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[6Fah]

1. Students will understand the impact the Industrial Revolution had on the United States.(Ch. 6)The light bulb. The telephone, the typewriter, the monopolies. Railroads and natural resourses. The assmebly line. It made cities pop up.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)
16th-imcome tax, 17th- direct election of senators, 18th- womens right to vote, 19th- Prohibition, ammendments. Meat inspection act, food and drug act. The clayton antitrust act broke up monoploies. Lowered tariffs.

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