1E1 - Cause and Effect

Question 1

What is the definition of cause?

Answer 1

A person or thing that gives rise to an action, phenomenon, or condition.

Question 3

What does effect mean?

Answer 3

A change that results when something is done or happens.

Question 4

What are three causes of the Civil War?

Answer 4

1. Slavery.
2. State’s rights.
3. Economic differences.

Question 5

What are two effects of the Civil War?

Answer 5

1. End of slavery.
2. Country is reunited.

Question 6

How did the Civil War impact the role of women?

Answer 6

Women took on new jobs such as nurses and ran businesses.

Question 7

How did the Civil War impact voting rights?

Answer 7

Black men were allowed to vote for the first time, and inspired women many years later to fight for their right to vote.

The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government and each state from denying or abridging a citizen’s right to vote “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” It was ratified on February 3, 1870, as the third and last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Question 8

What was the Gilded Age?

Answer 8

1870s-1890s in American history that saw large amounts of change in the economy and industries such as energy, transportation, and manufacturing.

Question 9

How did the Gilded Age change American workers?

Answer 9

Workers began to unionize in response to hard working conditions.

Question 10

What caused businesses to expand and grow during the Gilded Age?

Answer 10

More demand for goods led to more companies hiring more workers, including women and non-white men.

Question 11

What led to the growth of cities in the United States during the 1870s-1890s?

Answer 11

• The end of the Civil War encouraged many to move to cities for jobs.
• Larger waves of immigration from Europe.

Between 1880 and 1900, cities in the United States grew at a dramatic rate. Owing most of their population growth to the expansion of industry, U.S. cities grew by about 15 million people in the two decades before 1900.

Question 12

What caused more Americans to want regulation of big companies?

Answer 12

Corruption of railroad and food tycoons and unsafe labor practices.

The rise of industrial capitalism saw the exploitation of workers, including low wages, long hours, and poor working conditions. Labor movements advocated for regulations to protect workers’ rights, leading to the establishment of labor laws, minimum wage laws, and the recognition of labor unions.

Question 13

What two major events caused Americans to want more government involvement in their lives?

Answer 13

• The Stock Market Crash
• The Great Depression

The Stock Market Crash led to widespread layoffs and unemployment. By 1933, the unemployment rate in the United States had soared to about 25%.

Question 14

What series of government programs resulted from the Great Depression?

Answer 14

The New Deal

The New Deal was a series of programs and reforms aimed at economic recovery and financial reform. These included the establishment of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to regulate the stock market and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to protect bank deposits.

Question 15

Why did the United States wait until 1917 to intervene in World War I?

Answer 15

Isolationism

The United States maintained a policy of isolationism during World War I, with President Woodrow Wilson declaring the country neutral in 1914. Eventually, Wilson’s viewpoint changed as he saw that the war threatened to spread across the Atlantic Ocean.

Question 16

What impact did World War II have on racial equality in the United States?

Answer 16

Non-white soldiers served overseas and upon returning wanted the same rights and treatment as white soldiers.

Question 17

What caused Americans to lose support for fighting communism overseas during the Cold War?

Answer 17

• The violent images they saw from the Vietnam War.
• Economic issues at home.

Vietnam was the first “television war,” with graphic images and news reports broadcast into American homes. Coverage of brutal combat, civilian casualties, and atrocities like the My Lai Massacre (1968) shocked the public and eroded support for the war.

Question 18

What was a consequence of the nuclear arms race between the Soviet Union and the United States?

Answer 18

The Space Race.

Because both countries spent large amount of money on research and development of nuclear weapons, they also began investing in technologies to reach outer space.

Question 19

What was a cause of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s?

Answer 19

Growing resentment for the racist treatment of African Americans.

Question 20

What are three effects of the Civil Rights Movement?

Answer 20

1. Civil rights laws that banned discrimination.
2. Support for women’s rights and equality.
3. Growing anti-war movement.

Question 21

What is a tool you can use to teach cause and effect for younger students?

Answer 21

Anchor chart