1. Students will understand the impact the Industrial Revolution had on the United States.(Ch. 6)
-What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's?
A discovery in wealth and resources (ex. oil, coal, iron ore), government support for businesses, growing urban population that provided cheap labor and market for new products
-What were some new invetions in the late 1800s and what affect did they have on people's lives?
Light Bulb-it made light bulbs last a lot longer
typewriter-more ledgible
telephone-communication around the world
reaper-helped with faster harvesting
-What impact did railroads have on the US?
Positives- makes things cheaper because it doesn't take as long, cities popped up along railroads, transforms the west since it can carry people to the west transporting goods and people more quickly
Negatives- costs were high for the farmers who were already in debt, Native American lands destroyed, farmers felt they were being overcharged
-What did the Government do to regulate the railroads?
Interstate commerce act makes sure railroads were fair to everyone
2. Students will understand the impact immigration and urbanization had on the United States.(Ch. 7)
Promise of a better life plus many jobs, escape of difficult conditions: famine, land shortages, or religious and political persecution
Europeans, western and northern Europe in 1890. immigrants coming from eastern and southern Europe was increasing. 1 million people from Italy, Russia, and Austria-Hungary in 1907
crowded together in gloom, allowed very little on deck, disease, Ellis Island-anxiety, pass inspection, brought in different ethics, race reasons, banned all chinese except students, teachers, merchants, tourists, and government officials, segregation, only families
3. Students will understand the impact of the Progressive Era on the United States.(Ch. 9)
1890's to 1920's was a time where people worked to reform the government and correct social problems by taking power away from the rich and giving it to the common people
Protect social wefare, promoting moral improvement, creating economic reform
This was the time when people went crazy and started enforcing laws and passing bills
4. Students will understand the impact imperialism had on the United States and world.(Ch. 10)
positives-brings military power and prestige, naval bases and refueling stations, money for as well as opening new markets to sell your goods, befiefs in cultural superiority-white man on top (white man's burden)
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
Militarism, imperialism, and nationalism, assassination in Sarajeu (started the war), Alliances, MINSA is an acronym, system of alliances
-Causes for US involvement
Unrestricted submarine warfare-Germans sank the Lusitania which is a main reason why the US joined WWI
America Propaganda-increased support for the war, it urged people to plant victory gardens, join the war, greater war production
German dicatorship
Zimmerman note-German Minister (Arthur Zimermann) wrote the telegram, sent to Minister in Mexico (Von Eckherdt), German empire wanted Mexico to make war against the US, the British deciphered the telegram, the American press published it in newspapers, another big reason for the US entering the war
-Trench Warfare and weapons
guns-rifles, machine guns, lewis gun, bolt-action rifles
tanks-1st one make was Little Willie-could only go 3mph (end of war-10 men, 4 mph, revolving turret)
gas-chlorine (burning in throat and chest pains, death by suffocation), Mustard (most deadly gas, 12 hours of take effect)
Submarines and Aircrafts also
-US Homefront
Rights-Crippling Acts, Rights were infringed, free speech rights were taken away
Women workers were more common in factories, also becoming independent, got rith to vote
Agencies-Department of Labor helped increase the production of warfare materials. Food and Drug Administration which helps preserve food sources and monitors food and drugs
many men joined war, liberty bonds, farming and food, hollywood (movies, songs)
Wilson's 14 Points and the Treaty of Versailles
1. End all secret treaties
2. Freedom of the Seas
3. Free Trade for all countries
4. Disarmament
5. end to colonial claims
6. Self-determination for all countries-russia
7. Restoration of Belgium
8. Restoration of France
9. Readjustment of Italy's Boundaries
10. Austria-Hungary Would be Given Opportunity for Autonomous Development
11. Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro Should be Evacuated and Restored
12. Turkey Should be Sovereign
13. Poland Would be Given Their Independence
14. League of Nations Would be Developed
1918
needed treaty because war was coming to an end
in paris
historical landmark
it's pretty
Hoped that it would bring stability and peace
Poland czechoslovakia and yugoslavia
there was a problem
germany hated it
They needed a treaty since the war was coming to an end. They hoped that it would bring stability to Europe. Poland and Czechoslovakia were some of the new nations. It helped bring peace. Germany didn't like the treaty because they thought that they would get the 14 points
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
Good life, jazz age, big in sports, advertising booming. Radio and entertainment was big with Nascar and the automobile. Electicit started coming in with refrigerators, washing machines and dryer
return to normalcy-Harding returned things to normal when in the 1920 election. He isolationism where we would just upgrade the US instead of worrying about other countries
-Red Scare
Scared that US was going to be communist (communism-A political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs) US reduced immigration so as to keep communism out.
J. Edgar Hoover and A. Mitchell Palmer deported people (forced them out)
-Republican philosophy
Harding died in office so Coolidger took over. Do as little as possible-Coolidge. Hoover was the only Iowa president. After 6 months of Hoover became president, people stopped buying items which hurt companies and families
Republican Philosophy
-Rugged individualism-it is your responsibility
-Laissez-faire-government will stay out of businesses
-Trikle-down theory-gave tax cuts to rich and would "trickle" down and help the lower class, more jobs with better pay but it didn't happen very fast
-Prohibition
women thought it would help so they, and their children wouldn't be beaten. 21st amendment repealed it. Alcohol was then only allowed for medicine and religious purposes. Failed because people thought it dumb so crimes were often. Al Capone was big and made millions and didn't pay taxes.
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