1. What are the main historic events that took place in 8th Grade US History that helped shape the United States up to 1877? Choose your top five. (10 points)-Chapters 1-4
exploration, colonization, rev war, moving west, reconstruction and discuss them.
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?(10 points)-Ch. 9
amendments 16171819, federal trade commision-monopolys, federal resrve system of banks, meat inspectino act, laws, child labor ect.
4. Describe US Foreign Policy in the late 1800's and early 1900's and be able to give examples.(10 points)-Ch. 10
Old- isolationism, nuetral, New-
big stick dip- speak self carrya bit stick
monroe doctrin-waring to europe to stay out of south america., rosevelt coralary- come to us first didnt want eruope to go there first., dollar dip-taft- railroads mimes businesses,, missionary dip,
5. What impact did World War I have on the United States?(10 points)-Ch. 11
became and idustrial power house, were usually in debt, made us into a nation that export more then we import, started exporting more then imports, went back to isolationism- they saya lourd ww2 to come about. women worked alot more outside the home, fueld their desire for rights and like flapper girls.
6. What impact did the United States have on World War I?(20)
military generals, foods, goods, homefornt- war goods tank ammunitions guns medical supplies plasma, closthes, sold alot of stuff for the war,
7. What positive and negative impact did the 1920's have on the United States?(20 points)-Ch. 12-13************* below is my study guide
negative: red scare- fearful of comunist and sometimes took away peoples freedons, kkk, immigration laws- racism, prohibition- brought alot of negative was supposed to be postive but wasnt, people went into massive debt becuae of buying on credit, help led to the stock market crash
positive: outlets, consumer goods, buyibng on credit for responsible poeple, cities became electified,air conditioning, mostly in big businesses,
Wednesday: Semester test questions:
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
13 colonies were founded, came to America and formed a colony
Ending slavery was abolished- during civil war time
the expansion and they also talked about the trail of tears
got alot of land from the lousisana purchase,
Declaration of indepence- trying to make them pay forall their crimes like not pauing taxws.. etc
now that we declared independance and lsot it would be treason but we did win so we didnt have to worry about that
got our independce and it was leading into the rev war and it is important casue we might be still under the other country still trying to get our indepencdane
colonization and the first succesfull colony was called jamestown, started the us and brought peole to the new world,
Landbridge- came on a bridge tthat was covered in water and the native americans came from asia, they walked across following the food sources, whick was a very long time ago and is no longer there. it is a theory but is excepted
civil war 13 amendment louisiana jpurchase french and indian war revoulutionary war columbias 13 colonies pilgrims voting rights and decloration of independence
Gold rush- lots of people came during this time to try and get rich but it was dangerous, san Francisco 49ers named after them some peolple did actually get rich tho
War of 1812, lasted 2 1/2 years, between the us and the uk. the uk had many more kills but there really wasnt anyr result from it.. kind of a pointless war. just unresolved issues oth rev war
mexican american war, in 1846-48 war on fouren soil after texas gaind independace, under command of zachary taylor. when war was over america got alot of south, south west land, won and half payed for it. it alllll used to be mexico. after this texas won-battle of the alamo- texas won and became an independent country, none as the lonestar.
The civil war was the most deadly war for the US at least and one of the most major reasons was because of slavery. The propose of this war was to prevent slavery from spreading to other colonies. The original goal for linclon was to get states that seceded, to come back and join the US.
Reconstructining america, was putting it back to gether after the civil war and the blacks got more churches etc. 1865-1877. rebuilt the south, physicaly, economicly, socially, rebuild citys, goverments. everythingw as different becasue of slavery so it was rebuilt in many different ways. give black males rights to vote, giving them jobs. notherners took over the southerners, and they were not happey about it. white racist southerners took over the land. segregation.
Alaska was purchades from russia for 7.2 billion dollars in 1867. people thought it was not a big deal just a chunck of ice but it is good for oil and attraction
Undergournd railroad, was a big deal, they needed more slaves in the south becasue of having more land and it was the rich land owners that did have them. they had bounty hunter people that found blacks then kept them or sold them.
