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Syllabus:
FALL TERM AP US HISTORY YEAR TWO
Period 6: 1865 – 1898 (CR3)
Textbook Reading:
American History; Connecting With the Past
Chapter 17. “Industrial Supremacy”
Chapter 18. “The Age of the City”
Chapter 20. ”The Progressives” (Sections 1-6)
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Key Concept 6.1: The rise of big business in the United States encouraged massive migrations and urbanization, sparked government and popular efforts to reshape the U.S. economy and environment, and renewed debates over U.S. national identity.
Topic: The Rise of Big Business
The rise of big business along with massive migration and urbanization led to efforts to reshape both the economy and the environment of the country. The “Gilded Age” brought mass marketing, increased consumption, and the creation of monopolies
(WXT3) (WXT6) (WOR3) (CUL3) (CUL5)
Technological changes, large-scale production, and pro-business government policies led to a “Gilded Age” that was also marked by corruption, the growth of monopolies, and the expansion of both domestic and international markets.
(WXT3) (WXT6) (WOR3) CUL3) (CUL5)
Primary Source Reading: Mark Twain, T_h_e_ _G_i_l_d_e_d_ _A_g_e_, A_ _T_a_l_e_ _o_f_ _T_o_d_a_y_._ Explain what Twain meant in his essay about American society at this point in history? Was he correct? Why or why not?
Using the political cartoons of Thomas Nast, compile a chronology of the career of Samuel Marcy “Boss” Tweed. Why were these cartoons such an effective weapon in bringing Tweed down?
DBQ on The Gilded Age and the Rise of Big Business (Subsidies (Personal file)
Was the Gilded Age a revolution in American culture, a transportation revolution, and economic / industrial revolution, or was it an age of political mediocrity dealing with postwar reconstruction?
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Key Concept 6.2: The emergence of an industrial culture in the United States led to both greater opportunities for, and restrictions on, immigrants, minorities, and women.
Topic: Industry Comes of Age
The late-nineteenth century was the era of the Robber Barons, with increasing distance between the lives of the rich and the working classes. The growth of unionism, of government and politics of regulation, and the expansion of the United States in the world economy characterized this period.
(WXT5) (WXT6) (PEO6) (ID5)
Gilded Age politics and corruption ultimately led to the beginnings of reform efforts both in government and in addressing social concerns.
(ID2) (ID6) (POL6)
Cultural and intellectual movements both supported and challenged the social order of the Gilded Age
(ID6) (CUL3) (CUL5)
Big business was challenged by groups representing regional interests as well as new labor organizations.
(WXT5) WXT6) (PEO6) (ID5)
Primary Source Readings: Documentary History of the United States: Chapter 16 (c)
Andrew Carnegie,_ _W_e_a_l_t_h_ _and William Graham Sumner, W_h_a_t_ _S_o_c_i_a_l_ _C_l_a_s_s_e_s_ _O_w_e_ _E_a_c_h_ _O_t_h_e_r_._ _Read and compare the writings of these two “Robber Barons.” How are they different in the beliefs and how might that difference be explained? Which view had the most influence during this period of history?
Read “A Textile Worker Explains the Labor Market.” Based on this account, what was the plight of the factory worker in the late-nineteenth century? How sympathetic might the Senate committee have been and why?
Using the chart of “Federal Land Grants to Railroads” in the text, explain how this policy affected the development of the west and the lives of those who chose to settle there.
Using the Internet, assemble statistics on what American workers were able to join labor unions
FALL TERM AP US HISTORY YEAR TWO
Period 6: 1865 – 1898 (CR3)
Textbook Reading:
American History; Connecting With the Past
Chapter 17. “Industrial Supremacy”
Chapter 18. “The Age of the City”
Chapter 20. ”The Progressives” (Sections 1-6)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Key Concept 6.1: The rise of big business in the United States encouraged massive migrations and urbanization, sparked government and popular efforts to reshape the U.S. economy and environment, and renewed debates over U.S. national identity.
Topic: The Rise of Big Business
The rise of big business along with massive migration and urbanization led to efforts to reshape both the economy and the environment of the country. The “Gilded Age” brought mass marketing, increased consumption, and the creation of monopolies
(WXT3) (WXT6) (WOR3) (CUL3) (CUL5)
Technological changes, large-scale production, and pro-business government policies led to a “Gilded Age” that was also marked by corruption, the growth of monopolies, and the expansion of both domestic and international markets.
(WXT3) (WXT6) (WOR3) CUL3) (CUL5)
Primary Source Reading: Mark Twain, T_h_e_ _G_i_l_d_e_d_ _A_g_e_, A_ _T_a_l_e_ _o_f_ _T_o_d_a_y_._ Explain what Twain meant in his essay about American society at this point in history? Was he correct? Why or why not?
Using the political cartoons of Thomas Nast, compile a chronology of the career of Samuel Marcy “Boss” Tweed. Why were these cartoons such an effective weapon in bringing Tweed down?
DBQ on The Gilded Age and the Rise of Big Business (Subsidies (Personal file)
Was the Gilded Age a revolution in American culture, a transportation revolution, and economic / industrial revolution, or was it an age of political mediocrity dealing with postwar reconstruction?
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Key Concept 6.2: The emergence of an industrial culture in the United States led to both greater opportunities for, and restrictions on, immigrants, minorities, and women.
Topic: Industry Comes of Age
The late-nineteenth century was the era of the Robber Barons, with increasing distance between the lives of the rich and the working classes. The growth of unionism, of government and politics of regulation, and the expansion of the United States in the world economy characterized this period.
(WXT5) (WXT6) (PEO6) (ID5)
Gilded Age politics and corruption ultimately led to the beginnings of reform efforts both in government and in addressing social concerns.
(ID2) (ID6) (POL6)
Cultural and intellectual movements both supported and challenged the social order of the Gilded Age
(ID6) (CUL3) (CUL5)
Big business was challenged by groups representing regional interests as well as new labor organizations.
(WXT5) WXT6) (PEO6) (ID5)
Primary Source Readings: Documentary History of the United States: Chapter 16 (c)
Andrew Carnegie,_ _W_e_a_l_t_h_ _and William Graham Sumner, W_h_a_t_ _S_o_c_i_a_l_ _C_l_a_s_s_e_s_ _O_w_e_ _E_a_c_h_ _O_t_h_e_r_._ _Read and compare the writings of these two “Robber Barons.” How are they different in the beliefs and how might that difference be explained? Which view had the most influence during this period of history?
Read “A Textile Worker Explains the Labor Market.” Based on this account, what was the plight of the factory worker in the late-nineteenth century? How sympathetic might the Senate committee have been and why?
Using the chart of “Federal Land Grants to Railroads” in the text, explain how this policy affected the development of the west and the lives of those who chose to settle there.
Using the Internet, assemble statistics on what American workers were able to join labor unions
