1. Understand the Industrial Revolution:
The Industrial Revolution increased the production of many goods, and new inventions came out.
The impact on the Industrial Revolution had many new resources such as:
Crude oil
Gold
Steel
Inventions-
Typewriter
Telephone
Bigger Buildings
Power Stations
Light Bulb
ETC
New markets and Increase of population also was a great impact in the Industrial Revolution.
Railroads had one of the biggest Impacts because:
They helped people get to a location very quickly
They could deliver resources to cities in large quanities
Farmers could ship their crops
Trade markets increased
Labor Unions would help workers get better wages and better safety, as well as better hours. (convienent Hours)
Monopolies is when a big business takes over a smaller business and over powers them and takes them over.
2. Impact of immigration and urbanization
Many immigrants came to the U.S to have a better life
christianity
new work
more money
freedom
The Japenese and Chinese came over to the U.S and many of them would work for the gold or for mines.
Every immigrant that came to the U.S had to be examined and many of them would be sent to ELLIS ISLAND to have doctor examine them and give them U.S citizenship.
Sometimes when the immigrants were on ships they would die from starvation or when they were to crowded .
Some of the U.S citizens did not like immigrants because they would work for less money and take their jobs.
3. impact of the Progressive Era in the United States
They helped imrove worker safety
Better wages
They wanted better safety for women and children
-They came out with the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act
Meat would be inspected before it got packaged and sent to businesses
Also, this occured with food.
Teddy Rosevelt also set up land for National Parks
TR was very big on conserving land
-Trade increased
Monopolies stopped to help the corruption of the Government
4. Imperialism in the United States
Imperialism is a big powerful country taking over smaller countries either economically, physically or politically.
Many people tried to fight this because this caused wars and many people were against wars.
5. understand the political, social and economic changes that occurred in the 1920’s in the United States.
Entertainment
Some things that happened during the 1920s was he making of automobiles and electricity. It brought entertainment to peoples lives. The 1920s was the introduction to buying things on credit. It allowed common people to be able to afford expensive stuff and you could pay so much a month for a period of time. People over used it so many people were in debt in the Roaring 1920s. Electricity was available in the home. The radio-you could plug it in at home, you could tune in to sports and the news. Lots of sports became popular during this time period.
-The Red Scare
The Red Scare was when people were afraid that other people that came into our country were communists and would take over our government. We feared communism.
We did the Palmer Raids in response to th Red Scare. They went after radicals, socialist, communists and they would deport them. Palmers house was bombed out.
Sacco and Vanzetti were immigrants that were Italians and were anarchist. They shot and killed the guy that had paid them. The only evidence was the gun they had that was Saccos. They were convicted and killed.
-Republican Domination
-War Prevention
was when the League of Nations tried to eliminate from another war happening.
Outlaw wars
-Automobile/Airplanes
Henry Ford built the Model T Ford and this car became famous
He had cheap Automobiles
Route 66
And brought out tourist attrations
Airplanes-
Charles Lindbergh was the first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean
Amelia Earhart was the first woman to try to fly around the world
-Prohibition
18th Amendment banned alcohol (making/selling). Women mostly pushed for prohibition because when their husbands drank the women would most likely get beat. Alcohol was illegal from 1920-1933. You could use it for medicine and communion at church.
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