Alamo- 13days long texans vs mexicans, all the texans died and alot of mexivans died with them, part of the big war of the Texas war for independence
Trail of tears- indans traveled by horse foot, wagon steam boat coming from georgia, alabama, tennessee. this showed how cold and heartless the gov can be
womens rights- 1848-1920 pushed to get the same rights as men and to be equal, and be able to vote
war of 1812 - french and british, trade really slowed down and was like the second war of independance, nothing really came of it and both sides decided to stop fighting, they stopped our ships and sent them back star spangled banner
wesward expasnion- 1800, us was the middle and the boundries were atlantic ocean,
2. How did the US change during the late 1800's and early 1900's?(10 points)-Chapters 5-8
-diplomacy's
Old diplomacy: noninterventionist- the us did not intervene in foreign affairs especially europes,
isolationist- the us acted alone in foreign affairs as compared to working with other nations,
passive and reactive- the us waited for events to occur and then acted accordingly,
week army and navy
New diplomacy: imperialistic- going out and conquering territory to create an empire, alfred mahan henry cabot lodge, teddy rose.
stronger army and navy,
interventionist- especially in central and south america- becoming more involved in other countries affairs, monroe doctrine,
strong nationalism- having strong pride and confidence in ones country
warning the other countries to stay out! mandarin doctrine!
Imperialism and america imp became very common with the major powers of the world, japan britain, germany, france, austria, italy, russia, us, ottoman,
Child labor laws
Progress ine ducation
Secret ballot
Civil service reform
Amendments
Early prohibition
Henery ford
3. What impact did the Progressives have on the United States?(10 points)-Ch. 9
- Progressives were groups of reformers that worked to improve social and political problems in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Many were well educated professionals from the cities. These progressives had different ideas on how to solve the problems that the saw. Many focused on different areas that included regulating business, reforming government, improving working conditions, improving health, working for women’s rights, and improving the conservation of natural resources. There are many examples of people who were progressives. Some progressives were known as muckrakers and wrote about the problems they saw.
Progressive era- era of reform 1890-1920 where our country worked hard to help people in need. Four Goals of progressivism, protecting social welfard, promoting moral imporvemnet, crating economic reform, fostering efficiency,
4. Describe US Foreign Policy in the late 1800's and early 1900's and be able to give examples.(10 points)-Ch. 10
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5. What impact did World War I have on the United States?(10 points)-Ch. 11
6. What impact did the United States have on World War I?(20)
-home front, mass production of goods, weapons
-pushed back into isolation
The Central Powers
Germany
Austria Hungary
Turkey ottoman empire
Bulgaria
Allied Powers
GB
Russia
US
France
Italy
M- militarism (building a strong military)
I- imperialism (bigger countries taking over little)
Bolt action rifle was the most common and could fire 1400 m
Springfield
Winchester
Remington
Flame throwers- Germans first
The Germans tested 2 models
the bigger one was designed for portable use
the other one was a big tank and was not able to be carried
they were used for backing up the other people the warn them off
they weren't really used as weapons but could be
machine guns there were three most common
mickers
madsen
and the masoninggewegr 08
machine guns weren't really accurate and they couldn't be carried easily and they had then on the ground, trench guns
tanks
they were slow and only went like 4 miles an hour
the evolution of them are remarkable
they got stuck cause they couldn't go over the trenches
poison gas- french first
was used to end prolonged trench war
accurate for 4% of deaths
chloride
mustard
tear gas
terror weapon scares people if you didn't have a gas mask on
burned in places on your body that were like moist.
grenade
many were used, mills bomb was most common one used
Germans used over 70000 of them
Trench warfare
were always being dug up
air forces
first used t o scout enemy location
war progressed and panes began to be equipped with bombs and the plane fights first started they through gernades at eachother
maching guns were mounted and synchronized w propeller
manfred von richtohofen german, 80 victories also know as the red baron
naval operations
transport soldiers and supplies and u boats were like submarine and could go underwater and hold around 35 men 12 torpedoes and
Tuesday:
1914-1917 before us is in the war
1917-1918 when we joined
Major Battles:
battle of passchendaele-849 casualties, third battle of ypres, beat back the germans, lots of mud, allies losst 440000, germans lost 400000
of verdun- in 1916, 976000 casualties, germans took advantage of the planning of the battle of somme, capture the town was the goal, kiss as much as they coould was alot earlier, lowered the moreal with the loss of troops, 40 million artillery shells were shot, french lost 542000,germans lost 435000, french won
of the somme- 1,200,201 cas, britich came and bombarded german troops with artillary shells for several days, lost 60000 troops at the beginning of the ballter, and forced germans to retreat 40 miles, allies lost 623000, germans lost 60000, allies won
spring offensive- germans suffered from ports being blocked, lost so many troops they recruited old and young men, major push agains somme to distract the americans, germans gained many miles of ground. 1918
devil dogs- force of marines and infantry engaged german troops, battle of balleaue wood, stopped the german advance ending the spring offensive, consits of tanks, artiller, infantry, the americans fought so hard the germans made up the name for them.
