1. Students will understand the impact the Industrial Revolution had on the United States.(Ch. 6)A discovery in wealth and resources, government support for businesses, growing urban population that provided cheap labor and market for new products helped the Industrial Revolution take off.Inventions like the light bulb, the typewriter, the telephone, the McCormick Reaper2. Students will understand the impact immigration and urbanization had on the United States.(Ch. 7)immagrants were lured to americathe immagrants were cheap labor3. Students will understand the impact of the Progressive Era on the United States.(Ch. 9)they tried to promote moral improvementThey worked hard to clean up local and state governmentsThey ended child labor4. Students will understand the impact imperialism had on the United States and world.(Ch. 10)5. Students will understand the causes for US involvement in World War I and the effects it had on the United States.(Ch. 11)Focus on these topics for the test:-Causes of WWI imperialism nationalism militarism-Causes for US involvementUnrestricted submarine warfare-Germans sank the Lusitania which is a main reason why the US joined WWI-Trench Warfare and weapons guns rifles tanksWilson's 14 Points and the Treaty of Versailles-US Homefront many men joined the war and women took their spot at the factorys-End all secret treaties, Freedom of the Seas, Free Trade for all countries, Disarmament, end to colonial claims-6. Students will understand the political, social and economic changes that occurred in the 1920’s in the United States.(Ch. 12/13)Focus on these topics for the test:-Roaring 20's and the return to normalcy- good life jazz age and big in sports-Red Scare- scared that u.s was going to be a communist. U.S. reduced immagration to keep the communist out-Republican philosophy- do as little as possible hoover was the only president-Prohibition- it ws the banning of alcohol. women pushed it and they thought it would help
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