1. Students will understand the impact the Industrial Revolution had on the United States.(Ch. 6)
Assembly lines were made and they made work more efficient. Railroads were made and they made transportation of goods a lot faster, created new towns, but messed up time zones. Monopolies were created. Andrew Carnegie created one with a steel company, and John D. Rockefeller created one with an oil company. Labor unions were made to fight for better wages and working conditions. Many inventions were created such as the light bulb, the type writer, and the telephone. These inventions made people's lives easier.
2. Students will understand the impact immigration and urbanization had on the United States.(Ch. 7)
3. Students will understand the impact of the Progressive Era on the United States.(Ch. 9)
The Progressive Era was a period when America made a lot of progress and they tried to fix problems they had. Work hours were reduced, wages were better and children no longer had to work in factories. This was because of labor unions who fought for better working conditions. The 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th amendments were passed.
The 16th amendment was a tax on people's income.
The 17th amendment allows states to vote for their own senators.
The 18th amendment banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. Women wanted it because their husbands would come home and beat them because they were drunk.
The 19th amendment was women's right to vote.
Teddy Roosevelt was a president during this time and he did many things for the U.S. He was a "trust buster" which means that he broke up monopolies. He had a Square Deal which treated everyone equal, he passed the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906 and the Meat Inspection Act in 1906, and he set up national parks and protected some wilderness areas.
Woodrow Wilson was another president during this time. He was also a "trust buster" and he passed the Clayton Anti-Trust Act in 1914 which could break up a monopoly. The Federal Trade Commission was also set up in 1914. He created the Federal Reserve System which is a banker's bank. It can issue new paper money in emergency situations. He lowered tariffs with the Underwood Tariff.
4. Students will understand the impact imperialism had on the United States and world.(Ch. 10)
The U.S. thought they needed to take care of the Philippines, their "little brown brothers" as Taft said. It was the White Man's Burden. The U.S. wanted to expand so they could get more money by trading, have naval bases and refueling stations.
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 WWI
Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination, Herzegovina wanted to be a part of Serbia, not Austria-Hungry, and militarism-countries were building stronger militaries, imperialism-bigger countries were taking over smaller countries, and nationalism-in Austria-Hungry, there were a lot of different people, and they didn't like people who weren't like them.
-Causes for US involvement
The Zimmerman note. It was a letter sent by German Ambassador that was intercepted by the British.
Germany sinking ships and killing American people that were on the boats.
The unrestricted submarine warfare and the sinking of the Lusitania.
American businesses wanted more money.
-Trench Warfare and weapons
Trench Warfare was a form of fighting in lines. They were dug out, 12 feet deep, zig-zagged, around Western Europe, and there were miles of them. They were good protection, but they caused trench foot.
Weapons
Machine guns, gas, tanks, trench knife, grenades, and airplanes were all used.
-US Homefront
Women started to work. They replaced the men when they went off to war. There were war bonds which helped pay for the war. There was a war production board. They made sure companies were making as much as they possibly could. A committee on public information was made to influence public opinion about the war. Hoover, president at the time, urged people to conserve food. Food is ammunition, don't waste it.
-Wilson's 14 Points and the Treaty of Versailles
Wilson made these 14 points to end the war. He wanted a League of Nations, free trade and free seas, and European countries that were destroyed to be evacuated and restored.
Treaty of Versailles
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 U.S. didn't like the Treaty of Versailles so they didn't sign it.
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
Roaring 20's
The economy boomed during this time, there was electricity, people were buying machines like radios washers, dryers, and vacuums. Professional sports were popular as well. Other names for this time period were The Jazz age, The Advertising age, and The Golden age of Sports.
Return to Normalcy
It was Harding's campaign. He wanted to return to isolationism, focus on building up America, and stay out of foreign affairs.
-Red Scare
The U.S. was scared of becoming communist. After Russia dropped out of the war, they became communist and the U.S. didn't want that to happen to them. The U.S. reduced immigration and Jay Edgar Hoover and Mitchel Palmer led the Palmer Raids.
-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
It was the 18th amendment and it was called the noble experiment. It banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic drinks. It failed because people didn't like it. There were underground bars that were illegal called speakeasies.
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