1. Students will understand the impact the Industrial Revolution had on the United States.New and improved inventions like electronic vote reader, light bulb, telegraph, typewriter, telephone, and radar.Railroads made it easier to travel, but many were upset because of the scandals (people charged more for their services than they were worth) and lost trust in railroads.Monopolies came about. Horizontal- tried to buy other companies, vertical- bought out all parts of production.Labor unions fought for better wages and benefits.2. Students will understand the impact immigration and urbanization had on the United States.Immigrants came from all over for reasons such as religion, better lives, jobs, education, land, and political problems. Many people didn’t like immigrants. Along with this they faced problems such as finding jobs and homes, getting along with other cultures and religions, understanding other languages, dying from disease and bad conditions. For these reasons restrictions were put on immigrants.Cities started growing very rapidly in the 1800s and 1900s. This was because immigrants were coming over and Americanization allowed anyone who wanted to come over to do just that and steam ships made it easier to come over. As a result of so many people moving to cities they became really gross and had many problems like housing, transportation, water, sanitation, crime, and fire.3. Students will understand the impact of the Progressive Era on the United States.Advances in science and technology- suspension bridges, airplanes, skyscrapers, printing,Education improvements- required to attend, blacks got higher education, poor one room, teachers taught older who taught younger,Discrimination- separated blacks from whites, not allowed to vote or jury, 15th amendment they could vote but had to go through a lotEntertainment-baseball, boxing, mass production, newspaper, books, magazines, photography, voting, amusement parks, bicycling and tennis, fine arts, shopping4. Students will understand the impact imperialism had on the United States and world.Cause of WWIImperialism- when powerful countries took over smaller countries either economically, politically, or physically.League of Anti-Imperialists said Imperialism was against American heritage because it went against previous traditions of isolationism, would go against American morals, would cost a lot of money and would make USA be at odds with other countries, causing more war.Old diplomacy vs. new diplomacy, isolationalism vs. imperialismDollar Diplomacy (we loaned out money to countries so we'd be in economical control of the countries we lent to) & Missionary Diplomacy (the USA would not recognize governments that were corrupt or undemocratic. basically the countries we didn’t like didn’t get formal recognition from us.)Other countries went out and had lots of colonies. Fought over land, resources, etc. wanted more power and more money.5. Students will understand the political, social and economic changes that occurred in the 1920’s in the United States.-Roaring 20's-entertainment- automobile: model Ts, mass production made it more affordable, most of the economy booming, buying things on credit; electricity: fridges, washers and dryers, vacuum cleaners, cities; Radio: advertising entertainment, follow sports, many kinds of shows-Red Scare- response to Russia becoming communist, we were afraid immigrants would be communists and try to take over our government, communist international, fear we would become communist; what we did in response- anti- immigration laws, Latin America continued to come though, Europe and Asia mostly; communism- classless society; palmer raids- US attempt to arrest and deport left wing radicals and anarchists from the US; didn’t like Italy cause they were strong Catholics and anarchists, Sacco-Vanzetti case, KKK-Republican Domination- We had a lot of Republican presidents in a row at this time. Harding- popular but scandalize, died in office; Coolidge- loved him; Hoover laissez fairre- leave the people alone government stay out of business, do nothing, trickle down tax breaks to wealthy-War Prevention- league of nations; Washington naval conference- 4 power treaty US, Great Britain, France and Japan each would respect each other’s possessions in the Pacific and not to try to take over each other’s colonies, 5 power treaty- same 4 plus Italy froze navies at 1921 levels, 9 power treaty- all 5 plus Netherlands, Portugal, Belgium, and china "open door" in china promise Chinese independence; Kellogg-Briand pact- 60 some countries signed it outlawed war as a way to settle disputes and only allowed it for self-defense-Automobile/Airplane- first transcontinental road was route 66; Henry Ford brought cheap automobile to the masses, he was quick and efficient, buying on credit, model T; impact it had on us- everything revolves around it, houses, lives, roads, etc; airplanes improved, used to transport mail and small groups of people and air shows, Lindberg first man flew across Atlantic nonstop, Amelia first woman flew across Atlantic, tried to fly around the world but crashed and died-Prohibition- banning of manufacturing, making, transportation and selling alcohol illegal with the 18th amendment, brought massive organized crime, a lot of crime because people enjoyed drinking, Volstead Act- 1500 people to patrol country; speakeasies- illegal bars; prohibition failed epically-Science vs. Religion- started butting heads for the first time, city was much looser, countryside was strongly religious and still dominated, 51.2% of people lived in cities, values started going downhill, but religion was still in control
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