Chapter Summary - AP U.S. History



AMSCO, Chapter 17 & 18 (pages 289-332) Name ___________________ Due 1/27/14

|Title of the Chapters (including dates): Rise of Industrial America |This tells me the chapter will focus on: |

|(1865-1900); Growth of Cities and US Cultures (1865-1900) | |

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|Main headings (large, bold print) Chapter 17 |This tells me, I will read about… |

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|1 – Business of Railroads | |

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|2 –Industrial Empires | |

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|3 – Laissez-Faire Capitalism | |

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|4 – Impact of Industrialization | |

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|5 – Struggle of Organized Labor | |

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|Main headings (large, bold print) Chapter 18 |This tells me, I will read about… |

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|1 - A Nation of Immigrants | |

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|2 - Urbanization | |

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|3 – Awakening of Reform | |

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|4 – Intellectual and Cultural Movements | |

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|Key people: Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, William Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Herbert Spencer, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas |

|Edison, Horatio Alger, Samuel Gompers, Eugene V. Debs |

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|Frederick Law Olmsted, Edward Bellamy, Jane Addams, Dwight Moody, Mary Baker Eddy, Frances e. Willard, Carry A. Nation |

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|Key vocabulary: (Look at the lists on pages 347-348; 372-373). List at least 12 key terms (NOT people) |

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|Key events: (See below – PERSIA G S/T) |

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|Read Historical Perspectives: Industrial Statesmen or Robber Barons? (pg. 346-347) |

|Summarize the key ideas / points of view: |

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|Read Historical Perspectives: Melting Pot or Cultural Diversity (p. 371-372) |

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|Historical turning points: (an event occurred and lead to something new / different) |

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|List any court cases / constitutional amendments and decisions: |

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|Summary: What happened? Why did it happen? What is the potential impact over time? |

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|Political: politicians, kings, laws, government, generals, military issues, battles, wars, elections, political parties, Supreme Court case, etc |

|Economic: money, taxes, trade, jobs, land, unions, corporations, etc Religious: God, religious books, religious groups/movements, etc Social: food,|

|living conditions, gender issues, friends, free time, family issues, moral issues, racial issues, sexual issues, etc Intellectual: ideas, thinkers, |

|philosophers, books that move ideas, education, technology, inventions, machines, communication tools, etc. Artistic: literature, movies, music, |

|books, painting, clothing. etc Geographic: topography, location, human/physical (rivers, soil, etc.) characteristics, movement of people/goods/ideas, |

|relationship to regions, relationship of people to their environment, etc. Scientific/Technological: communication, transportation, construction, |

|inventions etc. |

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