SSUSH11 The student will describe the economic, social, and geographic impact of the growth of big business and technological innovations after Reconstruction. a. Explain the impact of the railroads on other industries, such as steel, and on the organization of big business. b. Describe the impact of the railroads on the development of the West; include the transcontinental railroad, and the use of Chinese labor. c. Identify John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company and the rise of trusts and monopolies. d. Describe the inventions of Thomas Edison; include the electric light bulb, motion pictures, and the phonograph, and their impact on American life.
SSUSH12 The student will analyze important consequences of American industrial growth.
a. Describe Ellis Island, the change in immigrants’ origins to southern and eastern Europe and the impact of this change on urban America.
b. Identify the American Federation of Labor and Samuel Gompers.
c. Describe the growth of the western population and its impact on Native Americans with reference to Sitting Bull and Wounded Knee.
d. Describe the 1894 Pullman strike as an example of industrial unrest.
SSUSH13 The student will identify major efforts to reform American society and politics in the Progressive Era. a. Explain Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle and federal oversight of the meatpacking industry. b. Identify Jane Addams and Hull House and describe the role of women in reform movements. c. Describe the rise of Jim Crow, Plessy v. Ferguson, and the emergence of the NAACP. d. Explain Ida Tarbell’s role as a muckraker. e. Describe the significance of progressive reforms such as the initiative, recall, and referendum; direct election of senators; reform of labor laws; and efforts to improve living conditions for the poor in cities. f. Describe the conservation movement and the development of national parks and forests; include the role of Theodore Roosevelt.
SSUSH14 The student will explain America’s evolving relationship with the world at the turn of the twentieth century.
a. Explain the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and anti-Asian immigration sentiment on the west coast.
b. Describe the Spanish-American War, the war in the Philippines, and the debate over American expansionism.
c. Explain U.S. involvement in Latin America, as reflected by the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine and the creation of the Panama Canal.
Essential Question:
How does the growth in big business and increase in technological advances impact society, economics and the geography of the USA after reconstruction?
What are the consequences and effects of industrial growth in America after reconstruction?
How did individuals and groups attempt to reform American society and politics after Reconstruction?
How is America's relationship with the world evolving after the Civil War?
Key questions:
How did industrialization lead to the development of labor unions?
How did the development of railroads affect the Native American populations of the Great Plains?
What was the economic and social impact of immigration laws on urban America?
How did the government respond to the issues created by the Industrial Revolution?
Why did American expansionism during the turn of the century result in the Spanish-American War and the war in the Philippines?
Why did the creation of the Panama Canal lead to the Roosevelt Corollary?
What role did the muckrakers play in the reforms of the Progressive Era?
What were the consequences of Jim Crow laws and Plessy vs. Ferguson?
How did the publishing of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle effect the operations of food industries in the United States?
What impact did 19th century events at Wounded Knee have on future generations of Native Americans living in that are?
What was the impact of Jane Addams and Ida Tarbell?
Vocabulary:
Homestead Act
Open range
Comstock Lode American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers.
1894 Pullman strike
Upton Sinclair
The Jungle
Meatpacking industry
Jim Crow
Plessy v. Ferguson
Sitting Bull
Wounded Knee
Lakota Sioux
Ghost dance
Custer
Little Big Horn
Chief Joseph
Ida Tarbell
muckraker
progressive reform
Initiative
Populist
Spanish-American War
war in the Philippines
Yellow journalism Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Urbanization
Tenement
Nativist
Social Gospel
Roosevelt Corollary
Ellis Island
Immigrant Jane Addams
Hull House Recall
Referendum
direct election of senators
reform of labor laws
NAACP
Social Darwinism
Middle class
2. Complete the exercise on trusts and business in America by clicking here
3. Complete the exercise on the fate and role of African Americans after the civil war by
4. Complete the exercise on the Indian policy in the Wast by clicking here
5. Complete the exercise on the changing status of women by clicking here
6. Complete the excercise on the farmer's Revolt by clicking here
7. Complete the exercise on Industrialism by clicking here
8. Complete the exercise on Urban Political Machines by clicking here
9. Notes to power points are here:
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a. Describe Ellis Island, the change in immigrants’ origins to southern and eastern Europe and the impact of this change on urban America.
b. Identify the American Federation of Labor and Samuel Gompers.
c. Describe the growth of the western population and its impact on Native Americans with reference to Sitting Bull and Wounded Knee.
d. Describe the 1894 Pullman strike as an example of industrial unrest.
a. Explain the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and anti-Asian immigration sentiment on the west coast.
b. Describe the Spanish-American War, the war in the Philippines, and the debate over American expansionism.
c. Explain U.S. involvement in Latin America, as reflected by the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine and the creation of the Panama Canal.
Essential Question:
How does the growth in big business and increase in technological advances impact society, economics and the geography of the USA after reconstruction?
What are the consequences and effects of industrial growth in America after reconstruction?
How did individuals and groups attempt to reform American society and politics after Reconstruction?
How is America's relationship with the world evolving after the Civil War?
Key questions:
How did industrialization lead to the development of labor unions?
How did the development of railroads affect the Native American populations of the Great Plains?
What was the economic and social impact of immigration laws on urban America?
How did the government respond to the issues created by the Industrial Revolution?
Why did American expansionism during the turn of the century result in the Spanish-American War and the war in the Philippines?
Why did the creation of the Panama Canal lead to the Roosevelt Corollary?
What role did the muckrakers play in the reforms of the Progressive Era?
What were the consequences of Jim Crow laws and Plessy vs. Ferguson?
How did the publishing of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle effect the operations of food industries in the United States?
What impact did 19th century events at Wounded Knee have on future generations of Native Americans living in that are?
What was the impact of Jane Addams and Ida Tarbell?
Vocabulary:
Open range
Comstock Lode
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers.
1894 Pullman strike
Upton Sinclair
The Jungle
Meatpacking industry
Jim Crow
Plessy v. Ferguson
Wounded Knee
Lakota Sioux
Ghost dance
Custer
Little Big Horn
Chief Joseph
Ida Tarbell
muckraker
progressive reform
Initiative
Spanish-American War
war in the Philippines
Yellow journalism
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Urbanization
Tenement
Nativist
Social Gospel
Ellis Island
Immigrant
Jane Addams
Hull House
Recall
Referendum
direct election of senators
reform of labor laws
NAACP
Social Darwinism
Middle class
Resources:
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Assignments:
1. Power points to view and complete notes from:2. Complete the exercise on trusts and business in America by clicking here
3. Complete the exercise on the fate and role of African Americans after the civil war by
4. Complete the exercise on the Indian policy in the Wast by clicking here
5. Complete the exercise on the changing status of women by clicking here
6. Complete the excercise on the farmer's Revolt by clicking here
7. Complete the exercise on Industrialism by clicking here
8. Complete the exercise on Urban Political Machines by clicking here
9. Notes to power points are here:
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