ERA 6: the Development of Industrial U.S. 1870-1900

U.S. History Study Guide

ERA 6: The Development of Industrial U.S. 1870-1900

Chapter 14: A New Industrial Age (Sections 1 &3)

Chapter 15: Immigrants & Urbanization (Sections 1 & 2)

6.1: How the rise of corporations, heavy industry, and mechanized farming transformed the American people 6.2: Massive immigration after 1870 and how new social patterns, conflicts, and ideas of national unity developed amid growing cultural diversity 6.3: The rise of the American labor movement and how political issues reflected social and economic changes

1. Between 1870 and 1900, the United States experienced tremendous growth. Identify two examples of growth.

2. What was the second largest city in the world by 1890?

3. The 1st skyscraper was built in the city of ______in the year 1885. It was ______stories high.

4. What factors contributed to urban growth?

5. The manufacturing of steel impacted the nation greatly because it was used to build… (List three examples from your notes, book, or video)

6. Identify the two men who developed the Bessemer Steel Process.

7. Why is the development of the Bessemer Steel process significant in American History?

8. Discuss two reasons why the Transcontinental Railroad was important to the development of the nation.

9. Andrew Carnegie made his fortune thanks to his ______business.

10. Why is Andrew Carnegie considered a “philanthropist”?

11. What was the name of John D. Rockefeller’s company? Why were people critical of his business practices?

12. What is the difference between a partnership and a corporation?

13. Who invented the telephone? What impact did it have on American society?

14. Who invented the incandescent light bulb? What impact did this invention have on American society?

15. Identify: Assembly Line 16. What distinguished the middle and upper classes form the lower classes?

17. Who belonged to the Middle class?

19.Why is the late 1800’s- early 1900’s sometimes referred to as the “Victorian Age”?

20. Explain the concept of the Domestic Spheres

21. The Social Classes: Compare & Contrast the everyday experiences of the Middle and Upper classes with the working poor. (Housing, work, women, children, etc.) list 4-5 comparisons.

Middle/Upper Class Lower Class (Working Poor)

22. After 1890, “New Immigrants” arrived in the United States. Where were they from? Why did they leave their homeland?

23. List two Immigration Processing Centers

24. Who wrote the book “How the Other Half Lives”? What was the author’s purpose? What impact did this book have on society? What do you think about the images portrayed in the book? (2 paragraphs on the test. You may answer in bullets for the study guide)

25. Why is the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire significant in American history? What impact did the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire have on American Society?

26. Matching

A. Thomas A. Edison B. Andrew Carnegie

____ “the man who dies rich, dies disgraced” ____“genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration”