Standards
SSUSH11 Examine connections between the rise of big business, the growth of labor unions, and technological innovations.
SSUSH12 Evaluate how westward expansion impacted the Plains Indians and fulfilled Manifest Destiny.
SSUSH13 Evaluate efforts to reform American society and politics in the Progressive Era.
SSUSH14 Explain America's evolving relationship with the world at the turn of the twentieth century.
SSUSH12 Evaluate how westward expansion impacted the Plains Indians and fulfilled Manifest Destiny.
SSUSH13 Evaluate efforts to reform American society and politics in the Progressive Era.
SSUSH14 Explain America's evolving relationship with the world at the turn of the twentieth century.
Big Business
Immigration
Ellis Island in the Upper New York Bay was a gateway to more than 12 million immigrants from 1892 to 1954.
Angel Island (pictured below) is located in San Francisco Bay and was the gateway for many Asian immigrants.
Social Issues
"Muckrakers" were investigative journalists that exposed corrupt businesses and living conditions.
Plessy v Ferguson was a court case that created the concept "seperate but equal".
Technology
Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
These are both inventions that we now use everyday.
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
These are both inventions that we now use everyday.