1. Students will understand the impact the Industrial Revolution had on the United States.
During the Industrial Revolution our Country was really born. We had immigrants coming in left and right. So not only was our country growing population wise, but economically wise. Laissez-Faire idea went into action during this time. This was the government trusting our businesses to make the right decisions to boost our economy even more. We found many natural resources during this time. One of the biggest ones in the long run would be oil. We came up with the oil drill. Steel vs iron helped sky scrapers be formed.
2. Students will understand the impact immigration and urbanization had on the United States.
During this time we were ‘bullies’ to the Natives of our country. We took more and more land by the day and battles. A lot of men’s lives we lost to get more land for the colonists. With immigration we had many people coming here with nothing. They were willing to work for close to nothing. Because of this, our economy was booming. We had things being made for practically nothing but being bought for a good amount of money. The immigrants lived in horrible conditions. This led to garbage pick up.
3. Students will understand the impact of the Progressive Era on the United States.
This really effected the factories. They eventually paid more and had shorter working hours. Women really benefitted from this. They had more working hours and opportunities. They ended up getting paid a little more. Children labor laws were instilled during this time. Children could only work for a little while at a certain age. Women could now own land and hold steady jobs.
4. Students will understand the impact imperialism had on the United States and world.
Imperialism is the reason we have some of the land that we have now. Guam, Phillippeans, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. Imperialism is when a bigger country tries to take over another country through power-invasion or economy.
6. Students will understand the political, social and economic changes that occurred in the 1920’s in the United States.
-Roaring 20's-entertainment
During this time the radio came to be. This is also when jazz music was born. We had new fashions and ways of life. We had the automobiles coming to common house holds because they could buy them on credit. Houses also started acquiring gas generated appliances like stoves.
Red Scare
After WWI Russia became a communist country. America was now afraid that we would be come communist. We were willing to go to extremes to make sure that this wouldn’t happen. There were people who were wrongfully convicted because they were thought to be communist people. They were sentenced to death. Palmer raids led to unfair raids of pretty much anyone suspected.
-Republican Domination
They had three main theories
Trickle down theory- help out the rich and then the wealth would eventually trickle down to the middle classes.
Laissez Fairre- let businesses do what they want and need to do and they will succeed
Do nothing- sit back and trust that they’ll make the right decisions.
-War Prevention
Everything to do with this is very optimistic. The 4 power Treaty was between the Us, Great Britain, France and Japan and it basically said that each country would respect each other’s possessions in the pacific. This was trying to eliminate imperialism. The 5 power treaty was the US, Great Britain, France, Japan, and Italy and it said that we would freeze our Navies at the 1921 level and it only applied to certain ships but there were a lot of treaties
The 9 power treaty was the US, Great Britain, France, Japan, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Belgium, and China. They promised Chinese independence and to keep the open door policy. Japan later invaded China. The Kellogg-Briand pact was signed by 60 some odd countries basically outlawed war as a means of settling disputes.
-Automobile/Airplane
Henry Ford was not the one who invented to automobile, but he was the one who made it available to the common person. They could but it on credit and ideally pay it back a little bit at a time. This brought more people to the cities for entertainment purposes. Airplanes were hardly seen as a mode of travel, but they still had some spotlight glimpses. Charles Lindbergh was the first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean non-stop. Amelia Earhart was the first female to fly the Atlantic alone and she was trying to fly around the world when she disappeared. She was never found.
-Prohibition
Women’s problems came from alcohol in a lot of cases. The men would go out and get drunk and then come home and beat them, or go out and cheat on them. Women pushed really hard for prohibition and in the 18th amendment received it. Because of prohibition, speakeasies, bootleggers and gangs formed. The only legal place alcohol could be bought and found was in churches or hospitals. A lot of people smuggled alcohol from Canada. Gangs pretty much started because of this.
-Science vs Religion
believe it of not there was a time when religion came first for the majority of the people. During this time people were starting to question how we really came to be. Many people stared to believe in evolution and that we came from apes. Fundamentalist were appalled by this accusation. There was a trail over whether or not a teacher could teach evolution in a Tennessee school. Now It is the opposite, you can’t teach your religion beliefs but you can teach evolution.
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