1. What are the main historic events that took place in 8th Grade US History that helped shape the United States up to 1877? Choose your top five. (10 points)-Chapters 1-4
Exploration- Native Americans coming across the land bridge followed animals, land bridge has been submerged since end of ice age, they thought the land was should be owned,
Declaration of Independence- complaints against GB, we won and got our freedom in 1776
Revolutionary war- 1775- 1783, GB forced people to take in soldiers, people had to go to Britain if they committed a crime, taxed very badly
Columbus- tried to find india, asia. He wanted to find a faster route to trade goods. They wanted to find land that would make them money.
Reconstruction- 1865-1877- the period of time when the southern states had to rebuild physically, socially, economically, through the government, brought back to the Union.
2. How did the US change during the late 1800's and early 1900's?(10 points)-Chapters 5-8
fighting native Americans, gold mining, industrial revolution, segregation, immigration
Great plains drew people to go out West, there were many resources and it was unsettled. A lot of farmers needed land, so they were drawn out west for new lands and new starts. A lot of railroads were being built, making the country seem smaller
3. What impact did the Progressives have on the United States?(10 points)-Ch. 9
fed trade commish, fed reserve bank, child labor laws, work laws
this progressive era was a time of change in the US. We helped common US citizens instead of just doing things to benefit the rich. Progressives were big on benefiting work conditions. gave people more knowledge on labor boards.
4. Describe US Foreign Policy in the late 1800's and early 1900's and be able to give examples.(10 points)-Ch. 10
Old Diplomacy- isolationism, new diplomacy, big stick dip., Monroe doctrine- Roosevelt corallery, Dollar Diplomacy, Missionary dip, open door with china, war
Old diplomacy was what the US always was and that was staying out of other countries problems and be isolationists. New diplomacy started to come around for us and that is where we started to become more involved with other countries and their problems.
5. What impact did World War I have on the United States?(10 points)-Ch. 11
We became industrial power house, borrowed money a lot, started making a lot of things and exported more than imported
Made the US very determined to win with the making of products and amount of men that went into war. We became a world superpower after the war for first time in history.
6. What impact did the United States have on World War I?(20)
our military and everything with it was good, we were fresh with goods and men, to make the world safer democracy
US was a breath of fresh air because our moral was high and the others were exhausted and tired from being in the war already for a couple years. Us made a big impact on the war because our women were making and shipping goods.
7. What positive and negative impact did the 1920's have on the United States?(20 points)-Ch. 12-13
Red scare, people were killed and didn't have much evidence, KKK was formed, prohibition made people mad, people went into debt using credit but still is good if you use it wisely, cities were electrified
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