1. What are the main historic events that took place in 8th Grade US History that helped shape the United States up to 1877? The Revolutionary War took place in 1775 and ended in 1783. It was a war between the 13 colonies and Great Britain. The U.S won the war. The Civil War was a war between the north and the south over slavery. the north won. Christopher Columbus was the first man to explore the U.S. He made it across the whole country in about a year and took about a year to get back to Great Britain. Christopher made a map as he went along and recorded many species of plants and animals.
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2. How did the US change during the late 1800's and early 1900's? The Homestead Act was a big Act in this time. It gave families 160 acres of land to do whatever they wanted to do with it. The Gold Rush was a big part in changing the U.S in this time. It caused many people to move to the West because they wanted to strike it rich. It really expanded the U.S throughout the country so it was bigger.
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3. What impact did the Progressives have on the United States? The Progressive Era was a period of time when a lot of social activism and political reform was happening in the U.S. Some of the major amendments passed in that time were the 16th; graduated income tax, 17th; two senators from each state, 18th; Prohibition, 19th; women's right to vote. Federal Reserve Banks are still around today. Roosevelt was a Progressive president that was known as the trust-buster because he broke up many trusts.
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4. How did the US deal with the world in the late 1800's and early 1900's? At first we wanted to stay out of other country's businesses. We didn't want to be dependent on other countries. This is called isolationism. Then we became more imperialistic, wanting to be a huge super power of the world like Great Britain, Germany, France, etc. We used big stick diplomacy against other countries, which meant we wanted to have a better army than the opposition.
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5. What impact did World War I have on the United States? Since we wanted land so bad, it costed us many lives and A LOT of money, but not near as much as some of the other countries who had been in the war since 3 years earlier. Germany was in a lot of dept after the war and they wanted to blame someone. They started their rebuilding by making tons of weapons, and after a few years. They had a lot of war weapons ready. They didn't like the U.S very much and that is part of the reason that World War 2 started.
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6. What positive and negative impact did the 1920's have on the United States? The 1920's were a great time in U.S history. Many new entertainments and inventions were started then. Some major entertainments in that time were big sports teams, such as baseball. Babe Ruth was a well known baseball player in that time. Movies were another big entertainment. Some inventions were the automobile and the airplane. The airplane had been around before then, but it was a lot more popular in the 1920's. Some negatives were the Great Depression, which happened after the 1920's because of everyone not paying for the things that they bought and going into dept, and the Red Scare because of people being accused of being communist.
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