Essentials for US History--Semester One
1. Students will understand the impact the Industrial Revolution had on the United States.(Ch. 6)
-Had a huge wealth of natural resources to help BOOM (examples: coal, iron, oil..)
-New technologies: cotton gin(produce cotton faster), typewriter(faster way to write), telephone(better communication), light bulb(created better light for longer times)
-Railroads were invented..helped move goods faster/easier trade, farmers became in debt
-Government supported businesses with laissez-fairre
-Growing urban populations...provided cheap labor
-Monopolies were being formed
2. Students will understand the impact immigration and urbanization had on the United States.(Ch. 7)
-Immigration:
-Americans thought they were losing jobs to immigrants because they came for getting jobs
-Immigrants got diseases (had to pass an inspection at Ellis Island)
-Some Americans thought immigrants were ruining their way of life
-Urbanization:
-Cities had more opportunities: jobs, schools, religous ways..
-Cities became very dirty
-Got overpopulated and didn't have enough places to live
-Crime got worse
-Fires
3. Students will understand the impact of the Progressive Era on the United States.(Ch. 9)
-Progressive Era meant to bring change to the world
-From 1890 to early 1900's
- Goals: protect social welfare, promote moral improvement ,creative economic reform and fostering efficiency.
-Ammendments were brought in
-Women gained many rights (right to vote, could work outside of home)
-People got better wages and hours and got safer places to work
-Limitied childrens work hours
4. Students will understand the impact imperialism had on the United States and world.(Ch. 10)
-Imperialism: when bigger countries take over weaker countries
-US looked to imperialize because: it brings military power, naval bases, refueling stations, money and natural resources, and belief in cultural superiority
-Negative: slavery involved with imperialism, controlling of people
-Positive: Some smaller countries benefited from government stability from other big countries
5. Students will understand the causes for US involvement in World War I and the effects it had on the United States.(Ch. 11)
-Causes of WWI
-Central powers and Allied forces
-imperialism
-militarism
-nationalism
-assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
-Causes for US involvement
-Great Britain and Germany were sinking US ships *
-Trench Warfare and weapons
-Trench Warfare: Battling between two opposing armies that are both entrenched
-Examples of weapons used:
-bayonet
-flamethrower
-poison gas
-submarines or u boats
-US Homefront
-What was done on the homefront helped us win war:
-Wilson's 14 Points and the Treaty of Versailles
-Wison's 14 Points:
-Wanted to end the war and create peace postwar
-Treaty of Versailles:
-440 articles
-It forced Germany to give up land
-Germany had to pay $33 billion which hurt their economy
6. Students will understand the political, social and economic changes that occurred in the 1920’s in the United States.(Ch. 12/13)
-Roaring 20's and the return to normalcy
-The 20's were roaring because:
-Was the jazz age.. the creation of jazz music
-Automobile..The Model T Ford car (could transport people faster and allowed vacations and such)
-Flappers (women who were fun and had a new style)
-People made more money
-Stock market got high
-Return to normalcy:
-Return to normal by staying out of European conflicts
-Idea came from Harding
-Red Scare
-From 1919-1920
-Fear that we'd become communist
-Stopped immigration
-Palmer raids...Hoover and Palmer took communists out of country
-Republican philosophy
-Republicans overrule!
-Trickle down theory (help rich..will help everyone else)
-Laissez-faire
-Rugged individualism (let people do as they please)
-Prohibition
-Named "the noble experiment"
-18th ammendment..eliminated alchohal
-Alcohal caused crime, cheating on women, abuse in homes..
-Alcohol was stillo allowed for medical/religious reasons
-Saloons closed and drunkness went down
-Failed because:
1)took away peoples rights
2) prohibition bureau was underfunded
3) organized crime became commonplace
-Increased crime badly
-Repealed by 21st ammendment
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