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Unit 6 Presidents: Theodore Roosevelt: William Taft: Woodrow Wilson: Warren Harding: Calvin Coolidge: Herbert Hoover: Franklin D. Roosevelt:
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Unit 6 Topics:
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April-August of 1898
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Type into the chat: For what is Theodore Roosevelt known? Conservation Aggressive Panama Canal Peace between Russia and Japan
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Type into the chat: For what is Taft known? Judge Boring Against laws that benefitted the wealthy Huge! Almost 400 lbs, 6’4”, had a tub installed in the WH
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WWI: July 1914-November 1918, U.S. Entered April 1917
January 1915 May of 1915
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Results of U.S. Entering WWI
The U.S. built a massive army! The allies won the war (U.S. played large role in this) U.S. amassed POWER Germany LOST! (had to pay $$) Patriotism in America grew
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Guam was acquired by U. S. in Spanish American War. A U. S
Guam was acquired by U.S. in Spanish American War. A U.S. Air and Naval base is located there.
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Puerto Rico, Guam, Marianas, Virgin Islands, American Samoa
Territories of the U.S. Puerto Rico, Guam, Marianas, Virgin Islands, American Samoa
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Type into the chat: For what was Wilson known? Abolished child labor Prohibition Federal Reserve (regulate banks) Income Tax Elect senators Women’s rights
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Type into the chat: Why did Wilson win the election? Republican party split Roosevelt formed a new party Democrats were unified
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Type into the chat: Why did allies reject Wilson’s 14 points? They wanted to be able to declare war They wanted to punish other countries They didn’t want to give up lands they controlled
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Women’s Voting Rights (Suffrage) in 1918
Suffrage means the right to vote
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Women’s Suffrage Flowchart
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Ratification The 19th amendment finally passed in It declares: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.” Teacher should read this slide. Our country started off with only free, white males aged 21 being able to vote. The 15th amendment gave free African Americans the right to vote, so that men of all colors, aged 21, could vote. It wasn’t until the 19th amendment that women of all colors could vote as well. Our country did not start off perfect, and it is not perfect now, but our country is on a journey, it is a process to try and form a more perfect union.
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Name At Least One Thing You Learned About Women’s Rights
Be sure you have taken notes on the worksheet
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Freedom of Speech violated, Unlawful Imprisonment, Expression of Ideas violated
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What were Americans so afraid of during the Red Scare?
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Laws against Lynching, for Women’s minimum wage, Education
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What happened during the Great Migration?
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Writers Langston Hughes Zora N. Hurston
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Artists Mary Cassatt Thomas Hart Benton
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Writers Ernest Hemingway F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Musicians Aaron Copland George Gershwin
George Gershwin clip: Aaron Copland clip:
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What do you remember about the Harlem Renaissance?
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Worksheet U 7 L 5 We will concentrate on Musicians and Innovators for this lesson on pages You should have completed the other categories in 7.5, however. ask students to check if they listed the great migration and Harlem Renaissance on page Ask for what they wrote. See the next slides for complete answers..
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