1.What are the main historic events that took place in 8th Grade US History that helped shape the United States up to 1877?
-land bridge: sheet of ice formed between Alaska and Russia.
(people walked across it and went south which got warmer and made it form.)
-Columbus discover America.
-Revolutionary war (fought against Britain for independence we won)
-signing the U.S. constitution.
-Civil war a war fought between north/south the south succeeded. The north fought the south and won which brought the south and north back together.
- Reconstruction of the south
- (Abe Lincoln assassination)
-Mexican American War, Reconstruction of the south, Getting Alaska, the industrial revolution.
2. How did the US change during the late 1800's and early 1900's?
-culture clashed in the west between the Natives and the whites.
-Horses become being used
-fighting between the natives and the settlers.
-Government restricted the Natives making them have certain boundaries.
-A lot didn't listen and hunted on restricted land.
-Cattle became big business. (a lot of income for it)
-Settlers faced troubles with droughts and flooding.
they used monopoly to get rid of competition
- labor unions emerged. (they didn’t do much right away) but after a few years they benefited the average person in todays time period.
3. What impact did the Progressives have on the United States?
-They had Brocken down big business.
-Theodore Roosevelt got rid of a lot of trusts.(Trust Buster)
- child labor laws were made
-streets in new york were turning in to better streets and everything and this eventually spread to cities everywhere.
4. How did the US deal with the world in the late 1800's and early 1900's?
-(war) Spain over Cuba we won but didn't give Cuba independence.
-we put a fort on Cuba.
-Guantanamo bay ( no Independence)
-Big stick diplomacy: Theodore Roosevelt used his strong navy to bully other countries, (his big stick)
5. What impact did World War I have on the United States?
US along with all the other countries suffered many deaths (people getting wounded)
-women started working outside of the house and even in the factories because the men were away at war.
-women became more independent and started working more and more even after the war was over.
6. What positive and negative impact did the 1920's have on the United States?
-Negative: the KKK
- people buying on credit which eventually hurt them in the long run and put us in the great depression.
- the prohibition (outlawed the creating transportation and the sell of alcohol)
- roaring twenties: could buy with credit which boomed the economy because people would buy everything and then just pay later.
-Positives:
- You could travel a lot faster because they made the first car.
-Music, Sports, Jazz and the Harlem Globetrotters became big in the 1920’s.
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