- Students will understand the impact the Industrial Revolution had on the United States.
-happened in late 1800’s
-resources discovered:
gold, coal, silver, lumber, steel, etc.
-population was increasing drastically
-markets for the new resources were being built
-railroads were invented and became a MAJOR part of the Industrial Revolution
-big consumers of steel(used for tracks) and coal
-got people from one place to another much quicker
-new cities were being developed
-trade between cities was much easier
-could now ship things in mass quantities
-farmers were able to ship their goods
-prices weren’t fair at first (rich people were able to pay the lower prices while the poor were taken advantage of)
-farmers wanted a set price to ship their goods.
-farmers set up the Grange Movement
-this put a set price on railroad shipments
-Monopolies- exclusive control by one group of the means of producing or selling a commodity or service. (trusts)
-Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890-was the first measure
passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit abusive monopolies
-Labor Unions- an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions, better wages, overtime, child labor laws, workmens compensation and injury protection.
-initially, unions were not successful, but as time went on, and unions got stronger, they were given what they wanted.
New Technology- longer lasting light bulb, typewriter, steel, steam engine, cotton gin, sewing machine, airplane, steel plow, etc.
2. Students will understand the impact immigration and urbanization had on the United States.
Immigrants- came over for: religious freedom, job opportunities, independence, the gold rush, new start on life, to escape poverty, to escape famines.
Free Thinkers- first immigrants to come were called free thinkers
-immigrants faced many hardships coming to US
-packed tightly on the boats
-diseases spread quickly
-very unsanitary
Melting Pot- some people considered America as a melting pot because the mixture of different races and cultures that have “melted together”
- people born in the US thought immigration and immigrants were not good.
Urbanization- happened because of Americanization Movement. This movement wanted to help immigrants come together in our country.
-this made immigrants more Americanized
-the growing population made it hard to find jobs and migrate
-many immigrants took people’s jobs because they would work for less, and much longer.
3. Students will understand the impact of the Progressive Era on the United States
Conservation- President Roosevelt wanted to set aside land
-1887- 40 million acres set aside
-to preserve natural resources
-to set up national parks
-for the future
-National Reclamation Act of 1902- New Land Act
Progressive’s and Worker’s conditions-
-long hours
-horrible working conditions
-caused strikes
-union memberships
-potential violence
-progressives urged labor reforms
Monopolies- when a company buys out othr companies of the same service
-gain power over a certain period of time
-Oil companies, Internet services, US steel
Muckrakers-people who wrote for popular magazines about injustices of the government
-mainly focused on exposing crime and corruption
Segregation- three constitutional ammendments were passed to grant newly freed slaves a legal status.
-13th abolished slavery
-14th provided citizenship
-15th gaurunteed black males the right to vote
-Blacks were separated from whites by everything. Bathrooms, drinking fountains, prisons, armed forces, schools, everything.
Women’s Social Changes
-better paying opportunities became available
-women had new options for jobs
-25% of women worked in manufacturing
-garment trade claimed half of all working women
taxation
-1913- 16th amendment legalized a graduated federal income tax
-this provided money by taxing individual and corporate earnings
Aid organizations-
-Helped the poor
-Hull houses
Regulating Foods and Drugs
-false advertising
-no labeling
-food contained drugs
-people became addicted
-Pure Food and Drug Act- products cant be sold with false labeling.
-companies were forced to change their recipes
4. Students will understand the impact imperialism had on the United States and world
-Imperialism- when a stronger country takes over a weaker one
-imperialism was a major cause of WW1 (M-I-N-E-S)
-the US took over Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii using imperialism
-this lead to Militarism (building up a country’s army) so that the country could not be taken over.
5. Students will understand the political, social and economic changes that occurred in the 1920’s in the United States
-Roaring 20's-entertainment:
-The economy during the 1920s was growing.
-New technology:
-radios, cars, sewing machines, etc.
-Sports were becoming more and more popular every day.
-More and more cities were getting electricity
-Red Scare
-(1919-1920) in response to Russia becoming communist; we feared we might become communists
-Sacco and Vanzetti- immigrants and Italians, Catholics, and anarchists; shot and killed their job payer, no evidence except a gun that belonged to Vanzetti
-KKK- hate group; killing radicals; not government controlled
-The Palmer raids: General and Hoover went after people who they thought were communist, socialists, or radicals and they would deport them
-Automobiles/Airplanes
-Route 66- "the mother road"- first transcontinental road
-many tourist attractions came about because of it
-Henry Ford- brought about cheap automobiles
-famous for his Model T car
-Charles Lindbergh- "lucky lindy"
-first person to fly across the atlantic
-Amelia Earhart-
-first woman to try to fly around the world
-Prohibition:
-movement made by progressive women to push for change
-in 1920 they pushed the 18th ammendment- illegal to transport and make alcohol
-why did it fail: brought about massive organized crime
-bootlegging- process of making illegal alcohol
-alcohol could be used for:
-medicine
-religious purposes
-Speakeasies
-name for illegal underground bars
-Science vs Religion:
-people were becoming science based, not religious based.
-religion still dominated in the country side
-Cities’ morals began to unwind
-women would cut their hair short
-wore shorter, looser dresses
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