Industrialization &

Urban America

Unit Guide
Michigan Standards

6.1 Growth of an Industrial and Urban America

Explain the causes and consequences both positive and negative of the
Industrial Revolution and Americas growth from a predominantly agricultural,
commercial, and rural nation to a more industrial and urban nation between
1870 and 1930.
6.1.1 Factors in the American Industrial Revolution Analyze the factors that enabled the
United States to become a major industrial power, including:
gains from trade
organizational revolution (corporations
& unions)
advantages of physical geography
immigration and migration
economic polices of government
technological advances
6.1.2 Labors Response to Industrial Growth Evaluate the different responses of labor to
industrial change including:
development of organized labor, including the Knights of
Labor, American Federation of Labor, and the United Mine
Workers
southern and western farmers reactions, including the growth of populism and the populist
movement
6.1.3 Urbanization Analyze the changing urban and rural landscape by examining:
the location and expansion of major urban centers
the growth of cities linked by industry and trade
the development of cities divided by race, ethnicity, class
resulting tensions among and within groups
different perspectives about urban immigrant experiences

Essential Question:
How did the Second Industrial Revolution impact and change the United States?

Big Picture - Focus Questions:

1. How did the United States become a major industrial power?
2. In what ways did labor respond to industrial growth?
3. In what ways did cities change as they grew in size and population?

Unit Reflection Questions:

What area do you think your generation might revolutionize?

How did we do as a nation in advancing towards our ideals during this era?

Learning Targets
You will be able to:
Identify new industries that emerged at the end of the 1800s and
explain why the Second Industrial Revolution was important for
the U.S.
Identify and explain the factors that enabled the U.S. to be
transformed in the Second Industrial Revolution.
Identify major people and events of the Second Industrial
Revolution.
Explain the impact of the revolution on business, workers,
immigrants and the labor movement.
Discuss labors response to the working conditions of the Second
Industrial Revolution.
Identify and discuss the impact of the Second Industrial Revolution
on farmers and their response.
Explain how mass marketing changed life in the United States.
Identify and discuss role and impact of urbanization in the Second
Industrial Revolution.
Identify and discuss the effects of the Second Industrial Revolution
on the United States.
Compare and contrast the Second Industrial Revolution to todays
Technological Revolution
Discuss possible lessons learned from the Second Industrial
Revolution we need to learn and apply today.

Industrialization Key Terms & People:

(You should be able to identify,
gross national product
laissez-faire
entrepreneur
land grant
corporation
economies of scale
monopoly
holding company
trust
of Labor)

use and explain the following key terms and people)

deflation
John D. Rockefeller
industrial union
Andrew Carnegie
lockout
Samuel Gompers
arbitration
Eugene V. Debs
injunction
Alexander Graham Bell
closed shop
Thomas Alva Edison
capitalism (free enterprise) George Westinghouse
vertical integration
Gustavus Swift
horizontal integration
AFL (American Federation

Urban America Key Terms & People:

(You should be able to identify, use and explain the following key terms and people)
immigrant
settlement house
Jim Crow laws
nativism
Americanization
lynch
skyscraper
populism
Angel Island
tenement
greenbacks
Ellis Island

political machine
party boss
graft
individualism
Social Darwinism
Philanthropy
Gospel of Wealth

inflation
graduated income tax
deflation
cooperatives
poll tax
segregation

Jane Addams
William McKinley
Tammany Hall
William Boss Tweed
Chinese Exclusion Act
Immigration Act of 1882

Industrialization
& Urban America
Resources for learning content:

Reading, Questions & Reviews: Textbook United States History &

Geography Modern Times Chapter 3, Industrialization, pages 115-140
and Chapter 4, Urban America, pages 141-176. Answer keys are available
for Chapter 3 and 4 Lesson Reviews and Chapter Reviews in order to
formatively check your knowledge and understanding. ***Remember your
online textbook has great graphic organizers for every section to help you
organize your learning.
Lecture/Teaching: There are 11 video teachings from Study.com for this
unitall can be found on the class website in the Online Teachings tab.
***(Remember you must use my Online Teachings tab to be able to access
these teachingsyou cannot select or advance teachings from the Study.com
site.)

PowerPoint/Google Slides Presentations: This unit has two slideshow

teachings available on the class website in the Online Teachings tab to
help you learn the content and organize your learning.
Classroom Study Groups: Students can choose to work with a group of
students to complete readings, reviews, etc.
Classroom Discussion Groups: Students can choose to work with a
group of students to discuss, evaluate and analyze unit content and
concepts. These groups should be dealing with higher level thinking skills
analysis, evaluation, etc.
Online Discussions: There will be a variety of discussions in the
Collaboration-Discussion area of your Online Textbook/Planner site to help
you increase your understanding of unit content and concepts
MEYOUR TEACHER: Dont forget to ask me questions, both about The
American West or about strategies for learning; Especially if you need
guidance setting up an effective plan to learn the material.