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Review for first semester final

Review for first semester final. Geography. Central and Latin America Europe South America 50 States Oceans and Continents. Specific countries to know. Germany Cuba Brazil Great Britain. Oceans and seas. Mediterranean Sea Indian Ocean Arctic Ocean Panama Canal. Civil war.

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Review for first semester final

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  1. Review for first semester final

  2. Geography • Central and Latin America • Europe • South America • 50 States • Oceans and Continents

  3. Specific countries to know • Germany • Cuba • Brazil • Great Britain

  4. Oceans and seas • Mediterranean Sea • Indian Ocean • Arctic Ocean • Panama Canal

  5. Civil war • Emancipation Proclamation • North and South (Yankees and Confederates) • Abraham Lincoln President • 600, 000 lives lost • 54th regiment • War was over state’s rights

  6. Reconstruction • *Jim Crow laws • *Why was this era called Reconstruction? • Amendments 13, 14, 15th • *13th – abolished slavery • *14th – granted citizenship for all people born in the U.S. • *15th- A.A. right to vote

  7. Wild West • Boom towns vs ghost towns • The expansion of mining led to what? ---more states added • Homestead Act- gave 160 acres to settlers who wanted to work on it • Native American struggles • Farming struggles • Transcontinental Railroad • Union Pacific: Omaha, NE to Promontory Summit, UT • Central Pacific: Sacramento, CA to Promontory, UT • Supplies to the West, ranch/farm products to East • Communications needed- telegraph along tracks • Increased lumber and steel demand

  8. Industrialization • Robber baron vs captains of industry • Inventions…list • Rockefeller, Carnegie, Chase, Pullman, Westinghouse, Edison, • Assembly line • Worker’s rights- why labor unions?

  9. Immigration • Two processing centers in the U.S • Millions of people came here from where? • Yellow Journalism- Muckrakers • Population shift----rural to urban • Caused city problems…what were they? • Skyscrapers/street cars…transportation • "Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Who wrote it?

  10. Urbanization/Progressive era • Libraries were built- reading was predominant • Entertainment • Corruption in government • Elected officials not serving ALL public’s needs • Ex: William “Boss” Tweed • Spoils System- Pendelton Civil Service Act • Revealing corruption- forcing change • Muckrakers • Environmental destruction/Teddy Roosevelt • Federal Reserve Act

  11. Imperialism • Purchase of Alaska • “Seward’s Folly” • Purchase of Hawaii • Isolationism/Expansionism • Yellow Journalism • Spanish American War- Cuba-Philippines-USS Maine • Roosevelt Corollary

  12. WWI • First show to start the war- Franz Ferdinand • M.A.I.N • Propaganda • Zimmerman telegram • Allied/Central powers • Red Scare- Bolshevik revolution • Trench warfare- weapons • Woodrow Wilson • League of Nations • Germany had to pay reparations

  13. 1920’s • Roaring • Installment buying • 18th amendment- prohibition • 19th- women right to vote • Red Scare #2 • Changes for women

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