Lesson 2.01: Industrialization Changes America
02.01 Regions Chart and Written Response
The Second Industrial Revolution affected the regions of the United States differently. Use this chart to compare the
effects of the revolution on the North, South, West, and Midwest. In the chart, you will identify the political, social,
economic, population, and transportation changes that the revolution brought to each region.
Part 1 – Complete the following chart using information from the lesson.
Category
Political
North
Regions Chart
South
West
Midwest
Social
Economic or Type of
Economy
Population Change
Transportation
Part 2 – Respond to the following prompt in a well-developed paragraph of your own words. Be sure to
include social, political and economic factors in your response and fully address all parts of the prompt.
Explain how the Second Industrial Revolution affected the North, South, West, and Midwest. Which region would
you have preferred to live in during this period? Why
Lesson 2.01: Industrialization Changes America
The Big Ideas
What is the difference between the First Industrial Revolution and the Second Industrial Revolution?
How did the development of railroads affect the country?
People
Andrew Carnegie- (How did he, and other
entrepreneurs affect the country?)
Events (Describe the event, its causes and effects)
Completion of Transcontinental Railroad
Growth of Cities
Newly-freed African Americans and Immigrants –
(What part did they play in the Industrial Revolution?)
Invention of the Bessemer Process
Vocabulary (fill in effects from the lesson where possible or put the definition in your own words)
Bessemer Process – a method of removing impurities from pig iron to produce molten steel
Effect:
First Industrial Revolution – period of late 18th century and early 19th century industrialization mostly in Great
Britain that began revolutionizing the coal, iron, and textile industries
Effect:
Second Industrial Revolution – period of great economic, social, and political change that accompanied
industrialization and urbanization in the United States following the Civil War
Effect: