Unit 9.2: Complex Change Transforms American Society U.S. History Content Standards Students demonstrate an understanding of the transformation of the American economy and the changing social and political conditions in the United States in response to the Industrial Revolution up to 1917. Describe the rise of big business as a major force in the United States and its impact on economic and political practices John D. Rockefeller: A Character Study by Ida M. Tarbell; McClure’s magazine: July, 1905 http://tarbell.alleg.edu/archives/jdr.html PBS: "The Rockefellers" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rockefellers /index.html PBS: "Andrew Carnegie" "The Richest Man in the World" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/ The History Channel Search for topics such as “robber barons” http://www.historychannel.com/ Robber Barons Bethel High School; Bethel, CT: S.S. Dept. http://www.bethel.k12.ct.us/bhs/sstudy /robberbarons.htm The Robber Barons’ Bum Rap Article by Maury Klein; The City Journal: Winter 1995 | Vol. 5, No. 1 http://www.city-journal.org/html/5_1_a2.html Describe significant innovations in technology that changed the quality of life and transformed agriculture, mining and ranching Kansas State Historical Society Topics in History: Agriculture http://www.kshs.org/research/topics/ agriculture/index.htm U.S. Department of Agriculture A History of American Agriculture 1776-1990 (Chart) http://www.usda.gov/history2/back.htm U.S. Department of Labor: Mine Safety & Health Administration Mining History, Museums and Disasters http://www.msha.gov/history.htm Mining Engineering at Michigan Tech Mining History Links (museums, mines and photos) http://www.mg.mtu.edu/hist.htm Idaho Mining Association A History of Mining in Idaho http://www.idahomining.org/history.html A Short History of Copper Mining The upper peninsula of Michigan and Wisconsin http://www.exploringthenorth.com/ cophistory/cophist.html Coal Mining in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era Ohio State University; Links with pictures and text http://www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/history/projects/Lessons_US/ Gilded_Age/Coal_Mining Waste of the West: Public Lands Ranching History of Public Lands Ranching http://www.apnm.org/waste_of_west/Chapter1.html Ranching History at Point Reyes Point Reyes (CA) National Seashore: Official Site http://www.nps.gov/pore/history_ranch.htm History of Farming and Ranching (Montana) Library of Congress: A Study of the Local Culture by St. Ignatius High School http://www.loc.gov/bicentennial/propage/ MT/mt_s_baucus2.html Explain the causes and characteristics of industrialization in the late 19th-century United States, including how industrialization made consumer goods more available, and increased the standard of living for many Americans Bell's Patent for the Telephone & Edison's Patent for the Electric Lamp National Archives lesson plan – includes lesson plan and resources http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/ lessons/telephone_and_light_patents/ telephone_and_light_patents.html Describe child labor, unregulated working conditions, laissez-faire policies toward big business, and the rise of the labor movement "Child Labor" MCPS: Net Investigation http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/ isa/ninvest/childlabor/childlaborstudent.htm Child Labor in America Library of Congress: Web Lesson http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/ lessons/98/labor/plan.html Child Labor in America 1908-1912 The History Place: Photographs by Lewis Hine http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates /childlabor/ Photographs of Lewis Hine: Documentation of Child Labor National Archives lesson plan using Lewis Hine photographs http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/ lessons/hine_photographs /hine_photographs.html Labor History Articles Links to different articles about Labor http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/articles.htm "The Evil of Child Labor" 1905 Cleveland Journal Editorial by Emil Hirsch http://dbs.ohiohistory.org/africanam/page1.cfm?ItemID=3772 Coal Mining in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era Ohio State University: Coal mining in 19th century, child miners (primary sources and photos) http://www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/history/projects/Lessons_US /Gilded_Age/Coal_Mining/ default.htm Child Labor in Agriculture Information and lesson plans http://www.fieldsofhope.org/ Analyze the new sources of large-scale immigration in terms of their origins and motives for emigrating The Immigrant Experience Ellis Island Interactive website http://www.ellisisland.org/Immexp/indexframe.asp? Landmarks in Immigration History Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History http://www.gliah.uh.edu/historyonline /immigration_chron.cfm Immigration: Interpreting Primary Sources Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History http://www.gliah.uh.edu/historyonline/us29.cfm The Chinese in California 1850-1925 Library of Congress site on the Chinese Immigrants http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/award99/cubhtml/ Review of Swedish Emigration to America http://www.americanwest.com/swedemigr/ pages/emigra.htm Explain the factors producing rapid urbanization in the late 19th century and describe the major features of cities and urban life, including the contribution of immigrants and ways in which the new social and economic patterns encouraged assimilation of newcomers Immigration through Oral History Library of Congress: Includes Lesson Plans http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons /97/oh1/ammem.html "To Market to Market" Library of Congress lesson plan on turn-of-the-century urban markets and transportation http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons /97/market/main.html Port of Entry: Immigration Teacher Material Library of Congress lesson plan on the immigrant experience http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/ port/teacher.html "The City: Who Really Lived There?" MCPS Net Investigation: data analysis about turn-of-the-century cities http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/isa/ninvest /census/censusactivity.htm "The Industrial Revolution at The Turn of the Century" Walter Johnson High School pathfinder http://www2.