UNIT 3: THE INDUSTRIAL ERA:
Industrialization, Urbanization, Immigration,
and Progressive Reform
(1865 - 1917)
Unit Thesis: The transformation of the United States from an agricultural to an increasingly industrialized and urbanized society brought about significant economic, political, social, cultural, and environmental changes.
Group Assessment DBQ: Immigration and the American Dream
- Prewriting Activity
- Primary Source Documents
A. BIG BUSINESS
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Industrialization Lecture Notes | |
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Industrialization PowerPoint | |
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Ch. 3.2: Big Business and Unions (p. 138 - 146)
Rockefeller and Carnegie (10)
Directions) Using the biographical information sheets available in class complete a Venn Diagram to compare the early life, business career, and perspectives on business of two leading industrialists. After comparing write a 3-5 sentence claim to summarize main ideas.
Compare and Contrast Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller.
Were wealthy industrialists, like Rockefeller and Carnegie, "Captains of Industry" or "Robber Barons"?
The Gospel of Wealth:
Primary Source Analysis (10)
Accurately identify and explain the main idea of Andrew Carnegie's "Wealth" in the North American Review, June, 1889.
Read, highlight, and annotate the excerpted primary source. Write a three to five sentence analysis statement.
The Bosses of the Senate
Analyze the political cartoon.
Digital Media Articles: Wealthiest Americans (15)
Use the Current Event Assignment format to read, review, and compare the two articles listed and linked below.
A 2014 Thrillist article titled "How the 10 Wealthiest Americans in History Got Rich" by Ethan Wolff-Mann.
The 2019 Forbes 400: The Definitive Ranking of the Wealthiest Americans Edited by Luisa Kroll and Kerry A. Dolan
B. IMMIGRATION AND URBANIZATION
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