries problems and wanted to stay to our selves. 

We slowly were folding into new diplomacy and we slowly started to get into the war and tried to get involved with other countries. 

The big stick diplomacy was with teddy Roosevelt, He had the quote "speak softly and carry a big stick"  which basically meant that you could have power you just didn't have to brag about it and boast every chance you got. 

Monroe doctorin Latin America just getting independence warning Europe to stay out. Didn’t not want countries coming over here.

What impact did World War I have on the United States?(10 points)-Ch. 11

The country actually became a lot stronger. 

Industry started booming we had things being made all over the place. Advertising was becoming pretty big. 

We were forced into the war by Germany with the submarine warfare against us. We didnt want to be in the war, Woodrow Wilson wanted peace. 

Our country initially from the start said they didnt want to be involved and it had to happen so after the war we went back to being involved with a new president. 

Positive changes- woman right and the lessons for the kids with victory gardens and with all the men gone it gave women more of a chance to jump at the jobs that needed to be taken. Not a very high chance of a women getting a job other than the typical jobs but it could happen. 

What positive and negative impact did the 1920's have on the United States?(20 points)-Ch. 12-13

Positive- New invention along with electricity booming and more cars and electronically things being made. Things were looking up with jobs for everyone including the women. Al Capone was sent to prison. Entertainment became popular with jazz and life performences and stuff like that. A lot of blacks were being treated in not a good way but in a i guess "better way"

Negative- KKK became huge. Alcohol was banned which caused a lot of the speakeasies to happen which is basically people hiding and being forced to break the law. The scopes monkey trials began and that was a big new negative evolution thing for people to come across. Nazis started to form. Towards the end the stock market crashed and the US became in great debt and the Great Depression then happened. 

Weapons and Wounds of WW1

A lot of americans weapons were made of coals

Rifles were really popular in the wars and clode combat was usually pistols or knives

some gasses were used and it actually became a very big thing with people in the war

blood pack were donated but there were no telling what was in the blood or what type of blood it was and it was very dangerous and very risky to use the blood that was given, but they did it any ways,

Medics were sent to battlefields and were there right away for the wounded soldiers

Secret alliances are dangerous. Listen

Trench warfare- fighting in trenches

Great Britain- managed to stop the Germans from evading their territory. 

France-race to the sea, trying to get the sea first before anyone else, they used mustard gas, which caused a lot of terrible effects on people. 

Russia's Battle plans-

Portugal japan Italy - allied powers

Central powers Hungary, German, he ottoman empire and Bulgaria

Vienna had Germans full support

Hungary declared war on Serbian on july 28th

 Germany's war plans- van schlemiel, Germany army launched its attack on France passing through belgium 

Goals- protect Belgium and France- they were bound by treaties to help protect France and belgium

Abate the German threat- they felt threatened by Germany

Japan allies japan saw the war as an opportunity to seize Germany pacific and gain control over china

War bonds are loans that yu could buy the bond and then later the money 

Causes of WW1- 

The Assisination of Archiduke Ferdinand- was assassinated by the black hand secret society, as well as his life, 

Zimmerman Telegram- a telegram that got sent, from Germany, to the Mexican prime minister that was telling them to join the war, they are right next to america

Great River Boat Road, The road goes all the way down the Mississippi and has seen three roads , many native american cities, several historic district and even secured the river in three wars. This was just a pit stop on our way to Illinois i just thought it was kind of cool! Here are some pictures of information that the area had to offer me when i visited!

Mooseheart Orphanage has been running since 1913. The orphanage is still there today and has held over 5,000 orphans or can also be pal placement for troubled teens and for the parents that give their children up to the state. It is basically the Boys-town of Illinois. The establishment is a catholic based placement home. They have their own school with a football team along with other sports. They have their own houses and even their own zip code. Mooseheart also has a full operating farm and over 5,000 acres of land. They also have their own post office and every teen is placed into a home with volunteer foster parents. Every year Mooseheart does a light drive with a bunch of different lights around the facility, used as a extremely successful fund raiser. Mooseheart has plans on being around for a very long time. 

Moosehear is actually very important to out family history, my grandmother stayed there for over 4 years when she was growing up because her father and mother both died. So it was kind of cool to see where she spent some of her life when she was my age actually. 

The Bellvue place in Batavia Illinois. The Bellevue place today, is a apartment complex. Mary was admitted , in 1875, after the assassination of her husband Abraham Lincoln. Researchers say that another thing that could of led up to the placing of Mary into the asylum could have been the death of her son, Willie,  in 1862. Mary spent approximately  4 months in the sanitarium. Mary Todd was holding the hand of Abe when the bullet had hit him. She was so overcome with grief that she did not leave the white house for 5 months until finally she boarded a train in all black and took it to Chicago. The sanitarium she was admitted into was private among the upper class women of the present society. Mary occupied two room on her own and ate her meals by her self at her own table in a private wing of the building. There was only about 20 other women their while she was there. Mary stayed on the 2nd floor in the front. 

