1. Students will understand the impact the Industrial Revolution had on the United States.
During the industrial revolution many new inventions came out and many things got improved. Some examples are the typewrtiter, that made it easier to have many copies of an article or book, the telephone and radar. Railroads exploded in the Industrial Revolution. They made travel and shipping things so much easier and faster. As in any business there was corruption, the poor were charged more than the rich and they kept prices so high that farmers were kept in constant debt. Because the Indurstrial Revolution brought many huge factories it also brought monopolies, both vertical (taking out businesses of the same kind as yours) and horizontal (taking out business that supply your business) There was of course people who didn't agree with the monopolies and all the scandals that the railroads brought and those people fought for better wages, better working conditions and better treatment, these were the people of the labor union.
2. Students will understand the impact immigration and urbanization had on the United States.
Immigrants came to America for many reasons, religious freedom, jobs, to get an education, and to avoid political problems with the country they came from. During the 1800s and 1900s many people were rushing to America in search of work which made the people they already lived here angry because the immigrants would do the work for a lesser wage than them. America is known as the "melting pot" so with all the cultural differences it caused some problems. The American citizens wanted all the immigrants to become americanized but the immigrants werent willing to give up their religion, language or cultures. As if moving to a new country wasn't hard enough they faced probems finding jobs, houses, getting an education, cultrural differences and disease. Because of the flood in immigrants the cities they were rushing to became packed and disgusting. They had major problems with sanitation, crime, and fire.
3. Students will understand the impact of the Progressive Era on the United States.
The progresssive Era was a time of huge change in almost every aspect of American life. The changes in education were huge. The kids were required to attend but the conditions they were taught in were poor. The teachers taught the older kids who then passed it down to the younger ones. The whites weren't the only people who get better education, the blacks started getting a higher education as well. peoples entertainment interest changed as well. People became more and more interested in sports, magazines, and amusement parks. With all the changes in every part of life came the changes in architecture. People started getting more creative with their space, a good example is skyscrapers. They wanted to conserve space so they built up. Another example is bridges, suspension bridges came into play during this time period.
4. Students will understand the impact imperialism had on the United States and world.
Imperialism- when a larger, more powerful country takes over a smaller country either econimically, or politically or physically.
league of anti-imperialist- believed that imperialism was against american morals and would cause war with many other countries.
isolationism- policy of not partisipatiing on other countries affairs.
imperialism vs isolationism, old diplomacy vs. new diplomacy
dollar diplomacy was big, it was where we would loan countries money then they would be in debt to us and we would have control of them until they payed back the money they owed. Another diplomacy was missionary diplomacy when other countries were corrupt we would not recognize them and would go as far as calling them out on it. Countries did not wanted to be called out on their corruption.
5. Students will understand the political, social and economic changes that occurred in the 1920’s in the United States.
The roaring twenties was a time of moral change. People started believing in science more than religion and women started doing things that would otherwise be socially unacceptable. Woman wore shorter dresses and skirts and would smoke and drink in public. The name for these girls were flappers, they wore their hair short and bobbed. This decade was also known as the jazz era. Jazz music was explosive and took over, many people would go out swing dancing to jazz music for entertainment. Jazz music also became more popular through the radio, which became huge in the twenties. Radios made it easier to get updates on news, sports, politics and to hear music. Another huge change was Henry Ford's method of production. He masterd mass production and made the model T ford affordable for everyone, and if you couldn't afford it then you could buy it on credit which also became popular during the 20s. Everyone was buy lots of things on credit, which eventually ended up hurting the country significantly. Another huge change was electricity, with electricity came washers, dryers and fridges. The red scare happened in the 20s and wasn't a good thing. With Russia being communist and lots of Russian immigrants coming to American lots of people became paranoid that they would try to take over our government and make American communist. To prevend becoming communist we passed anti-immigrantion law to stop immigrants from communist countries moving into America. The Palmer Raids was an attempt to get rid of anarchist . American politics had a democratic string. Pres. Harding was popular but had lots of scandals and died in office. Pres. Coolidge was very popular and well liked. And Pres. Hoover who had an attitude of "do nothing", leave the people alone, and tax breaks to the wealthly that will trickle down to the poor. Just coming out of WW1 war prevention was a huge priority.
4 power treaty- each country would respect each other possessions in the pacific
(us, great britian, france, japan) made the sea a safer place
5 power treaty
- all of above plus italy
-freeze navies at 1921 levels (worked but countries found loop holes around the laws)
9 power treaty-
- all above plus netherlands, portugal, belgium, and china
- keep open door in china ( no one dominates trade with china)
-promise chinese independence
Kellog-briand pact
60 some countries signed to outlaw war
4 years later japan broke it by attacking china
With the production of automobiles getting crazy popular their became a need for roads which gave way to the first transcontinental highway, Route 66. Airplanes also improved greatly, they became vital to mail carrying and transporting small groups of people. Pilots were famous during this time charles lindenburgh "lucky lindy" is an example of this.
Prohibition "the nobal experiment" was started and continued by woman during the progressives
it banned the making, selling and transportation of alcohol. (18th ammendment) This was all for a good cause but making it illegal only made things worse. Bootlegging became more and more popular and the selling of alcohol was forced to go underground which made it involved with mafias and organized crime. Crime got a lot worse and uncontrolable. Cops were being able to be bought out and people found ways to break the law and not get caught. Speak-easies were bars and clubs that served alcohol without the police or most people knowning, very secretive. Not only did people feel like they were having their rights taken away but they also felt like they were having their culture taken away. Germans who grew up around alcohol felt like they were being forced to drop their traditions.
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