hundered days offensive- last offensive of the war, 1855000 cas, failed spring offensive, left germans weak, marshal ferdinand foch decided to go on the offensive, battered back the germans giving up the amiens, germans lost all battles at this time, allies lost 1000000 germans lost 785000
top five worst of casualties- deaths
How the US got involved in WWI:
Shooting the usa with a beebee gun-
germany sub attacks on passenger merchant shops in 1917, sinking of unarmed frend boat, threatend to sever diplatic relators if not stopped germany accepter terms and conditions, germany broke sussex treaty, sub warfare to defeat gb in 5 months, considered us not neutral any more.
us and mexico already in conflict germany tries to turn mexico on america, mexico declinesm america is at war
Wednesday:
Need to know about for test- causes of wwi, chain of events, alliances, goals, weapons, strategies, battles, how us got involved.
us involvement more:
we were neutral
gb and germany were both stopping us ships
why? German sinking of british ships and killing us citizens. - lusitania, arabic, sussex
germany declared unrestricted submarine warfare
causes that got us closer to war
zimmerman note- germany was banking on gb ending the war. really what pushed us into the war. germany tried to ger mexico to declare war on the us and germany promised mexico that they would ger the mexican cession back if they won, germany wanted to keep the us out of eroupe
beliefs of war hawks- teddy, want war
trade and england increased- trade wiwth germany decreased as years went on, 3 bullion in 1916 with england,
british and american propaganda
prepaerdness program, us started arming and preparing for war
american businesses, munitations business pucshes us into war to make money
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tuesday- study day
TEST QUESTIONS
1. What are the main historic events that took place in 8th Grade US History that helped shape the United States up to 1877? Choose your top five. (10 points)-Chapters 1-4
exploration, colonization, rev war, moving west, reconstruction and discuss them.
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?(10 points)-Ch. 9
amendments 16171819, federal trade commision-monopolys, federal resrve system of banks, meat inspectino act, laws, child labor ect.
4. Describe US Foreign Policy in the late 1800's and early 1900's and be able to give examples.(10 points)-Ch. 10
Old- isolationism, nuetral, New-
big stick dip- speak self carrya bit stick
monroe doctrin-waring to europe to stay out of south america., rosevelt coralary- come to us first didnt want eruope to go there first., dollar dip-taft- railroads mimes businesses,, missionary dip,
5. What impact did World War I have on the United States?(10 points)-Ch. 11
became and idustrial power house, were usually in debt, made us into a nation that export more then we import, started exporting more then imports, went back to isolationism- they saya lourd ww2 to come about. women worked alot more outside the home, fueld their desire for rights and like flapper girls.
6. What impact did the United States have on World War I?(20)
military generals, foods, goods, homefornt- war goods tank ammunitions guns medical supplies plasma, closthes, sold alot of stuff for the war,
7. What positive and negative impact did the 1920's have on the United States?(20 points)-Ch. 12-13************* below is my study guide
negative: red scare- fearful of comunist and sometimes took away peoples freedons, kkk, immigration laws- racism, prohibition- brought alot of negative was supposed to be postive but wasnt, people went into massive debt becuae of buying on credit, help led to the stock market crash
positive: outlets, consumer goods, buyibng on credit for responsible poeple, cities became electified,air conditioning, mostly in big businesses,
Wednesday: Semester test questions:
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?(10 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?(10 points)-Ch. 11
6. What impact did the United States have on World War I?(20)
The Central Powers
Allied Powers
GB
M- militarism (building a strong military)
I- imperialism (bigger countries taking over little)
N- nationalism (being very patriotic)
E- economic competition
S- system alliance (back up alliance)
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A- assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY/ STRATEGIES OF WWI:
Tuesday:
1914-1917 before us is in the war
1917-1918 when we joined
Major Battles:
How the US got involved in WWI:
Wednesday:
Need to know about for test- causes of wwi, chain of events, alliances, goals, weapons, strategies, battles, how us got involved.
us involvement more:
battle of the homefront and propoganda:
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&view=btop&ver=eeculh...
Thursday:
Bolshevik Revolution
Friday:
The armisice and 14 points
Treaty of Versailles:
KKK
Immigration act
Republican Philosophy
Radio was just starting during this era.
Route 66, first transcontinental highway
Model T - Henry Ford, $5 a day for his workers
Wednesday:
Charles lindbergh-know as racist
Amelia Earhart
first woman to try and go all the way around the world and left form oakland, and then landed in howland island but no one really knows
Rural vs Urban
Prohibition
Organized Crime
7. What positive and negative impact did the 1920's have on the United States?(20 points)-Ch. 12-13
I know some of these.