1. What are the main historic events(hit five) that took place in 8th Grade US History that helped shape the United States up to 1877?(10 points)-Chapters 1-4.
Exploration- It happened in 1492 it when Christopher columbus traveled from spain to the Americas to explore the new land. It shaped the new land now because without him sailing there we wouldn’t have had it explored.
Revolutionary War- 1774-1778 was the war between great britain and the Colonies. The war was started because of the way that Great Britain was treating the colonies, like giving them taxes, and making them follow their rules even though they were on the other side of the ocean. It was important to our country because if it did not happen we would still be part of great britain.
Constitution- 1787- It was the document that set up our government and made us into a country. it set up rights for the people and made the government a fair and right government. It was important because without it we might have monarchy or a dictatorship instead of a fair government.
Civil War-1861-1865- It was the war between the southern and northern states the fight was mainly because the North wanted to get rid of slavery but the south used it a lot for plantations and didn’t want to get rid of it. It was important because without we could still have slavery and we might have lost the south.
Louisiana purchase- 1803- was a large purchase of land from France and without we wouldn’t have most of the states we have and we wouldn’t have had any access to the Pacific ocean.
2. How did the US change during the late 1800's and early 1900's?(10 points)-Chapters 5-8
The US changed a lot during the late 1800’s because a lot of Immigrants came over and they moved into the big cities. They moved into big cities because if they were unskilled in a job they could work in a factory where they needed very little skill. It also became very segregated with black the Jim Crow Laws appeared at this time which made it legal for black to be separated but it had to be equal quality. With all the immigrants moving in it also had really dirty side affects on the city because poor would live in slums and would just throw trash and waste outside onto the streets. Which started street cleaners men would go down through this slums and would clean the streets so that it was safe for people who lived in these areas. This brought about a boom of new acts which helped to keep the U.S. cleaner.
3. What impact did the Progressives have on the United States?(10 points)-Ch. 9
Progressives had a huge impact on the United states. They helped children by setting up child labor laws to protect children from working to long and not getting paid. They also made laws to limit working hours and made a minimum wage so that people weren’t getting paid nothing for a lot of work. The pure food and drug act was created at this time which was an act that made it so food and medicine businesses had to put everything they had on their label and they couldn’t make up anything about there product. They also had the conservation of natural resources that was set up to keep forests and other greatly needed resources safe and so they aren’t being overused.
4. Describe US Foreign Policy in the late 1800's and early 1900's and be able to give examples.(10 points)-Ch. 10
We were very imperialistic and we had a lot of times where we took over small countries that we had a lot of influence in. Like hawaii which we had plantations on and Philippines which we didn’t keep but we did keep hawaii.
5. What impact did World War I have on the United States?(10 points)-Ch. 11
People had a lot of pride in the US at this time because of the war. It started a lot of foundation in the U.S. that were there to help with the war like help with the food like making rations for people and setting up days where people wouldn’t eat meat or grain and then there would be more of that for the war. It also set up a lot of propaganda like ones encouraging people to buy war bonds and to join fighting in the war. We were also really racist against germans and people who had german names lost their jobs and music made by germans was not being played.
6. What positive and negative impact did the 1920's have on the United States?(10 points)-Ch. 12-13
Positives were the great migration which moved millions of African Americans moved north into big cities looking for jobs and more money. a negative of this was a lot of the African Americans had very little money so they had to live in slums and small houses which were dirty and they didn’t have a lot of money to keep food for people. Another positive was the ability to buy on credit which made it easier for people to buy big things and pay them off later. but it was a problem because people would go into debt because of it and wouldn’t be able to pay off their debt and this spiraled into the Great depression.
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