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)
-Industrial Revolution changed U.S. significantly. Agriculture, transportation, mining, manufactoring, and technology were huge at this time. Cities grew rapidly allowing jobs to be offered. Abundance of Natural Resources-iron. coal. Inventions like the telephone and typewriter. Also brought land to us.
2. Students will understand the impact immigration and urbanization had on the United States.(Ch. 7)
-People were concerned about loosing their jobs. Cities were overpopulated and became dirty for that reason. Immigrants came for jobs and would work for cheaper pay.
-Urbanization-People moved to cities for jobs. Inventions made things flow easier. Find better paying jobs. Chicago grew rapidly from farmers moving out of their homesteads.
3. Students will understand the impact of the Progressive Era on the United States.
(Ch. 9)
-Time Period our country wanted to change much. Tried eliminating corruption and under cutting Political Machines and bosses. Womens voting, helped them out.
4. Students will understand the impact imperialism had on the United States and world.(Ch. 10)
-imperialism means you have a strong country and your taking over a weaker country. Military power to our world. Naval bases and opening for new trading purposes, Refuling Stations and Natural Resources along with that to. Some big countries were Great Britian, Germany, France, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Russia, U.S., Turkey and Japan.
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
-Nationalism, Imperialism, Militarism, system of alliances, Assissination of Archduke Feidinaced sparked the war and started World War 1.
-Causes for US involvement
-Unrestricted submarine warfare-type of navel warfare in which submarines sink non navel boats without warning, Germany sunk a French boat, Sussex pledge-Germany pledge to limit unrestricted submarine warfare, German sank the Lusitani. American Propaganda-Increase support for the war. Urged people to plant victory gardens, join the war, greatest war production. German Dictaroship- US business interests, Zimmerman note-German foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann was the man who wrote the telegram. It was sent to German Minister to Mexico von Eckhrdt. German empire wanted Mexico to make war against. American press published it in newspapers and was another big reason they got into the war.
-Fighting lines of trenches where troops are immune to enemy small arms fire and some artillery. As a result there was slow wearing of enemies.
Hindenburg Line-made by germans, long trench used for world war I.
-Rifles-main weapon in trenches915rds per min)
-Bolt-Action Rifles
-Mauser
-Machine Guns, Needed 4 to 6 guns to work it and on flat surface,
-Gardner Machine Gun
-Hotchkiss
-Lewis Gun
-Maxim Machines- Gun
-Vickkers machine gun.
-US Homefront
-Women played a big roll in planting victory gardens. Women basically took over mens job by farming.
Government proganda-Cpi issued pamphlets and films to start up pro war, also organized four minute man-people that would go around and ask people to help war out.
-Conservation-Government of the U.S. used many different posters to puresuad for food.
-Anti-German Activity. Americanization on the germans, Rights-Crippling Acts, Women and labor, Status of Women, Better working Conditions, Vigilantism, Food and Drug administration-woodrow Wilson, Military-Many young men joined willingly. Farming and Food-liberty gardens helped in the war, Hollywood
-Wilson's 14 Points and the Treaty of Versailles
-Was on Janurary 1918, they did it because the great war was being fought for moral cause.
-point 1 wanted to end to secret treaties.
-point 2 was freedom of the seas.
-point 3 wanted free trade for all countries.
-point 4 was disarmament, like bring the military.
-point 5 was a end to colonial claims.
-point 6 was self-determination for all countries, especially.
-point 7 was the Restoration of Belgium.
-point 8 was Restoration of France.
-point 9 was Readjustment of Italy's boundaries.
-point 10 was Austria-Hungary would be given opportunity for autonomous development
-point 11 was Romain, serbia and Montenegro should be evacuated and restored..
-point 12 was Trukey should be sovereign.
-point 13 was poland would be given their independence.
-point 14 was the league of Nations would be developed.
6. Students will understand the political, social and economic changes that occurred in the 1920’s in the United States.
Treaty of Versailles- Was a peace treaty. Ended state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. Signed on June 28, 1919 , five years after the assassination of Archduke.
(Ch. 12/13)
Focus on these topics for the test:
-Roaring 20's and the return to normalcy
-sports, radios,and advertising
Planes and automobiles
-Route 66 went from chicago to california and many stops on the way. Henry ford-Founder of ford vehicle. Henry made it reasonable to pay for. Charles Lindbergh "lucky Lindy" airplane. Amelia Earhart- tried flying around the world but ran out of fuel or something and crashed.
-Red Scare
The US was afraid they were going to come together.The US reduced immigration to keep Communism out. Mitchell Palmer and J. Edgar Hoover forced people to be deported.
-Republican philosophy
-Republican Philosophy, trickle-down theory-help the weathly who own businesses and give better pay, give payments to them that will help the poor people and let them get jobs. Laissez faire-, Rugged individualism-People stepping up to the plate, its all you to come in instead of getting taught all the time.
-Bootlegging- illegal about alcohol
Prohibtion-
18th Ammendment. Manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcholic beverages was illegal.
-Supporters believed alcohol brought about corruption.
-Alcohol was allowed for medicinal and religious purposes.
-Prescriptions and sacramental wine orders skyrocketed.
-Failed because didnt want it to control people and do what they want.
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