1. Students will understand the impact the Industrial Revolution had on the United States.
-Made our country one of the most powerful nations in the world.
-Immigrants came to the country looking for jobs.
-Brought many new inventions such as the Steel Plow, Skyscraper with steel frame, Incandescent light bulb, Typewriter, Telephone.
-The discovery of oil, coal and iron ore. Government support for businesses. Growing Urban Population that provided cheap labor and markets for new products.
-Railroads-allowed for easier travel. Transported goods faster. Helped establish time zone.
-Labor unions were formed because of the terrible working conditions.
-Worked for better working conditions, more pay, shorter work day, child labor laws.
2. Students will understand the impact immigration and urbanization had on the United States. (Ch. 7)
-Urbanization: Very crowded from all the people moving in. Police, fire departments, cleaing up the cities. No pipes for water and no indoor plumbing. Diseases such as cholera and typhoid due to dirty water. Crimes due to the large population. Fires because there was limited water to put it out.
-Immigration: A lot of immigrants were coming in from mainly Europe and also China. They were taking peoples jobs because they would work for less pay. People were very angry with that. Also just racism attitudes towards all the ethnic groups.
3. Students will understand the impact of the Progressive Era on the United States.(Ch. 9)
-Women went to work in the factories and farms. Going to college more, voting rights.
Teddy Roosevelt:
-Square Deal He didn't want to favor one particular group of Americans. Wanted to give everyone a fair chance. Helped out the common people, not just the rich.
-Breaking up strikes Made both owners and employees come together and compromise. Mainly favored the workers, 10% pay increase and a 9 hour work day.
-Regulating railroads Hepburn Act was passed in 1906. Designed to disallow the use of monopoly. Elkins Act - railroads had to be more fair with their prices.
-Conservation Saved millions of acres of natural land. Set up five nationl parks, 18 national monuments, and 51 wildlife refuges by the end of his presidency. Conserved resources and land.
William Howard Taft:
-Payne-Aldrich Tariff Changed average tariff from 46% to 41%. Lowered rates on imported manufactured goods. Increased many rates. Increased tariffs on some goods and decreased tariffs on other goods.
-Underwood Tariff: Passed in 1913.
-16th Amendment: The more money you make, the higher your income tax will be. Graduated tax.
-Federal Reserve System Created in response to financial panics. Banks borrow money from the Federal Reserve Bank if they need money. Divided into 12 districts. Control interest rates. Control inflation and deflation.
4. Students will understand the impact imperialism had on the United States and world.(Ch. 10)
-Spanish American war. Acquired Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Phillipines.
-brings military power and prestige to your country
-naval bases and refueling stations
-$$$$-For natural resources as well as opening new markets to sell your goods(trade)
-belief in cultural superiority-White Man's Burden
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
-Militarism, Imperialism, Nationalism. -Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand -Terrorist group in Serbia called Black Hand killed him. -Killed by Gavrilo Princip -Military alliances-countries backing up each other if they were being attacked and to attack other countries.
-Causes for US involvement
-Zimmerman Note -German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmerman was the man who wrote the telegram -It was sent from German Minister to Mexico claiming that if Mexico delcared war on U.S. Germany would help Mexico get the land back they had lost in the Mexican American War.
-Trench Warfare and weapons
-Bolt action rifles
-Mauser Gewehr
-Springfield
-Pistols: Luger
-Browning machine gun, gardner machine gun.
-Tanks
-Chlorine and mustard gas
-submarines (uboats)
-aircrafts-zeppelin
-slowed down the war. People sat in the trenches and waited for people to cross the "No Man's Land".
-US Homefront
-A homefront is where the people are that are supporting them. (the HOME country)
-Women planted victory gardens to send food to the soldiers.
-Women farmed, worked in factories, knitted socks.
-People were doing anything they could do to ration food for the soldiers.
-Wilson's 14 Points and the Treaty of Versailles
Describe Wilson's 14 Points.
-Assigned January 8, 1918.
-make sure the war was being fought for a moral cause. Peace in Europe after the war.
1. Put an end to secret treaties.
2. Freedom of the seas. - sail freely throughout the seas without having your ships sunk or messed with.
3. Free trade for all countries. Eliminate high tarrifs
4. Disarmament-bringing down your military power.
5. Put an end to countries having colonies.
13. Poland would be given independence.
14. The League of Nations would be developed. One person from a country would represent their country.
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
1. Roaring 20's -Known as the Jazz age. The golden age of sports. Radios allowed people to listen to sporting events for the first time. Automobiles became common in America. Advertising age. Mahjonng, tile based game became popular.
2. A "return to normalcy" -Isolationism-staying out of foreign conflicts. Warren Harding's platform in the 1920's election was a return to normalcy.
-Red Scare
-People were spreading communism around the country and people were scared. We made sure that we did not become communism. Communism-everyone should be equal. Take from the rich and give to the poor. Karl Marx came up with the idea of communism. -United States drastically reduced immigration to stop the Red Scare.
-Republican philosophy
-lassez-faire-hands off. government shouldn't have a lot to do with businesses. -trickle down theory-give tax breaks to the wealthy people (big business owners). If we give them tax breaks, they will have more money. It will eventually "trickle down" to the poor people and help everyone else out. -Rugged Individualism-People having responsibility for themselves. on your own. little help from government.
-Prohibition
-Banning of alcohol. 18th amendment-the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcoholic bevarages was illegal. Alcohol brought corruption in the U.S. Alcohol WAS allowed for medicinal and religious purposes. -It failed because people thought it was ridiculous. they thought the government shouldn't be able to tell them how to live their life. -The Prohibition Bureau was underfunded. Had 1500 people to supervise the whole country. -Organized crime became commonplace. Al Copone in Chicago. Made 60 million dollars a year.
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