HISTORY &
GEOGRAPHY
Unit 2: Industrialism in America
Industrialism in America
Unit Questions
• How did geography, technology, people, and government
cause the growth of industrial and urban America?
• How did industrialization transform life in late 19th and
early 20th century America?
• How did the growth of an industrial and urban America
help shape the meaning of freedom and equality?
Key Concepts
• Disparity of Wealth
• Vertical Integration
• Ethnicity
• Horizontal Integration
• Historical Narrative
• Immigration
• Industrialization
• Labor movements
• Mechanization
• Migration
• Populism
• Social Darwinism
• Urbanization
Industrialism in America
Task 1
• Construct a historical narrative about the growth of
industrial and urban America. (1page, not including
graphic data)
• The narrative should include a description of the causes
and the use of graphic data. (separate from historical
narrative)
Industrialism in America
Task 2
• Create a political cartoon that depicts at least 2
consequences of the industrial revolution, including
urbanization, population changes, the response of labor,
or the response of rural America.
• Include a 1 paragraph caption/description
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Task 3
Write an essay explaining how ideas of freedom and
equality shaped the causes and consequences of the
growth of industrial and urban America.
Include an explanation of how these ideas influenced or
affected entrepreneurs, laborers, and immigrants.
Support your claim with historical evidence from films and
the text.
Minimum 1 page
Industrialism in America Videos
The Industrial Economy: Crash Course US History #23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6tRp-zRUJs
The Triangle Fire
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/triangle/
player/
The Industrial Economy: Crash Course US History #24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q16OZkgSXfM&index=
25&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s
The Industrial Economy: Crash Course US History #25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRhjqqe750A&index=2
6&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s