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Industrial Era 7.1SSUSH11 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.Document Analysis 1What promise revolutionize 19th century society?List 4 way railroads improve society?Effects of the RailroadsSummarize: What was the significance of the Railroad boom right after the Civil War?Railroads contributed to rise of the _________________________and big _______________What was the name of the new method of making steel?How did steel impact buildings?How did railroads help the steel industry?b. Examine the significance of John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie in the rise of trusts and monopolies.Significance of John D. RockefellerWho were the “robber barons”?What was the name of John D. Rockefeller’s business?Define: TrustsDefine: MonopoliesDefine: Vertical IntegrationSummarize: What was the significance of John D. Rockefeller?In the words of Rockefeller, he was determined to “___________________________________”Analysis 2According to Andrew Carnegie, why would it be a mistake for the community to shoot the millionaires?Significance of Andrew CarnegieWas Andrew Carnegie born rich?What two processes helped Andrew Carnegie amass the first billion dollar company?How was Carnegie’s vertical integration different from John D. Rockefeller’s vertical integration?How did Andrew Carnegie help out society?Summarize: What was the significance of Andrew Carnegie?Summarize: How did Rockefeller and Carnegie impact American industry?c. Examine the influence of key inventions on U.S. infrastructure including but not limited to the telegraph, telephone, and electric light bulb.Key Invention of the late 1800’sTelegraphIn the early 1800’s, how did Americans communicate with people in other regions of the country?What was the first nationwide information transmitter?What is Morse Code?How did the telegraph help the North and Abraham Lincoln win the Civil War?TelephoneWhat did Alexander Graham Bell invent in 1876?How did the Telephone impact the United States?Electric Light BulbThomas Edison established the concept of __________________________________, which allowed him to develop and expand his wide-range of ideas.List three ways Thomas Edison’s electric light bulb impacted businesses and society?Identify: List three inventions that improved American Infrastructure during the Industrial era?d. Describe Ellis and Angel Islands, the change in immigrants’ origins, and their influence on the economy, politics, and culture of the United States.ImmigrationList three reasons immigrants came to the United States?How did the growth of industry impact immigration?Document Analysis 3According to the document, where were the “old” immigrants from?According to the document, where were the “new” immigrants from?According to the document, what two Asian counties did immigrants come from?Ellis Island and Angel IslandsWhat was the purpose of Ellis Island?Did most immigrants want to assimilate into society or maintain their traditional culture?What was the purpose of Angel Island?What construction project were Chinese immigrants hired to complete?List: What were the names of the two islands used to receive new immigrants?Problems and Concerns Caused by ImmigrationWhy did Americans look at immigrants negatively?What were the religious differences of the “new” immigrants?Towards the end of the nineteenth century and into the early twentieth, however, more and more immigrants arrived from ________________ and ______________ Europe (places like Poland, Russia, and Italy).e. Discuss the origins, growth, influence, and tactics of labor unions including the American Federation of Labor.Document Analysis 4According to the document, what was used to make up the hand that would rule the world?Labor Unions?and the American Federation of LaborWhat are labor unions?Summarize: What was the purpose of the American Federation of Labor?Strikes and ConfrontationsIdentify: What were some of the tactics used by the American Federation of Labor?What union strike turned violent and forced the government to break up the labor strike? ................
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