When i was in Illinois the last 5 days i visited the Bellevue place and took some pictures.

http://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln22.html

Puerto Rico-Claimed by Spain controlled for 400 years and after the Spanish american war we gained control over the Spanish

The ricans were granted citizenship in 1917

Cuba- in 1898 spain gave tehri control to america with the treaty of paris

in 1902 the united states gave the cubans their independence

Platt Amendment- the string attached to cuba, we had to give cuba an amendment, they couldn't go into debt with other countries, Cut the strings in 1934

The Philippine- Emilio declared independence from spain on june 12th,1898, after the spanish american war the US took over the Philippines for 20 million dollars. 1898 treaty of paris

Philippine- American War- broke out after the Filipinos realized that the us would not give them independence, 

12,000-20,000 Filipinos civilians die-some contend us commuted genocide 

4,165 us solders died

China- in the late 1800s, very poor, very weak, all the other counties were splitting up

the boxer rebelion- a secret society in china. 

Japan broke the open door policy, they invaded china

Section 10,4

Teddy Rosevelt

• won nobel peace price for his efforts 
• cold strike
• ended the Russo-Japanese war in 1905

Mckinley-

• was killed

Panama connal-

the panama canal started becoming really expensive

Roosevelt Corollary-

• it was an addition to the monroe doctrine 
• said the us would be the police officer between Latin america and europe

Big Stick- diplomacy

The great white fleet- 

Made this battle ship and sent it around the world, showing off. It was white whcih usually they are grey

Dollar Diplomacy - President Taft

• Using the US government to guarantee loans to foreign countries by US banks and businesses
• President Taft's policy of encouraging Americans to invest in Latin America
• Economic imperialism - controlling their money and businesses and resources, land, etc.
• US banks were in control of many businesses in Latin America
• US said it was needed to keep European powers out of Latin America
• "Substituting dollars for bullets"

President Woodrow Wilson

• Wilson's ethical and religious beliefs also influenced his foreign policy
• Practiced "missionary diplomacy"
  • US would not recognize any government that was oppressive, undemocratic and hostile toward the US
  • Used extensively in Latin America

Mexican Revolution 1910-1920

• started with the overthrow of Porfirio Diaz who ruled from 1884-1911
• constant violent overthrown
• lots of change and revolution

Tampico Affair

• US took over the Mexican port of Veracruz after Huerta arrested some Americans sailors
• War was extremely close until Argentina, Brazil, and Chile stepped in and tried to settle the conflict

Pancho Villa-Mexican Expedition 1916-1917

• Villa was pro-American at first but soon cha

Notes For Us History

• Section 1- Imperialism And America
• Section 2- The Spanish American War
• Section 3- Acquiring New Lands
• Section 4- America as

Foreign Policy- Government dealing with other countries

Diplomacy- Skill of managing international relations

Imperialism- Extending a countries power by military force

Militarism- the belief that a country should always maintain a strong military

Nationalism- A country with a feeling of higher power over other countries

Sphere of influence- an area in the country or a country that another country has power to make changes on

Protectorate- a state that is protected by another

Arbitration- an act to settle a dispute              

Old Diplomacy-

Noninterventionist- us did not intervene

1. Imperialistic

-going out and conquering territory to create an empire

-Alfred Mahan (look up), Henry Cabot Lodge, Teddy Roosevelt

2. Stronger army and navy

3. Internationalist- Especially in central and south America

-becoming more involved in other countries affairs

- Monroe doctrine (look up)

4. Strong Nationalism

-having strong pride and confidence in one’s country

Chapter 10.1-

-imperialism became very common with the major powers of the world

-which countries were the most powerful in the 1900s?

Great Britain- still one of the most powerful countries then and still to this day.

Germany, France, Autria-Hungry, Italy, Russia, United States, Ottoman Empire-Turkey, Japan

Monday- Presentations and Took Notes

Woodrow as president - he kept us out of the war, part of the reason he was reelected, after he was reelected we were in the war (WW1)

FTC- Fed commission act- power to investigate possible violations of regularity statutes. 

Underwood Tariff- reduced tariff rates a lot

Federal reserve act- Passed in 1913 under President Woodrow Wilson- it separated the nation into 12 banks

Keating-Owen act- a act trying to stop the selling and buying of products made from child labor

Adamson Act - in 1916 a law was passed the established an 8 hour work day, just helping people not work as much. No over worked people unless you wanted to work overtime. 

Policy towards African-Americans- Woodrow Wilson was hoping to fight for the blacks for equality and civil rights, he was apposing anti-lynch legislation which was an act that tried and stopped the hanging of people,

Tuesday-  Took notes

Creating economic reform- Many turned to socialism, regulations of railroads, large unbalance in income and how people lived.

Socialism- Ex. the school system, is payed with peoples taxes. Middle and lower class people turned to socialism because it did help them.

