Unit 4: Migrations and Industry Change America How were Americans affected by the transformation from a rural to an urban society? 3 weeks Enduring Understandings Suggested Texts and Resources Students explore the theme of change over time in this unit to explore History Alive! the migration of settlers West, relations with different groups of Native Growing Pains and Gains: Chapters 12, 13, 14, and 15 Americans, industrialization, mass immigration, and the creation of a Progressivism: Chapters 16, 17 and 18 labor movement. Settlement of the West in the mid and late 1800s brought opportunities for some Americans. This migration also sparked History Alive! conflict and tragedy as settlers invaded Native American homelands. Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Innovations in technology and business boosted American industry in Chapter 14 the late 1800s. Large steel, oil, and railroad corporations dominated the Chapter 15 economy, with little governmental control. Industrial expansion Chapter 16 produced greater access to goods and services, and it improved standards of living for some Americans, but certainly not all. Factory owners often treated their workers poorly, imposing low wages, long hours, and poor working conditions. Many workers joined labor unions to fight for better treatment and the raise their standard of living. But hostility between labor unions and employers sometimes led to violence. At the same time, large numbers of immigrants came to the U.S. Most Stanford History Education Group: https://sheg.stanford.edu/ emigrated from Europe, but many also arrived from Asia and other parts of North America. They all saw the United States as a land of Heartland AEA Resources opportunity but they faced many challenges entering the United States, Learn 360 learning American culture, and facing threats from nativists. NetTrekker Americans faced social, political, and environmental problems at the Newsela turn of the century as a result of rapid changes in the U.S. Link to DMPS US History Weebly: Link to US History Curriculum 101 Office Mix: Scales
Unit 4: Migrations and Industry Change America How were Americans affected by the transformation from a rural to an urban society? 3 weeks Enduring Understandings Suggested Texts and Resources Students explore the theme of change over time in this unit to explore the migration of settlers West, relations with different groups of Native Americans, industrialization, mass immigration, and the creation of a labor movement. Settlement of the West in the mid and late 1800s brought opportunities for some Americans. This migration also sparked conflict and tragedy as settlers invaded Native American homelands. Innovations in technology and business boosted American industry in the late 1800s. Large steel, oil, and railroad corporations dominated the economy, with little governmental control. Industrial expansion produced greater access to goods and services, and it improved standards of living for some Americans, but certainly not all. Factory owners often treated their workers poorly, imposing low wages, long hours, and poor working conditions. Many workers joined labor unions to fight for better treatment and the raise their standard of living. But hostility between labor unions and employers sometimes led to violence. At the same time, large numbers of immigrants came to the U.S. Most emigrated from Europe, but many also arrived from Asia and other parts of North America. They all saw the United States as a land of opportunity but they faced many challenges entering the United States, learning American culture, and facing threats from nativists. Americans faced social, political, and environmental problems at the turn of the century as a result of rapid changes in the U.S. History Alive! Growing Pains and Gains: Chapters 12, 13, 14, and 15 Progressivism: Chapters 16, 17 and 18 History Alive! Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Stanford History Education Group: https://sheg.stanford.edu/ Heartland AEA Resources Learn 360 NetTrekker Newsela Link to DMPS US History Weebly: Link to US History Curriculum 101 Office Mix: Scales
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