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1 An industrial Society: 1860 - 1914
Chapter 20

2 Vocabulary to Know Socialism Urbanization Tenements Thomas Edison
Labor Industrialization Philanthropists Assimilation Corporations Monopoly Trusts Business Cycle Entrepreneur Raw materials Haymarket Square Sweatshop Socialism Urbanization Tenements Thomas Edison Andrew Carnegie John D. Rockefeller Ellis Island/Angel Island Chinese Exclusion Act New/Old Immigrant Bessemer Steel Steerage

3 The Growth of Industry How did inventions and big business change the nation?

4 Railroads Transform the Nation
Why did the federal government want a transcontinental railroad?

5 The Rise of Big Business
How did the Industrial Revolution in the U.S. create enduring change? John D. Rockefeller Andrew Carnegie

6 Workers Organize Why were workers discontent with working conditions in the late 1800’s and how did they try to improve them?

7 Changes in American Life 1880 - 1914
Chapter 21

8 Cities Grow and Change Why did immigrants & farmers settle in big cities? What are 2 inventions that made modern city life possible?

9 Life in a Tenement

10 The New Immigrants Haw are new immigrants different from old immigrants & how do they support each other?

11 Segregation & Discrimination
How did discrimination in the North differ from discrimination in the South?

12 Society & Mass Culture How did industrialization and new technologies create a mass culture in the United States?


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