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)
New technology came out, also the invention of railroads which made trade and expansion, brought avalible land. There was a wealth of natural resources like coal, iron,oil,and steel.
2. Students will understand the impact immigration and urbanization had on the United States.(Ch. 7)
Immigration-Millions of people came over from different countries. People thought that immigrants were the cause of them losing their jobs, because they would go on strikes for better wages and work conditions, so they would hire immigrants to work instead.
Urbanization-People would move the the city in search of jobs,schools, and for common religion. There were more opportunities in cities. With the invention of the McCormick reaper and steel plow made it quicker to farm so less farmers were needed.
3. Students will understand the impact of the Progressive Era on the United States.(Ch. 9)
Was to bring change to the world. There were main goals in the Progressive Era and they are: protecting social welfare, promoting moral improvement,creative economic reform and fostering efficiency.
4. Students will understand the impact imperialism had on the United States and world.(Ch. 10)
Imperialism is empire building, and was very common for the major powers of the world. Countries look to imperialism for money,resources,military/naval bases. It brings military power and prestige to your country,naval bases and refueling stations. Opens new markets to sell your goods. The United States thought it was their duty to educate the Latin American islands that they took over. Other countries started to cut up China and Africa.
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- Imperialism,militarism,nationalism,and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinan on June 28,1914.
-Causes for US involvement-Zimmermann's note-Germany tried to get Mexico to attack us, Unrestricted warfare-Germany sinking British and French ships and killing Americans, and American business.
-Trench Warfare and weapons-Weapons-machine guns,gas tanks,trench knife,grenades,dynamite, jam tin, rifle grenade, Mk1,Aircraft-Martin MB-,rockets. Warfare-fighting in forms of lines, dug trenches, zigzag patterns, weapon of choice was the machine gun, used sand bags. Disadvantages-insects,rodents,floods,trench foot, and trapped gas. Advantages-easy to defend, no mans land-barren expanse of mud,shell crates, barbed wire,protection from grenades.Defending trench-sand bags,barbed wire-stopped foot invasions, deeper=better.
-US Homefront-what we did back home to help win the war.Food Administration-Herbert Hoover urged people to conserve food,planted victory made a committe on public information-the goal was to influence US public to support WW1,had a huge propaganda campaign, war production board,war bonds-how we paid to the war.
-Wilson's 14 Points and the Treaty of Versailles-first 5 points were to prevent another war, plan for world peace, end war:
1.) end secret treaties
2.) freedom of seas,
3.) free trade for all countries,
4.) reduction of armament, weapons,and equipment,
5.) end to colonial claims,
6.) self-determination for Russia-evacuate german troops, determine form of government,
7.) restoration of Belgium,
8.) all french territories should be free and the wrong done to France righted,
9.) readjustment of the frontiers of Italy,
10.) people of Austria-Hungary, whose place among the nations we wish to see safeguarded & assured should be accorded the freest opportunity to autonomous development,
11.) Romania,Serbia,Montenegro should be evacuated and restored,
12.) turkish people should be governed by the turkish government and be independent,
13.) poland would be given independence,
14.) general association of nations mush be formed
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-Known as the Age of Jazz and the Golden Age of Sports, economy boomed,refrigerators, dryers,automobiles, people left the place the where they were born,professional sports took off,electricity in the cities,magic hole in the walls,normalcy-republicans were worried about the league of nations,Warren G Harding-ran on the return to normalcy plattform,need to focus on America,staying out of foreign affairs.
-Red Scare-from 1919-1920 after WW1,Russia was the first communist governement,making a headway in European countries,US was worried about becoming a communist country,Karl Marx-take from rich and give to poor,
-Republican philosophy-trickle down theory-help big business and it will trickle down and help the poor, help the poor by making new jobs and businessess,laissez-faire-hands off, to let alone, government should leave businessess alone, french term.
-Prohibition -The Noble Experiment, 18th Amendment, manufacture,sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages was illegaland accidents. Speakeasies-to obtain alcohol illegally, people went underground to secret bars,
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