Essentials for US History--Semester One
1. Students will understand the impact the Industrial Revolution had on the United States.(Ch. 6) was when we basically became a strong nation our industrys and agriculture were doing good an we were living well with nventions like the cotton gin and typewriter
2. Students will understand the impact immigration and urbanization had on the United States.(Ch. 7)we had more people living in the cities and we were running out of room so we went up but sewage and crime were problems small farmers had to move to town because big farmers were doing everything
3. Students will understand the impact of the Progressive Era on the United States.(Ch. 9)was were women started to work outside the home and children would work and work conditions were better 17 18 and 19 ammendment
4. Students will understand the impact imperialism had on the United States and world.(Ch. 10)
when a strong country takes oover a weaker country for reasons like they have a stronger military and they want to
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 assasinations militarism imperilism nationilism and germany basically being jerks
-Causes for US involvement Germany unrestricted submarine warfare affected our trade us buisness wanted to and we all kinda wanted to join
-Trench Warfare and weapons Weapons were machine guns and tanks gernades, trench warfare was where there were 2 trenches on the opposite sides of the battlfeild with barb wire in between and the armys would crouch in them to fight
-US Homefront is what the people did at home in the us to help with the war manly women making food and clothes and weopons in factores
-Wilson's 14 Points and the Treaty of Versailles
1. End to secret treaties
2. Freedom of the seas
3. Free trade for all countries
4. Disarmament
5. End to colonial claims
6. Self determination for all countries (especially Russia) let them determine their government system
7. Restoration of Belgium
8. Restoration of France
9. Readjustment of Italy's Borders
10. Austria-Hungary would be given opportunity for anonymous development
11. Romania, Siberia, and Montenegro should be evacuated and restored
12. Turkey should be independent
13. Poland would be given their independence
14. The "league of nations" would be developed
They neded a treaty since the war was coming to an end. They hoped that it would bring stablity to Europe. Poland and Czeoslovakia were some of the new nations. It helped bring peace. Germany didnt like the treaty because they thought that they would get the 14 points.
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 THe roaring 20s were we invented lots of things like credit and cars and electric outlets which lead to the depression the return to normalcy is harding was running for president and he thought we should just worry about ourselfs and stay out of other peoplwes war
-Red Scare it was when people were changing to communist and we were scared we were going to change also and so we stoppe immigration karl marx started communism
-Republican philosophy lasiaz faire government should stay out of peoples buisness and ruggedi individulism worry about yourself harding coolidge and hoover were the presidents
-Prohibition was the banning of alcholl and the people hated it because organized crime stARTED TO MOONSHINE AND BOOTLEGGER took ocontrol
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