Let’s start out with a little fun! Choose a year between 1866 and 1890. Team with a neighbor and find an interesting fact about or event that happened in April of that year. Go to: http://www.scopesys.com/year/ to find an event or fact
Describe what you found and give the date.
The Year 2000 Census is currently upon us. Census data often provides a picture of what is happening in a society. Major changes were happening in America from the mid 1860’s through the 1890’s. America’s work force was changing vocations. Compare the number of manufacturing establishments from the 1860 census to the number of manufacturing establishments in the 1890 census. Use the census browser at http://fisher.lib.Virginia.EDU/census/ . Follow along with the instructions on the WebQuest. After saving your graphs of the 1860 and 1890 number of manufacturing establishments, paste these graphs in the boxes below.
1860 – Graph Here…..
1890 – Graph Here…..
What were some major inventions between 1870 and 1890?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/technology/techtimeline/index.html
Did you find any inventions that would have supported or influenced the drastic increase in manufacturing establishments during this period? What about previous periods? If so, list and describe….
What was the Columbian Exposition (http://park.org/Pavilions/WorldExpositions/chicago.text.html) 1893?
Insert a favorite picture of the fair here….
Why might this fair be considered the “Birth of Electricity?”
Regarding the Columbian Exposition (http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA96/WCE/legacy.html) …. Find several influences this fair had on America’s future. (Hint – “We’re Off to See the Wizard”, and “Disney” or others).
Just one year after the fair, things were not quite so ideal near the fair grounds. The Pullman Strike of 1894 had some ties to the Columbian Exposition. Start out by explaining why these workers went on strike. (http://www.cc.ukans.edu/kansas/pullman/index.html)
What is the connection to the Columbia Exposition?
The Columbia Exposition can be said to emphasize the tie between business, progress and technology, and their impact on society.
Consider this quote:
”If there is technological advance without social advance, there is, almost
automatically, an increase in human misery, in impoverishment.”
What, if anything, does the Pullman strike make you think about the impact of business on society and the working man’s life? Compare and contrast the dream of the Columbian Exposition and the reality (sometimes horrors) of a factory laborer’s life. (http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/, http://www.cc.ukans.edu/kansas/pullman/index.html)