1. What are the main historic events that took place in 8th Grade US History that helped shape the United States up to 1877?(10 points)-Chapters 1-4
2. How did the US change during the late 1800's and early 1900's?(10 points)-Chapters 5-8
3. What impact did the Progressives have on the United States?(20 points)-Ch. 9
4. Describe US Foreign Policy in the late 1800's and early 1900's and be able to give examples.(10 points)-Ch. 10
5. What impact did World War I have on the United States?(20 points)-Ch. 11
6. What positive and negative impact did the 1920's have on the United States?(20 points)-Ch. 12-13
The Louisiana purchase. It almost doubled the land in the U.S. and opened up the west to further exploration. French and Indian War- Marked the beginning of fights between the Colonies and the British. Trail of Tears- was the forced removal of indians from their own territory, many indians died and it showed how crude the government could be. Womens Rights- Gave the women more equality than before. Discoveration of North America by Columbus- Obviously important because otherwise we would not be here right now. Opened up the world for more exploration. War of 1812-restored patriotism for the americans after we one. It was surprising that we won due to the fact that the british had a much more advanced navy. Civil War- helped abolish slavery and put the united states back into one piece instead of having it split between the north and south. American Revolution- Gave the colonies their independence thus creating The United States of America. Abe Lincoln- improved life overall for african americans by freeing them and creating voting rights. Was sadly assassinated shortly after the war. Declaration of Independence- Gave american colonies independence as their own country.
Things changed as to how african americans and women were treated. The progressives were introduced to government and society. Foreign policy changed a lot, as did immigration laws. The war of 1812 took place, which was a war between the colonies and the British, it was mainly a naval war.
Sadly the progressives did not do as much for african americans as they probably could have. It reformed the way that people were treated by politics. Many middle class people were not happy with the way that they lived. Wages were changed, you got overtime pay for working overtime and the work week was reduced to five days a week with two days off plus increased wages. Made working conditions better in factories, banned child labor etc. Made the business world a little more fair by putting tariffs on imported goods and setting up antitrust laws to prevent monopolies.
Foreign policy is the way we handle other countries. We used to have old diplomacy which focused on being isolationist and not communicating with other countries. We then moved to New Diplomacy which was was opposite of Old Diplomacy. We were more involved in other countries and other foreign affairs. We’ve had Big Stick Diplomacy which was brought about by Teddy Roosevelt and that was based on improving the military and having a strong military. We’ve had the Monroe Doctrine, Dollar diplomacy, and missionary diplomacy.
World War 1 had a huge impact on the U.S. We never planned on getting involved in the war, in fact Woodrow Wilson wanted to remain neutral during the war but when Germany tried turning Mexico on us that was the final straw. It affected us because our troops were sent out and that left jobs empty and therefore the women had to take over certain jobs in factories. We had to send food over to our troops which left some of us in a food shortage.
The stock market crashed at the end of the 1920’s and set the great depression in motion. The great depression was caused by the sock market at being at an all time high and then it all of a sudden just crashed and caused many people to lose their jobs, many banks closed due to bank runs (people started withdrawing all their money from the banks and caused the banks to close). Caused a large period of down time for the U.S. economy and took a while to recover from.
A highlight from the 1920’s was jazz music. The creation of Jazz music was mostly credited to the african americans but was eventually adapted to be more socially acceptable for middle class americans. It let people, especially the younger people (teenagers) to feel more individualistic and to rebel against their previous generation. It created many new types of fashion, hobbies for women (smoking cigarettes), talking about sex freely, and many other things.
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