Western Expansion and Progressive Era
Unit 5
STANDARDS:
SSUSH11 Examine connections between the rise of big business, the growth of labor unions, and technological innovations.
a. Explain the effects of railroads on other industries, including steel and oil.
b. Examine the significance of John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie in the rise of trusts and monopolies.
c. Examine the influence of key inventions on U.S. infrastructure including but not limited to the telegraph, telephone, and electric light bulb.
d. Describe Ellis and Angel Islands, the change in immigrants’ origins and their influence on the economy, politics, and culture of the United States.
e. Discuss the origins, growth, influence, and tactics of labor unions including the American Federation of Labor.
SSUSH12 Evaluate how westward expansion impacted the Plains Indians and fulfilled Manifest Destiny.
a. Examine the construction of the transcontinental railroad including the use of immigrant labor.
b. Evaluate how the growth of the western population and innovations in farming and ranching impacted Plains Indians.
c. Explain the Plains Indians’ resistance to western expansion of the United States and the consequences of their resistance.
SSUSH13 Evaluate efforts to reform American society and politics in the Progressive Era.
a. Describe the influence of muckrakers on affecting change by bringing attention to social problems.
b. Examine and explain the roles of women in reform movements.
c. Connect the decision of Plessy v. Ferguson to the expansion of Jim Crow laws and the formation of the NAACP.
d. Describe Progressive legislative actions including empowerment of the voter, labor laws, and the conservation movement.
ESSAY DATE:
TBD
TEST DATE:
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
ONLINE TEXTBOOK:
Chapter 13 - Changes on the Western Frontier
Chapter 14 - A New Industrial Age
Chapter 15 - Immigration and Urbanization
Chapter 16 - Life at the Turn of the 20th Century
Chapter 17 - The Progressive Era
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