Module 7: Expansion and Reform (1877-1920)

In this module, students will examine technological innovation through the analysis of American industrial growth with a focus on the consequences of industrial growth such as the creation of labor unions and political parties. Students will once again see conflict and change through the Supreme Court decisions during this period of time. Through the conceptual lenses of distribution of power and time, change, and continuity, the unit will explain the rise of the United States as a world power and the inevitable changes within American society and societies around the world. SSUSH11, SSUSH12 and SSUSH13

KEY TERMS

Below are the key terms for Module 7. The definitions are located in the Glossary tool in Blackboard. Your vocabulary quiz will consist of matching and fill in the blank questions. You should create flashcards or use Quizlet to study your vocabulary.

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17th Amendment

American Federation of Labor (AFL)

Andrew Carnegie

Angel Island

Big Business

Captains of Industry

Chinese Labor

Conservation Movement

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Direct primary

Edison’s light bulb

Edison’s motion picture

Edison’s phonograph

Ellis Island

Gilded Age

How The Other Half Lives

Hull House

Ida Tarbell

Initiative

Jim Crow laws

John D. Rockefeller

JP Morgan

Monopoly

Muckraker

NAACP

New vs old immigrants

Plessey vs. Ferguson

Pullman Strike

Railroad Industry

Recall

Referendum

Reform of labor laws

Robber Barons

Samuel Gompers

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Sitting Bull

Social Darwinism

Standard Oil Company

The Jungle

Thomas Edison

Transcontinental Railroad

Trusts

Wounded Knee

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The West Lesson Notes

  1. What group of people is responsible for building the railroads during the 1800s?
  1. How did railroads contribute to the development of the West?
  1. What was the impact of the railroads on the steel industry?
  1. How were other industries impacted by railroads?
  1. What is Promontory Point?
  1. Homestead Act:
  1. What was the impact of westward expansion on Native Americans?
  1. What was the significance of the Battle of Little Big Horn?
  1. Fill in the blank: Wounded Knee marked the ______of conflict between the Plains Indians and the U.S. Army.

The Gilded Age and Rise of Organized Labor Lesson Notes

  1. Gilded Age:
  1. Spoils system:
  1. How would you characterize the “bosses?”
  1. How were large corporations able to maximize profits?
  1. What is a monopoly?
  1. What is a trust?
  1. Match the tycoon with the business below:

_____ 1. John D. Rockefeller

_____ 2. J.P. Morgan

_____ 3. Andrew Carnegie

_____4. Cornelius Vanderbilt

  1. Fill in the blank: John D. Rockefeller was able to create an oil monopoly using the process of ______, a process by which a company controls all means of production.
  1. Fill in the chart below:

Negative Impact of Big Business (Robber Barons) / Positive Impact of Big Business (Captains of Industry)
  1. Fill in the blank: ______invented the phonograph, motion picture, and light bulb.
  1. What impact did the invention of electricity have on society?
  1. What led to the rise of labor unions? (Reasons for reform box)
  1. Describe the American Federation of Labor.
  1. What was the result of the Pullman Strike?
  1. What sort of improved labor laws did the U.S. see as a result of industrial unrest?

Immigration, Urban Growth, and Reform Lesson Notes

  1. How were the “new” immigrants different from the “old” immigrants?
  1. Fill in the chart below:

Immigration to the U.S.: Push/Pull Factors

Push Factors / Pull Factors
1.
2.
3.
4. / 1.
2.
3.
4.
  1. Fill in the blank: European immigrants on the east coast of the U.S. were processed at ______Island, while Asian immigrants on the west coast were processed at ______Island.
  1. What is nativism and why did immigrants face so much hostility in the United States?
  1. Chinese Exclusion Act:
  1. What was life like for immigrants living in urban areas?
  1. Jane Addams founded the Hull House to help poor people in the cities. What services did the Hull House provide?
  1. What issues did reformers want to address during the Progressive Era?
  1. Social Darwinism:
  1. Muckrakers:
  1. Describe Ida Tarbell’s book, “History of the Standard Oil Company”:
  1. How did Jacob Riis bring awareness to poor immigrants living in tenement houses?
  1. What laws do we have today because of Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle that exposed the meat-packing industry?
  1. Fill in the graphic organizer below:
  1. What sort of views and beliefs did Teddy Roosevelt have about the U.S. at the time?
  1. Conservation Movement:

Civil Rights in the Progressive Era Lesson Notes

  1. Following Reconstruction, Southern states imposed ______, laws that would separate whites and African Americans in public facilities.
  1. The doctrine of “separate but equal” was used to justify Jim Crow Laws, but were public facilities for whites and African Americans really “equal?”
  1. What was the outcome of the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case?
  1. How did W.E.B. DuBois challenge the views of Booker T. Washington?
  1. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP):
  1. Fill in the graphic organizer below:

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