1. Industrialization and Urbanization

C. Rebuilding a Nation (ca. 1877–ca. 1914)

a. Evaluate the impact of new inventions and technologies of the late nineteenth century

b. Identify and evaluate the influences on business and industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

c. Identify labor and workforce issues of the late nineteenth century, including perspectives of owners/managers

and Social Darwinists

d. Explain the challenges and contributions of immigrants of the late nineteenth century

e. Explain the causes and impact of urbanization in the late nineteenth century

f. Compare and contrast the experiences of African Americans in various U.S. regions in the late nineteenth

century

g. Identify and evaluate the influences on the development of the American West

nineteenth century

a. Identify and explain significant issues and components of the Populist movement and their impacts

b. Explain the origins and accomplishments of the Progressive movement

c. Analyze the efforts to achieve women’s suffrage in the early twentieth century

d. Evaluate, take, and defend positions on the various U.S. foreign policies in the late nineteenth and early

twentieth centuries

e. Analyze the causes and consequences of the Spanish-American War

f. Identify and evaluate the factors that influenced U.S. imperialism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth

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  You will need to know the causes of the economic challenges faced by American
  
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  You will need to know the strategies used by farmers to address the economic challenges of the late 1800s.
  

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  You will need to know the social and/or political causes and/or conditions in government, society, and the economy that contributed to the Second Industrial Revolution.
  
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  You will need to know the significance of events, movements, and people in American society prior to and/or during the Second Industrial Revolution.
  
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  You will need to know the human experience during the Second Industrial Revolution.
  
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  You will need to know the new industries and/or economic innovations of the Second Industrial Revolution and their impact on American economy and society.
  
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  You will need to know the significant inventors of the Second Industrial Revolution.
  
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  You will need to know the experiences of Northern European, Southern European, and Asian immigrants during the Second Industrial Revolution.
  
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  You will need to know the impact of social change and reform movements in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
  
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  You will need to know the origin, course, and/or consequences of the labor movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
  
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  Items assessing the Second Industrial Revolution may include inventions, industrial developments, entrepreneurs, monopolies, government policies, and labor movements.
  
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  Items assessing the human experience during the Second Industrial Revolution may include the impact of massive immigration, the increase of urbanization, the rise of the political machine, and the influence of social reform movements on American society.
  
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  You will need to know the impact of key events and peoples in Florida history related to the Second Industrial Revolution.
  

The common purpose of these legislative acts were to

Until the early 20th century, few restrictions on immigration to the United States existed primarily because

The cartoon illustrates President Theodore Roosevelt’s attempt to