1. Students will understand the impact the Industrial Revolution had on the United States.
Many new inventions came out during this time such as the train, telephones, and some motion cameras. this happened due to the mass finding of natural resources which ended up with us having the ability to invent new things.
2. Students will understand the impact immigration and urbanization had on the United States.
We were once a small country but we invited everyone and anyone to come to our country and populate it. eventually immigrants were taking the jobs of many American citizens and frustrating them. Urbanization was the idea of taking people and making big cities. they believed that urban life was better than rural life.
3. Students will understand the impact of the Progressive Era on the United States.
This was the era of activity. President Roosevelt pushed us to be active and wanted us to be a major power in the world. This later led to wars like WW1.
4. Students will understand the impact imperialism had on the United States and world.
This was when we tried to take over many countries and gain lots of land. It was the idea that we all wanted to bring up a large empire to be the biggest country and to be a super power of the world. We attempted to gain land in the carribean, cuba, and peurto rico.
5. Students will understand the causes for US involvement in World War I and the effects it had on the United States.
-Causes of WWI
The final reason for the start of the war was the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Because of that, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. It was the Allied Powers vs. the Central Powers. the war was fought for about 2 years before the US joined.
-Causes for US involvement
We entered the war mainly because the British intercepted a message from Germany to Spain that was pushing Spain to declare war on us to regain their land.
-Trench Warfare and weapons
The trench warfare was basically just digging deep trenches in the ground along a long line and firing at the other enemies in their trench. This was a very defensive tactic and brought along a lot of stalemates. the weapons that were used were machine guns that operated on turrets. The main weapon was the rifle, because the accuracy and the ability to add a bayonet on the end to attack from close range. they also used gas like mustard gas and grenades.
-US Homefront
The civilians of the US had to persevere by saving materials and saving food. They accomplished this by having their own "victory" gardens and having meatless mondays and wheatless wednesdays. They also had to have women to more work around the house and also work in factories to mass produce munitions for the war.
-Wilson's 14 Points and the Treaty of Versailles
President Woodrow Wilson came up with his plan of 14 points that he figured would end the war. The first five points were aimed at shutting Germany down as a major power in Europe. The last one was to set up a league of nations which would try and stop another war like this from happening. We never actually joined it though. It was what ended the war and it blamed Germany for WWI. The Allies wanted the Central powers to pay, so they put a lot of restrictions on them. Restrictions put on Germany were paying for damages, land decreases, population deflation, and armed forces annihilation. The US didn't like the idea of the Treaty of Versailles so they did not sign this document.
6. Students will understand the political, social and economic changes that occurred in the 1920’s in the United States.
-Roaring 20's and the return to normalcy
This is when the economy was booming. cities had electricity and were buying things like washers and radios. people were spending and spending because of the new idea of credit. buy now, pay later. the return to normalcy was when Harding was president and wanted to make us isolated from the rest of the world so we could keep building up and stay out of unrational foriegn affairs.
-Red Scare
this was when all of the citizens went into a frenzy and we're scared of the posibility of a communist government overtaking the US. After Russia dropped out of the war they became communist and we didn't want to end up like that.
-Republican philosophy
Trickle down theory which was to help rich and it will eventually help the poor, laissez-faire which is hands off of businesses, and rugged individualism which is when people help themselves.
-Prohibition
This was the 18th ammendment the banned all alchoholic drinks from being manufactured, shipped, stored, or sold anywhere in the united states. It failed because no one liked it and tons of people broke the law. alchohal was everywhere on the black market. Al Capone was one of the biggest Mobsters that illegally trafficked alchoholic beverages. They cought him and put him in jail on tax evasion.
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