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Essentials for US History--Semester One

1. Students will understand the impact the Industrial Revolution had on the United States.(Ch. 6)

there came lots of invention.like the typewriter and the telephone..
and trade was super easy with the new railroads although they were getting charged a lot..which people were not happy about! also,
lots of natural resources, like public health, sanitation, and energy usage

2. Students will understand the impact immigration and urbanization had on the United States.(Ch. 7)

people were mad because they were causing chaos basically!.
.they were taking all the jobs in the city because they didnt have to pay them alont along with all the housing!..
cities were becoming overpopulated and unsanitary, no indoor pluming! :/ fires were common.
immigrants were comming for gold and silver , or anventure, or better jobs

3. Students will understand the impact of the Progressive Era on the United States.(Ch. 9)

prohibition-banning of alchohol..women liked it alot because they were tired of their husbands being drunk all the time and doing bad things
womens rights, they got the right to vote and they got to go to work instead of just be house wives,
banned child labor- the working hours went from 14-8 hours of working a day..
little kids could not opperate machinery!

4. Students will understand the impact imperialism had on the United States and world.(Ch. 10)

basically we took over littler of weaker countries, which brought lots of millitary power.
big countries like great britain, germany,. frace did this too! it was very common!
brought naval base, natural recources, refuling stations!

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

Militaryism-countries in this time were trying to raise their armies, wich was like making everybody scared and intimidated! so they grew their own armyy!
imperialism-big countries take over little countries
nationalism- the belief that loyalty to a person's nation and its political and economic goals comes before any other public loyalty

-Causes for US involvement

-Trench Warfare and weapons

most were rifles, tanks, grenades, handguns, poison gasses.
trench warfare-fighting in lines of trenches from a place that the enemy cannot easily harm you with small weapons and artillary.

-US Homefront

since the men were all going to war..the women were taking all of their jobs!
wilson started a thing where you wouldnt eat meat certain days of the week so they could send food to the troops.
women knitted socks and clothing for the men in the war, they did alot of work like that!

-Wilson's 14 Points and the Treaty of Versailles

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

jazz age, radios and entertainment were huge!
t-model, cars came into style
president said..basically, don't do a thing! poverty will not be an issue any longer.
electricity became an everywhere thing!

-Red Scare

the people were scared that the U.S would become communist..even after the war, this period of time was just people being scared of this because Germany was trying to turn a lot of the countries into communists.
immigration was cutt down a lot so that we could keep the communists out and some were forced to leave the country.

-Republican philosoph

this was just telling people to lay back and not do anything! that poverty will not be an issue anymore and they don't have to worry about it! hoover just told people to sit back, do nothing and live life.
the trickle down theory- where they help the rich big businesses and that expands the corporation and that gives poor or common people jobs and more money, so they help the rick which trickles down to help the poor!

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