Industrial Revolution Imperialism World War I

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Industrial RevolutionImperialismWorld War I

• US History
• SOL Review

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Westward Expansion

• After the Civil War expansion increases between
  the Mississippi River and Pacific Ocean
• Homestead Act Free public lands in Western
  Territories to settle the land
• American Cowboys cattle drives in the West

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Immigration

• BEFORE 1871
• Immigrants came from North AND West Europe
• Spoke some English
• Came from places with democratic traditions
• 1871 1921
• Immigrants came from South AND East Europe and
  Asia
• Many didnt speak English
• Didnt come from countries with democracies

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Opportunities in the US

• ..Give me your tired, your poor,
• Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
• The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
• Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
• I lift my lamp beside the golden do
• The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus

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Arriving to the US

• Ellis Island
• Statue of Liberty was first sight
• Settled in cities in the Northeast
• Worked in textile, steel mills, clothing
  industry, and coal mines
• Chinese immigrants worked on the Transcontinental
  Railroad
• Poor working conditions
• Melting Pot

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Urban Growth

• Great Migration
• African Americans in the South move to cities in
  the North for better opportunities
• Housing
• Shortages
• Immigrants/factory workers had poor housing
  conditions
• New need for public services (sewage and water
  systems, and public transportation)
• Transportation
• New York City begins first subway system
• Most cities have streetcar or trolley systems

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Captains of Industry

• Captains of Industry OR Robber Barons
• Andrew Carnegie
• Steel industry US Steel
• J.P. Morgan
• Finance and banking
• John D. Rockefeller
• Oil industry Standard Oil Corporation
• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• Railroad industry

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Rockefeller
Morgan
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Carnegie
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Inventions

• Bessemer
• Steel processing
• Thomas Edison
• Light bulb
• Alexander Bell
• Telephone
• Wright Brothers
• Airplane
• Henry Ford
• Assembly Line production

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Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Alva Edison
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Working Conditions

• Dangerous Working Conditions
• Long hours
• Low pay
• No benefits
• Child Labor

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Labor Unions

• Knights of Labor
• Terrance Powderly
• American Federation of Labor
• Samuel Gompers
• American Railways Union
• Eugene Debs
• Ladies Garment Workers Union

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Progressive Movement

• Laissez Faire Capitalism
• Hands off government
• Government helps industries
• Give land grants to railroad builders

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Theodore Roosevelt

• Square Deal
• Use of Sherman Anti - Trust Act
• Railroad Regulations
• Public Health - Meat Inspection Act and Food and
  Drug Administration
• Creation of National Parks

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Woodrow Wilson

• New Freedom
• Underwood Tariff Act
• Clayton Anti - Trust Act
• Child Labor Laws
• Federal Reserve System
• Amendments
• 16th - Federal Income Tax
• 17th - Popular Election of Senators
• 18th - Prohibition
• 19th - Womens Suffrage

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Changes

• Child Labor Laws
• 17th Amendment
• Direct election of Senators
• Improvements in State Government
• Recall and Referendum
• Elections
• Primary elections and Secret Ballots
• Sherman Anti Trust Act and Clayton Anti Trust
  Act
• Monopolies are illegal
• No price fixing

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Imperialism

• Early 20th century (1900s)
• Growth of imperialism race for territories
• International Trade
• Trade increases and becomes a Global Economy
• Open Door Policy
• Secretary of State John Hay
• Equal trading rights in China

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US Policy

• President Taft
• Dollar Diplomacy invest in Latin America
• Panama
• US encouraged Panama to gain independence from
  Columbia
• Hawaii
• US helped overthrow the monarch and annexes
  Hawaii
• Cuba
• US helps gain independence
• Spanish American War
• US gained Puerto Rico, Guam, and Philippines
• US gained rights to intervene in Cuban affairs

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Roosevelt and Taft
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World War I

• Nationalism
• Growing feelings of Nationalism
• Imperialism
• Race to increase size of empires
• Militarism
• Increase in militaries
• Alliances
• Entangling alliances in Europe

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World War I

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• Crown prince to Austrian throne
• Assassinated by a Serbian Nationialist
• Austria Hungary declares War on Serbia
• Russia declares war on Austria Hungary
• Germany declares war on Russia
• Great Britain and France join the war

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Alliances

• Allied Powers
• France, Great Britain, Russia.US
• Central Powers
• Austria Hungary and Germany
• America remains NEUTRAL for 3 years
• German U Boats (submarines) and ties to Great
  Britain make US join the war
• President Wilson Make the World Safe for
  democracy

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A New Kind of Warfare

• Trench Warfare
• Submarines
• Tanks
• Planes
• Poison Gas

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Fourteen Points

• President Wilson outlines plan in 14 points
• Self Determination
• Freedom of seas
• League of Nations
• Germany Surrenders based on 14 points

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Treaty of Versailles

• French and British punish Germany
• War reparations
• War Guilt Clause
• League of Nations
• International peace keeping organization
• US does not join
• Road to World War II
• Treaty of Versailles will contribute to World War
  II

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