Key Concept 6.1: Technological advances, large-scale production methods, and the opening of new markets encouraged the rise of industrial capitalism in the United States.
Key Concept 6.2: The migrations that accompanied industrialization transformed both urban and rural areas of the United States and caused dramatic social and cultural change.
Key Concept 6.3: The Gilded Age produced new cultural and intellectual movements, public reform efforts, and political debates over economic and social policies.
Key Concept 6.2: The migrations that accompanied industrialization transformed both urban and rural areas of the United States and caused dramatic social and cultural change.
Key Concept 6.3: The Gilded Age produced new cultural and intellectual movements, public reform efforts, and political debates over economic and social policies.
What, Then, Is this America? Due: 12/14 |
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U.S. Industrialization Webquest:
Growth of Cities:
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Migration Westward: |
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Myths About the West:
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AMSCO Chapter 18 Guided Reading: |
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Gilded Age Immigration and Urbanization:
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Jacob Riis: "How the Other Half Lives" Activity
Directions: After viewing the Jacob Riis video on the right, complete the questions associated with the Gilded Age photo to the left.
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AMSCO Chapter 19 Guided Reading |
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Period 6 DBQ for 1/11:
Directions: Utilize Google Doc's and the chromebooks to complete the DBQ question below during class on 1/11.
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Gilded Age: Unions
Directions: After viewing the Pullman Strike video on the left complete the accompanying worksheet to the right.
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Haymarket Square Riot & Nativism
Directions: View the three associated PBS videos concerning the Haymarket Square Riot before completing the S.P.A.M. Analysis worksheet.
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Great Railroad Strike of 1877:
Directions: Step 1- inform yourself of the Great Railway Strike of 1877 via the lyrics on the worksheet along with the first video resource. Step 2- View the Crash Course video and complete the accompanying worksheet.
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Weekend Activity:
Directions: Utilize the "New York: Sunshine and Shadow" video to complete the accompanying worksheet.
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U.S. Grant's Corrupt Presidency: (Bellringer)
Directions: Create a chart of "Positives" and "Negatives" of the Grant administration. Then, construct a few sentences on your belief on if Grant was a good or bad President and why/why not.
The Populist Party:
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Period 6 Review: (Always remember Gilder-Lehrmen review site is linked off of the Period 6 button at the top of this page...great stuff!)
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1. What act allowed for 160 acres of land with the stipulation that you had to live there for 5 years?
2. What conservationist organizations were founded during the mid to late 1800's? Which U.S. President was the foremost conservationist? 3. Recreate the "Native American Policy" chart (watch & listen to it as well) 4. What system of agriculture dominated the South during reconstruction after the Civil War? Which population group was negatively affected by this lifestyle? 5. What problems were faced by workers of the industrial revolution time period? What did workers form to protest these conditions? List two of the earliest and most successful unions, their platforms, and their leaders. 6. How were Unions and strikes dealt with by companies and the government? List a few of the major strikes in the U.S. during the time period. 7. How did the industrial age affect agriculture? How did this affect prices? 8. What were a few of the early farmers groups? Why did they form? What ideas did they bring into the U.S. government? 9. What was meant by the "gilded age" in Mark Twains and Charles Werner's book? 10. Wabash v. U.S. - 11. Sherman Anti-Trust Act - 12. What were some push and pull factors for immigration to the U.S. during the late 1800's during the industrial revolution? What internal migration occurred and why? 13. What nativist act barred Chinese immigration to the U.S. for over 50 years, and prevented citizenship to those already in the U.S.? What "New Immigrant" groups from Europe were unwanted in the U.S. during the time period? 14. Describe the contrast of those living in cities during the gilded age. What was the Gospel of Wealth? Hull House? Social Gospel Movement? 15. What groups sought equality during the later half of the 1800's, and what were their ideas? |