What are the main historic events(hit five) that took place in 8th Grade US History that helped shape the United States up to 1877? (10 points)-Chapters 1-4
Revolutionary War - America becoming independent from Britain to become the greatest country in the world! Constitution - Replaced the Articles of Confederation that ruled the country for about 11 years. The Constitution is changed to meet with new laws that are needed. Westward Expansion - American people started moving West, more land, gold, Native Americans. We reach from ocean to ocean. Civil War - Greatest single loss of American lives ever. Separated the North and the South over the battle of slavery. Reconstruction - After the Civil War, rebuilding the south. We then started the Industrial Revolution and became the powerhouse we are today.
How did the US change during the late 1800's and early 1900's? (10 points)-Chapters 5-8
Acquired new land, became a more industrial nation with the production of steel and oil. Intervened more in other countries affairs. We went from Old Diplomacy to what we are now, with New Diplomacy.
What impact did the Progressives have on the United States? (20 points)-Ch. 9
Some of the things they did that are still in place today are - they created laws restricting child labor and factory conditions, made businesses make people work less time and get paid more. They also gave more rights to woman, broke up trusts to stop companies from making monopolies, they started doing land conservation and were the first major group to try to save the environment. 18th amendment (prohibition) they basically started to regulate everything they could because they thought it would make things better. The progressive era was an era where our country helped out the common people and tried to take away the extremes of the social classes and make everybody more equal in the middle class. Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson were the two main people at this time Teddy Roosevelt was really big on conservation, pure food and drug act, and meat and inspection act.
Describe US Foreign Policy in the late 1800's and early 1900's and be able to give examples. (10 points)-Ch. 10
Began to acquire new territory (Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico...), we weren't as isolated as we were in the 1800s. Big Stick Diplomacy- Built up our military as a showing of strength to other countries. Saying you have the power to do something but not necessarily saying you are going to use it. Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy-Loaned money to Latin America to help with their poor economies. Wilson’s Missionary Diplomacy-Tried to get other countries to switch to a democracy like us. We would refuse to trade with them otherwise. Open door policy in China- China accessible to all countries, opened up trade and settlement from everywhere.
What impact did World War I have on the United States? (20 points)-Ch. 11 - Positive - Created jobs in factories, gave woman jobs that they held even after the war. Brought country together to complete a common goal. Technology like cars and planes improved rapidly. Negative - Loss of life, the way it was settled led to WWII. Other countries had to rebuild from scratch.
What positive and negative impact did the 1920's have on the United States? (20 points)-Ch. 12-13 - Positive - Woman became more politically active, they tried and succeeded to ban alcohol in the United States as an attempt to halt domestic violence. Several new inventions, hot rods, high speed customized vehicles that became NASCAR. New type of culture, music, fashion, advertising. New companies that are still around today like Wonder Bread, Hostess, Welch’s, Kool-Aid. Negative - Gang violence increased as a result of prohibition, many people were killed when they tried to fight gangs or have alcohol. Racism and Segregation were at an all time high. Stock Market crash in 1929 brought the worst economic times we have ever seen.
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