1. Students will understand the impact the Industrial Revolution had on the United States.(Ch. 6)
The Industrial Revolution took place in the late 1800's and early 1900's when the US had an abundance of wealth of resources, government support for business (laissez-fairre), a growing urban population suppling cheap labor and markets for new products. During this time, our country went from an agricultural econmy to an industrial economy. Inventions such as the light bulb (Thomas Edison), the telephone (Alexander Graham Bell), and the radio changed Americans' lives forever by making simple daily activities easier. Other inventions included skyscrapers, typewriters, x-rays, motion pictures, etc.
2. Students will understand the impact immigration and urbanization had on the United States.(Ch. 7)
Immigrants were coming at rapid pace and people were upset for several reasons; religious beliefs, literacy tests, languages, thought they were taking jobs from them, racists. Because of this, many restrictions were put on who was able to come with places such as Ellis Island where immigrants would have to pass harsh physical and literacy tests. While waiting to take such tests, they would be put into unaccomadable conditions where diseases and lice would travel like wild fire.
Cities grew quickly in during this time because it was cheaper, steady jobs, schools, common religion, culture, tradition, and language, farmers moved because of job loss. Because of the growing cities, there came growing problems, such as housing, transportation, water, sanitation, crime, and fire. With these problems came solutions that forever changed the way we live: mass transit, subways, water filtration and chlorination, full time police force, regular garbage pickup, full time fire department.
3. Students will understand the impact of the Progressive Era on the United States.(Ch. 9)
The Progressive Era was a time in our history when people started to change things in society to make things better. During this time women started to get more rights such as going to college, getting paid better and eventually the ability to vote. Progressives pushed to improve working conditions in the factories in the areas of working hours and cleanliness. Prohibition was installed to get people to stop drinking so much and creating dangerous conditions for the children women. Aid organizations, Ilinois Factory Act.
Teddy Roosevelt
- Square Deal-hear all sides of a story
- Regulating railroads
- Regulating food and drugs-meat inspection act, Pure food and Drug act
- Conservation
- Civil Rights-not much done
Amendments
- 16th amendment-income tax
- 17th amendment-direct election of US senators
- 18th amendment-prohibition, banning, sale, and transport of alcohol
- 19th amendment-women's right to vote
4. Students will understand the impact imperialism had on the United States and world.(Ch. 10)
Imperialism is extending a country's power outside of the borders; taking over other countries. In the old diplomacy, the US was noninterventionalist, isolationist, passive and reactive, and had a weak army and Navy. Under the new diplomacy, we were Imperialistic, an Empire for the first time in history, were interventionalists, and had strong nationalism.
Wanted Imperialsim because of refueling stations, $$$ for natural resources, and beleif in cultural superiority. The US obtained Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Phillipines (for a time), the Panama Canal.
Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Howard Taft, Mckinley.
Imperialsim got us our first look at being a world power and we gained a status in the world. Though this lead to many battles/world, if we hadn't become imperialstic, we may never have gotten to where we are today.
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
- Confusion of Central powers
- Imperialism
- Nationalism
- Militarism
- Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
-Causes for US involvement
- German U-boats sink the Lusitania
- Zimmerman Note-Germany wanted to get Mexico to join the war, promised to get Mexican Cession back, wanted to keep the US out of Europe.
- Traded with Great Britain rose, Germany declined
- American Businesses-wanted to enter to make money
-Trench Warfare and weapons
- battling between two opposing armies who are both entrenched, surprise attacks
- disease spread rapidly, lice, rats, first war that soldiers shaved heads
Weapons
- Bayonet-simple blade attached to the barrel of a rifle, also used as a tool for shaving etc.
- Flamethrower-fire-spreadin mechanism first used by the Germans
- Poison gas-first used by the French, chloride filled which caused coughing attacks, gas masks were invented to prevent inhalation
- Sumbarines-used by Germans mostly
- Tanks-armored cars that have firing mechanisms attached to them, each country had own design
- Machine Guns-weapons that were fired at a faster rate and for a longer time, when in working condition
-US Homefront
- increased taxes
- Lever Act encouraged Americans to save money to send over to the troops
- women started doing men's jobs
- African Americans started to do more in society, work in factories, etc.
-Wilson's 14 Points and the Treaty of Versailles
- propisition to end war and make peace post war
- Open covenanents of peace (no more secrets)
- Absolute freedom of the navigation of the seas
- Belgium should be evacuated and restored
Treaty of Versailles
- 440 articles
- Forced Germany to give up land to give to Belgium, Poland,
- 13.5% of Germany's land
- Many disagreements
- Germany had to pay $33 billion dollars, put them into a deep depression
- Germany had to take fault for the war
- Germany's military was decreased
- League of Nations was set up
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
- many people moved to the cities
- Hollywood started rising to popularity
- electricity in homes
- flag pole sitting
- 18th amendment-prohibition
- cars and planes
Return to normalcy
- President Harding
- Stay out of European conflicts
- return to isolationism
- Focus on American issues initially
-Red Scare
- The fear of becoming a communist government
- 1919-1920
- stopped immigration
- Palmer raids-deported anyone who looked to be a communist
-Republican philosophy
- Republicans overruled; Harding, Coolidge, Hoover
- Trickle down theory-by helping the rich, eventually helping the poor (business owners w/money=more jobs for the poor)
- laissez-faire-goverment stays out of business affairs
- Rugged indiviualism-people need to stop being lazy and help themselves
-Prohibition
- 18th amendment
- banning of the sale, manufacture and transport of alcohol
- allowed for religious and medicinal purposes-prescriptions and sacremental wine orders skyrocketed
- People saw it as a violation of their rights
- the Prohibition Bureau was underfunded (1500 people)
- organized crime, speakeasies (illegal bars)
- was repealed by the 21st amendment in 1933
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