Unit 4: ​Forging an Industrial Society

​Critical Vocabulary: Forty-Niners, Transcontinental Railroad, Homestead Act, Exodusters, Battle of Little Bighorn, Dawes Act, Assimilation, Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Ghost Dance, Wounded Knee Massacre, Laissez Faire Economics, Vertical Integration, Horizontal Integration, Social Darwinism, A Gospel of Wealth, Labor Union, Strike, Lockout, Blacklist, Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike, Push Factors, Pull Factors, Ellis Island, Americanization Movement, Nativism, Chinese Exclusion Act, Angel Island, Urbanization, Tenements, Political Machine, Muckrakers

Lesson 1: The Great West



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We will describe the opportunities and conflicts that emerged as Americans moved west at the turn of the century.
  • This means we will explain why 1000s of settlers began to move west after the Civil War, and we will describe the challenges they faced as a result.
  • It also means that we will explain how western expansion impacted the lives of Native Americans living on the Great Plains.

Lesson 2: America Moves to the City

We will discuss the ways in which the American population changed at the turn of the century, and we will analyze the issues that emerged as a result.
  • This means we will summarize the reasons people immigrated to the U.S. during the Gilded Age, and we will evaluate the domestic response to these groups.
  • It also means that we will describe the major issues that emerged as Americans moved into cities, and we will explain the role of muckrakers in exposing the problems of the era.

Lesson 3: The Growth of Industry
We will describe the growth of industry in the United States, and we will assess its impact on American society.
  • This means we will explain laissez faire economics, and we will describe how it shaped business practices during the Gilded Age.
  • It also means we will describe working conditions during the Gilded Age, and we will analyze the degree to which the Labor Movement was able to improve upon them.
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