The semester test will be worth 14% of your semester grade.
You will be asked two questions from 1-4, two questions from WWI and two questions from the 1920's. You need to do answer all of them for the semester test blog.
Essentials for US History--Semester One
1. Students will understand the impact the Industrial Revolution had on the United States.(Ch. 6)
2. Students will understand the impact immigration and urbanization had on the United States.(Ch. 7)
3. Students will understand the impact of the Progressive Era on the United States.(Ch. 9)
4. 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
-Causes for US involvement
-Trench Warfare and weapons
-US Homefront
-Wilson's 14 Points and the Treaty of Versailles
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
-Red Scare
-Republican philosophy
-Prohibition
learning about the 1920's
1920s:
1. Roaring 20's:
Golden Sports Age, Advertising, Music: Jazz, Flapers
2. A "return to normalcy":
3. Red Scare: A period of time where the US was scared the it would become Comminst.
USA cut immigration to a minium so we won't become Comminst.
4. Buying on credit:
5. Planes and automobiles: Route 66 Chicago to San Fran
6. Prohibition:
7. Republican presidents and philosophy-Harding, Coolidge, Hoover:
Trickle Down Theory: Tax cuts to business-better jobs and better pay
Rugged Individulism: Don't believe in welfare checks
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