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)
- Inventions: typewriter, telephone
- Railroads made it easier to trade
- Abundance of natural resources
2. Students will understand the impact immigration and urbanization had on the United States.(Ch. 7)
- Push factors: If they were a criminal in their old country the could come to the US and start over
- Pull factors: Family might already be over the US, their other family invited them over telling them how great it was
- Ellis Island: was the nations busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892-1954, Anxiety, pass inspection, brought in their ethics, race reasons, banned all Chinese people except students, teachers, merchants, tourists, and government officials, segregation, only families.
3. Students will understand the impact of the Progressive Era had on the United States.(Ch. 9)
- This time period lasted from about the 1890's to 1920.
- This is when the women got the right to vote.
- This is when wives had to go out and find jobs but that means that their children would have to help themselves.
- This is when some of the children went out and got jobs because the men couldn't reach their hands into the smaller places so they hired children to do that sort of thing.
4. Students will understand the impact imperialism had on the United States and world. (Ch. 10)
- Imperialism-the creation and/or maintenance of an unequal economic, cultural, and territorial relationship, usually between states and often in the form of an empire.
- Example: A stronger country taking over a weaker country, such as the US taking over Cuba.
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, Imperialism, and Nationalism, also the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria.
- Causes for US involvement-The Germans deployed a U-boat submarine killing the Lusitania which was carrying supplies to Britain, and it also destroyed many other ships.
- Trench Warfare and weapons-There were a lot of weapons used in Trench warfare but to save time I will only name some of the more important ones: Rifles were the most commonly used, pistols were mainly used while you were in the trenches and there were a few different machine guns, and also there were tanks that could go about 3-4mph and could not go over the trenches. There is also a place in between the two trenches called no man's land and if you went up there you were basically going to die.
- US Home-front-
- Military Draft
- the selective service act
- authorized a draft for males between 18-45
- Prohibited all forms of bounties, substitutions, or purchase of exemptions
- 24 million men were registered and nearly 3 million were actually drafted
- Women
- had to take charge for the mens job for the first time in history
- They worked in assembly lines
- work in department stores, elevator operators, make meals that were nutritious but conserved food
- they worked in the Red Cross and helped sodiers and theri families
- Food
- the US food administration made a campaign that taught the US how to manage their food
- Gross farm income increased more than 230% from 1914 to 1919
- They had ''wheatless mondays'' and ''meatless tuesdays''
- Great Migration
- In the war 14% mor african americans lost their lives compared to the whites
- African Americans didn't agree with this
- African americans had set up protests against discrimination
- African americans went from southern towns to big northern cities
- The Espionage and Sedition Acts
- If you said or did anything that was against America's involvement in WW1 you were punished
- Questioned anything the US did about the war you were punished
- Usually a heavy fine or arrested
- Economy
- When the war began the US economy was in recession
- Being involved with the war shifted the national production in good
- Unemployment declined from 7.9% to 1.4%
- The tax rate on income was $50,000 and increased by 18%
- War bonds-people loaning money to the gov't
- Wilson's 14 Points-
- No more secret alliances between countries
- Water is everybody's water open passage to anybody that wants to go there
- No more economic trade barriers
- Arms-one of the causes of WW1
- Decisions regarding the colonies should be impartial
- The German army was to be removed from Russia, so it could politcally develop itself without help
- Belgium should be evacuated and restored
- France should be evacuated and fully restored
- The clear readjustment of the Italian borders
- Independence for various national groups in Austria-Hungary
- The Balkan states which include the countries should be restored with freedom of the sea for Serbia
- The Turkish people should be allowed to govern itself
- Poland should have independence as well as the freedom of the seas
- A league of nations should be created so we develop protect world peace
- Treaty of Versailles-
- Peace settlement was signed after WW1 ended in 1918
- The treaty was signed in versailles palace near paris between paris and the allies on June 28 1919
- The versailles palace was considered the most appropriate because of its size
- Many people were involved in the find signing ceremony in the Hall of mirrors
- There was 3 important politicians that attended David lloyd george, woodrow wilson, georges clemenceau
- Terms the treaty carried out
- Germany lost a lot of land
- Germany's military was drastically reduced
- the land had to be handed over to Poland, France, Belgium, Denmark, all the land Germany had to hand over they did
- Germany was forced to pay $33 billion dollars to britain and France
- Germany had to accept the war guilt clause
- Peace Settlements two of them
- Austria signed the Treaty of Saint Germain
- Hungary signed the Treaty of Triason
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-Prohibition, Gangs, President Harding, Golden age of Sports, Radio, Jazz, Flappers, Henry Ford's Model T, stock markets people were making more money than ever before.
- Red Scare-Red is associated with communism, founded by Karl Marx, US was worried that we would be communists, Communism-the government is in control of everything, Soviet Union was the first Communist country, US severely restricted immigrants into our country, the Palmer Raids, ''We're going to become like the Soviet Union''
- Republican philosophy-''Cool Cal''-Coolidge was the most popular during the 1920's, followed by Harding and then Hoover, Trickle down theory-giving tax cuts to big businesses, in return the government expected the businesses to pay people more, Laissez-faire-the business of America is business, business is what drives our country, Rugged individualism-its up to the individual to take care of themselves, the government is not there to help people if you lose a job go get a new one, the welfare check.
- Republicans dominated the 1920's-Wilson(Democrat), (rest are republicans) Harding, Coolidge, Hoover
- After Hoover it was all about the democrats because they helped you save your farm and gave you food unlike the Republicans did
- Prohibition-
- The banning of alcholic beverages
- 18th Amendment
- Tore apart families
- Women pushed for this amendment because the men would always take their money and gamble it all away and drink
- Prohibition Bereau had 1500 people in it, set up to regulate the entire country
- Supposed to eliminate crime but it actually made big gangs and it became more violent
- Called the Noble Experiment
- Didn't work out very well
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