today we talked about the semester test and we then had a work day.
1. Students will understand the impact the Industrial Revolution had on the United States.(Ch. 6)
-there were inventions like the typewriter it made notes more legible, the light bulb that made it easier to see in the dark, telephone let people communicate around the world
-Railroads- Positives were it made things cheaper because it was faster, cities popped up along the railroad, the west transformed since people could be carried on the trains. Negatives were it destroyed the Native American's lands, and it costed farmers who were already in debt.
2. Students will understand the impact immigration and urbanization had on the United States.(Ch. 7)
-The immigrants coming to the United States started to get the people that were already here angry. As more and more people came, they took the jobs that people already here had.
3. Students will understand the impact of the Progressive Era on the United States.(Ch. 9)
-Progressive Era was big in our history this was when women became able to vote, and alcohol was banned also.
4. Students will understand the impact imperialism had on the United States and world.(Ch. 10)
it means a strong country taking over a weaker country
Imperialism was common with the major powers of the world.
Go and conquer a country to become a bigger country or make it an empire
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
-Militarism- a strong military
-Imperialism- strong countries taking over weaker countries
-Nationalism- pride for your country
-System of alliances- strong groups of people, some were made behind other countries backs
-Assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand (Austria - Hungary) - spark that started the war, in Saraja
Causes for US involvement
-There are two main reasons for the United States to join the war. they are the Germans sinking the American boat, Lusitania. We, calmed down from it. Then out of nowhere another reason occured why we joined World War 1. We found out that Germany was trying to encourage Mexico to start a war with us and try and get there land back. Instead they didn't and the united States joined the war.
Trench Warfare and weapons
-Trench Warfare is where armys were in a way underneath the ground. Some of the main weapons that were in there were flamethrowers, machine guns, poison gas, and of course airplanes and tankes.
US Homefront
-Women's had victory gardens and farms, factories, they make clothes, make money for their family, support the men, do all of the house work, cook
Conservation - meat was conserved for the military
Military draft - many men joined willing to fight
Wilson's 14 Points and the Treaty of Versailles
-Wilson's 14 points
end to secret treaties
freedom of the seas
free trade for all countries
disarmament
end to colonial claims
self determination for all countries, let them determine their government system
restoration of Belgium
restoration of France
readjustment of Italy's boundaries
Austria - Hungary would be given opportunity for autonomous development
Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated and restored
Turkey should be sovereign ( sovereign means free nation)
Poland would be given their independence
the league of nations would be developed
-The Treaty of Versailles
- was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
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
What made the 1920s as roaring 20's was because of the automobile, jazz music, etc. Plus we went back to isolation. the return to normalcy was when the 3 presidents decided we should all do our own things.
-Red Scare
It was a period of time after world war 1 that people began to think we would become a communist country. Today people should know that the government controls everything in the country. The people in the country don't have freedom.
-Republican philosophy
Thrickle-down theory-give tax cuts to rich then it will trickle down and help everyone else
laissez-faire- government will stay out of businesses
rugged individualism- it is your responsibility
-Prohibition
it was the banning of alcohol, although they banned alcohol it didn't last long. People started wanting alcohol so they made alcohol legal once again.
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