Muckrakers- played a big role in bringing reform, Called muckrackers because they racked the muck of society, teddy Roosevelt kind of said that, 

Wednesday- Mr. Bruns slideshow, took notes

The progressive era was a period of political and social in the us

Protecting social welfare- made houses for the poor people, built libraries

Creating economic reform= the income gap was very large, child labor laws

Woman's christian temperance- these ladies protested like in bars and saloons and sang and praised, trying to stop the people form selling and buying alcohol, which eventually led to the Prohibition.

The prohibition was a protest era and it was an era where alcohol sales were shut down.

the 18th amendment banned all sales of alcohol, they thought it would make people happy and they eventually found out that it didn't it made more problems then they started put with before the prohibition

 Progressives- if someone get hurt on the job they can sometimes get money because of it.

More democratic country- trying to make more like socialism

what did the 17th amendment do?- it allowed the people 

what did the government do to reform itself during the progressive are- they made laws that were made to improve life

What did the progressives do to make workers safer- they reduced the hours, bettered the conditions and protected children

What did the progresses do for labor - they started laws and started helping getting them out of factories.

What did progressives do to help workers reduce the number of hours

Muckrakers- were journalists that dug deep and found out what was really going on.

9-3

Teddy Roosevelt- he was governor of New York, then he was vice president, then he was the president. Published 44 books. He was very popular to the public and media

Square deal- the middle class the 3c's conservation of natural resources. 

Breaking up strike- he supported middle and lower class people by protesting for them 

Regulating food and drugs meat inspection and pure food and drug act

Conservation- Roosevelt was setting up many national parks and many wildfire sanctuaries and set aside 200 plus million acres of forest, water power sites, and lang for research

Policy towards African Americans- Roosevelt failed to support civil rights, 

My great great grandma Meso came from Italy in 1907 with her parents Joseph and Sophia. They came to New York city and started a deli. My grandpa Joe was an only child and so was his daughter Mary. My grandma Mary married my grandfather and her named was Changed to Ferrara. Which is my moms maiden name. The Deli is now a bakery and Ferrera Cafe. www.ferraracafe.com/ 

Urban oppurtunities-

Technology made learning more easier

Schools were becoming more popular  

Urban Problems-

Over crowding

Plumbing and sensitization

Reformers mobilize-

Started the settlement house movement

Provided education culture

Jane addams co-founded Chicago’s hull house

Problems People face

Also tried Americanizing the imigrants

On Friday, A nine year old girl learning how to use a gun accidentally shot her instructor in the head. The incident happened in Arizona at a local shooting range popular to Las Vegas tourists wanting to shoot big weapons. 

Questions-

Do you think it was appropriate that a nine year old was firing a hand gun.

Do you think this will affect the worries of guns in the United States to a higher extent?

Friday, Isabel Franks, died from being buried alive from sand. In Lincoln City, Oregon, on Friday, Isabel Franks and family were having a day at the beach. Isabel's Sibling were said to be digging a hole while Isabel was sitting on the inside and the hole collapsed in. Isabel was in the hole for a little over 5 minutes. She was dug out by Firefighters along with her father. When they got her out she was unconscious and a while later declared dead. 

Questions-

Do you think the parents are responsible for Isabel's death from lack of supervision?

Do you think if the parents were paying attention to their children, would it have made a difference?

Finishing presentations, 

pilgrims- established Plymouth

Emancipation proclamation- slaves, military strategy, turning point in war, slaves leaving to northern territories

Kansas Nebraska Act- 1854, it was the creation of the boundaries in Kansas and Nebraska, battle for power in congress

Going over Mr. Bruns 10 tips to success. 

pilgrims- established Plymouth

Emancipation proclamation- slaves, military strategy, turning point in war, slaves leaving to northern territories

Kansas Nebraska Act- 1854, it was the creation of the boundaries in Kansas and Nebraska, battle for power in congress

Great Britain was at war all the time, constantly. '

There were rules of war- You couldn't kill officers, they weren't targeted, if they were on a horse they were an officer. 

The Constitution sets up our government, makes the rules for them.

Article 1- Executive - President, commander in chief of the US Military. The president can send troops over but cannot declare war. Signs and Vetoes bills. Can appoint people to the supreme court. Executive orders. 

Article 2- Congress- House of Reps & senate- 2 senate per state/ based on the population of the state

Article 3- Judicial- 

Amendments-

1- Religion, Press, Speech, petition(1791)

2- Right to bear arms(1791)

3- Housing of troops(1791), You cannot board soldiers in your houses.

4- Search and Seizures(1791)

5- Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self-Incrimination, Due Process(1791)

6- Criminal Prosecutors- Jury Trait, Self incrimination.(1791)

8- Excuse Bail or Fines, Cruel and Unusual Payment(1791) 

12- Election Of the President and VP(1791)

13- Slavery and Involuntary servitude(1791)  

14- Civil Right(1791)

15- Right of Black Citizens to Vote(1791)

Checks and Balance system- impeachment, all branches kind of check up on each other. All presidential treaties have to be approved by the senate, 

Today we worked in our groups on our list for a 7th grade history review. 

Today we worked more on our 7th grade history project again.

Today we are presenting our lists.