Unit 5 Syllabus

U.S. History
Winter 2011
Unit 5: The Nation Transformed, 1877-1914

Core questions:

1. Why did industrial growth accelerate during and after the Civil War?
2. What new industries developed during the age of industrialization? Who were the “Captains of Industry” and what new business practices did they pioneer?
3. How did the labor movement develop in the U.S.? Which strategies proved successful for unions? Which were unsuccessful? Why?
4. Compare and contrast the Old and New Immigrants.
5. What attracted settlers to the last frontier?
6. What is a laissez-faire policy and what attempts were made to modify it in the United States in the late 19th century?
7. How and why did the Southern states restrict the rights of African Americans after Reconstruction?

Identifications:

Henry Bessemer Thomas Edison vertical integration
Andrew Carnegie horizontal integration John D. Rockefeller
department store Knights of Labor Samuel Gompers
AFL Pullman Strike Eugene Debs
Tammany Hall Jacob Riis Hull House
TCRRs Comstock Lode Long Drive
reservations Wounded Knee Helen Hunt Jackson
sharecropping segregation Pendleton Act
McKinley Tariff Interstate Commerce Act Sherman Antitrust Act
The Grange Populist party William Jennings Bryan

Reading/Viewing:

The American Journey, Chs. 18-20
America: The Story of Us
Selected primary source documents

Assessment:

ID Quiz (1)
CPS MC Quiz (multiple)
10-pt. homework paragraphs (multiple)
Unit Take-home Test (100 pts.)