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/wjhs/mediactr /socstupathfinder/fam_us/index.html Lower East Side Tenement Museum See a virtual tenement, read about the history of tenement housing http://www.thirteen.org/tenement/index.html How the Other Half Lives Studies Among the Tenements of NY, by Jacob Riis http://www.cis.yale.edu/amstud/inforev/riis/title.html "Restriction of Immigration" Article by Francis Walker; Atlantic Monthly, June 1896 http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks /immigr/walke.htm Chinese Exclusion (1898) Article by Robert Green Ingersoll; North American Review, July 1898 http://www.infidels.org/library/historical /robert_ingersoll/chinese_exclusion.html U.S. Immigration Policy (1998) Overview: Close Up Foundation lesson on U.S. Immigration Policy http://www.closeup.org/immigrat.htm# Jane Addams Hull House Museum University of Illinois at Chicago http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/hull_house.html The Chinese in California 1850-1925 Library of Congress site on the Chinese Immigrants http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/award99/cubhtml/ Analyze the consequences of western expansion, including federal Indian policy, the Plains wars, and agricultural development Overview: Indian Tribes and the United States US Dept. of Energy: Office of Environmental Management http://www.em.doe.gov/public/tribal/overview.html American Indian Policy US Dept. of Energy: Office of Environmental Mgmt. http://www.em.doe.gov/public/policy.html Chronology of Federal Indian Policy US Dept. of Energy: Office of Environmental Mgmt. http://www.em.doe.gov/public/tribal/histchro.html Indian Policy: Interpreting Primary Sources Gilder Lehrman Institute of America (lesson plans) http://www.gliah.uh.edu/historyonline/us23.cfm Indian Policy Reform President Chester Arthur's 1st Message to Congress http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources /archives/seven/indpol.htm National Indian Wars Association Inc.© http://www.indianwars.org/index.htm Topics in Kansas History: Plains Indian Wars Kansas State Historical Society http://www.kshs.org/research/topics/war/plains.htm Topics in Kansas History: Agriculture Kansas State Historical Society http://www.kshs.org/research/topics/agriculture /index.htm History of American Agriculture: 1776-1990 US Dept. of Agriculture - Table/Timeline http://www.usda.gov/history2/back.htm Explain the political, social, and economic origins and impact of Populism Sharecropping in the South: 1880 Map - Ferris State University; Big Rapids, Michigan http://www.ferris.edu/htmls/academics/syllabi/ mehlerbarry/maps/nash28.htm "The Grange Connection" Historical summary of the Grange http://www.grange.org/history.htm Populist Party Platform, 1892 The Fieldston School United States History Survey http://www.pinzler.com/ushistory/ popparplatsupp.html Populist Party Platform, 1896 University of Virginia: I.A.T.H. http://www.iath.virginia.edu/seminar /unit8/popplat.htm 1896 Presidential Campaign Cartoons and Commentary http://iberia.vassar.edu/1896/1896home.html William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” Speech George Mason University: History Matters http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5354/ Senator David Bennett Hill Defends the Gold Standard George Mason University: History Matters http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5355/ Relate the significant Progressive Era’s political, social, and economic problems to their proposed solutions at the local, state, and national levels "Women, Their Rights and Nothing Less" Library of Congress lesson on the suffrage movement http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/ lessons/99/suffrage/intro.html "When Work is Done" Library of Congress lesson on leisure time at the turn of the century http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons /98/album/index.html Political Cartoons: Progressivism and the Election of 1912 National Archives lesson on the Progressive Era http://iberia.vassar.edu/1896/1896home.html "Atlanta 1906: A Race Riot" Public Broadcasting Atlanta: 1906 Atlanta race riot (Jim Crow era) http://www.wpba.org/atlantariot1906.html United We Stand Library of Congress lesson - rise of labor unions http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons /00/labor/overview.html *see topics above for other Progressive Era topics, such as child labor, labor unions, etc. Evaluate the impact of Progressive Era amendments and legislation on state and local society, economy, and politics. 16th: income tax 17th: direct election of senators 18th: prohibition 19th: women’s suffrage 16th Amendment 16th Amendment History / Interpretation USConstitution.net (privately operated site) http://www.usconstitution.net/ constamnotes.html#Am16 *there are lots of internet sites about the income tax, but few are unbiased. Beware of ultra-patriotic or ultra-anti-government sites that spout off about the income tax – their “history” of why it was passed will be very biased toward their views. 17th Amendment 17th Amendment History / Interpretation USConstitution.net (privately operated site) http://www.usconstitution.net/ constamnotes.html#Am17 18th Amendment 18th Amendment History / Interpretation USConstitution.net (privately operated site) http://www.usconstitution.net/ constamnotes.html#Am18 "Temperance and Prohibition" Ohio State University site about the history of Prohibition http://prohibition.history.ohio-state.edu/ History of Alcohol Prohibition* National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse (article) http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/LIBRARY/studies /nc/nc2a.htm The Volstead Act & Related Documents National Archives lesson - Volstead Act, which enforced the 18th amendment http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons /volstead_act/teaching_activities.html 19th Amendment 19th Amendment History / Interpretation USConstitution.net (privately operated site) http://www.usconstitution.net/ constamnotes.html#Am19 Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment National Archives - Teaching w/ Documents lesson plan http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons /woman_suffrage/woman_suffrage.html Return to U.S. History Resources

Return to SS Resources & Links U.S. History (1865-Present) 9.1: "Continuity and Change" 9.2: "Complex Change Transforms American Society" 9.3: "The United States and a World Identity" 9.4: "Culture in Prosperity and Adversity" 9.5: "The Common Good" 9.6: "The Struggle for Power in Postwar America" 9.7: "Balance in Foreign Policy" 9.8: "Patterns in Contemporary America" Elementary: Kindergarten Grade One Grade Two Grade Three Grade Four Grade Five USDE Teaching American History Grant * Grades 4 and 5 Corps of Historical Discovery Middle School: Grade Six Grade Seven Grade Eight High School: U.S. History NSL Government Modern World History