1. Students will understand the impact the Industrial Revolution had on the United States.(Ch. 6)
- Inventions
- The light bulb-made it easier to see in the dark
- The telephone- amde it easier to communicate with people
- Electricity made life a lot easier
- Typewriter gave womern a lot more job opportunities
- The refridgerator cool foods and made them last longer
- Railroad
- made moving westward faster and easier
- could move goods and supplies easier
- brought hope and faith to America
- Labor Unions
- skilled and unskilled people that set up good working conditions
- 8 hour work days
- Children had to be a certian age
2. Students will understand the impact immigration and urbanization had on the United States.(Ch. 7)
- An immigrant is a person that migrates into another country and usually try to get perminent residence. Immigration in the US started out with millions of immigrants that wanted to start their life over again. People were losing their jobs and they thought that the immigrants were the cause of that.
- Urbanization is where people move from the country to the city. They did that to look for better job and many other opportunites (school, religous reason, ect.). Urbanization gave farmers a better chance to live and keep their families living.
3. Students will understand the impact of the Progressive Era on the United States.(Ch. 9)
- The Progressive Era protected social welfare, promote moral improvement, create economic reform, and foster efficency. Prohibiton banded alcoholic beverages. The 18th amendment completely banded alcoholic beverages. The women really wanted that amendment to pass. Progressives changed the way people worked. Shorter work days, workmens compensation laws, machine saftey, and child labor laws were just some of the things fixed by the progressives.
4. Students will understand the impact imperialism had on the United States and world.(Ch. 10)
- Imperialism is where a strong country goes out and takes over weaker countries. Imperialism brought stronger countries a powerful military, naval bases and refueling stations, money for natural resources, and cultral superiorty. McKinley and Taft wanted to educate the Filipinos and make Christianize them.
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 WW1- Nationalism, Militarism, Imperialism, system of alliances, assissination,
-Causes for US involvement- Unrestriced submarine warefarre-type of warefare which submarines sinck non navel boats w/out warning. Germany sank the Lusitania which was a key reason for US involvment. WW1 American Propaganda for the war, it urged people to plant victory gardens, join the war, greater proud for their war.
-Trench Warfare and weapons- Trench Warfare is a type of warfare where opposing forces attack and counter attack from a relatively permentent systems of trenchs protected by barbed wire entanglement. The rifle was the most common weapon: 1400 meter average range, could be operated by one soldier. The Machine Gun could kill many people at once at a long distance, but it was heavy and took 2-3 people to move and use it.
-US Homefront- The Military Draft authorized a draft for men between 18 and 45. The women had to take the mens' jobs while they were at war. In the war 14% of African Americans lost their lives compared to whites. War bonds were made so that the government could get money.
-Wilson's 14 Points and the Treaty of Versailles-
- The Treaty of Versailles- peace settlement signed after the war. Gave all land back to to Russia and all the other countries that Germany took land from
- Wilson's 14 points
No more secret alliances between countries
Free navigation of the seas
An end to all economic and trade barriers between nations
A general reduction of arms to ensure peblic saftey
Decisions regarding the colonies should be impartial
The German Army was to be removed from Russia, so it could politically develope itself without forced help
Belgium should be evacuated and restored
France should be evacuated and fully liberated, including the Alsace-Lorrraine
The clear readjustment of the Italian border
Independence for variious national groups in Austria-Hungary
The Balkan States should be restored with freedom of the seas for Serbia (Rumania, Serbia, and Montenegro)
The Turkish people should be allowed to govern themselves; independence for Turkey. Also, the Dardanelles should be permanently open for access
Poland should have idependence as well as freedom of the seas
A league of nations should be developed in order to protect world peace
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- Jazz music, flappers, gangster, computers, outlets, prohibition, boom decades, car down payments, ect.
Return to normalcy- to go back to the new diplomacy, getting back to focusing on America and isolation
-Red Scare- was a period of time after the war were the US thought we were going to become communist. The US severly reduced the incoming of immigrants to our country. The Palmer Raids wer led by J. Edgar Hoover and they went out and captured communists and sent them back to their countries.
-Republican philosophy- The Trickle Down Theory- giving tax cuts to big businesses in return the governemt expected the business to pass down some of the money to the workers, but it took a long time for this system to really take affect
Laissez-Faire- The government was going to stay out of the businesses and during that time businesses really bommed
Rugged individualism- its up to individuals to get a job and money. Governement didn't believe in social welfare and giving people money
-Prohibition- The banning of alcohol, Al Capone and some of the other gangster didn't want to sell alcohol cause of the prohibition stuff.
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