Period 6: 1865-1898 - The West, Industry, and Empire (Ch 23-26)
The transformation of the United States from an agricultural to an increasingly industrialized and urbanized society brought about significant economic, political, diplomatic, social, environmental, and cultural changes.
PODCASTS for Period 6:
Great Video Series about growth of Capitalism during Period 6
The Men Who Built America Episode 1 (A New War Begins)
The Men Who Built America Episode 2 (Oil Strike)
The Men Who Built America Episode 3 (A Rivalry is Born)
The Men Who Built America Episode 4 (Blood is Spilled)
The Men Who Built America Episode 5 (A New Rivalry is Born)
The Men Who Built America Episode 6 (Owning it All)
The Men Who Built America Episode 7 (Taking the White House)
The Men Who Built America Episode 8 (A New Machine)
Imperialism - Article for in class Reading
www.edwardianpromenade.com/imperialism/whats-so-new-about-imperialism/
FILES WE WILL USE IN CLASS
Document 1: Andrew Carnegie: The Gospel of Wealth: carnegie_-_gospel_of_wealth.pdf Download File
Document 2: Henry George: The Creation of Wealth: "Progress and Poverty" and his solution
synopsis: www.wealthandwant.com/HG/PP/Katzenberger_synopsis.html
entire text: www.henrygeorge.org/pcontents.htm
Document 3: Joseph Fels, A Letter to Andrew Carnegie: www.cooperative-individualism.org/fels-joseph_free-trade-and-the-single-tax-vs-imperialism-1910.htm
Photographic Analysis : Curtis, Riis, and Hine
Picturing Modern America: cct2.edc.org/PMA/
Analysis of Edward Curtis: www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2015/12/09/these-photos-by-legendary-photographer-edward-curtis-show-native-american-life-at-the-beginning-of-the-20th-century/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.19ea166c4982
Jacob Riis: How the Other Half Lives: photographs from Tenement life in the Cities
mymodernmet.com/jacob-riis-how-the-other-half-lives/
www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/02/27/nyregion/20080227_RIIS_SLIDESHOW_index.html
9 min. video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EACoIbokOcc
Recreation of Riis' presentation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3NwFB9zuF8
Lewis Hine www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/
William Jennings Bryan "Cross of Gold" speech: historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5354/
Sherman Antitrust Act www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=51
Gilded Age and Second Industrial Revolution: Steel, telephones, railroads, and elevators!
www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-us-history/period-6/apush-gilded-age/v/the-gilded-age-part-2
Henry George: The Creation of Wealth: "Progress and Poverty" and his solution
entire text: www.henrygeorge.org/pcontents.htm
summary: www.wealthandwant.com/HG/PP/Katzenberger_synopsis.html
lesson on Gerorge: www.simpleliberty.org/treatises/progress_and_poverty.htm
Gilded Age Mansions
www.6sqft.com/a-guide-to-the-gilded-age-mansions-of-5th-avenues-millionaire-row-part-ii/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oTgD2Efabw
The Biltmore House: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2q-euB4PXE
Native Americans / Indian Wars
basic history: www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/american-indian-wars
detailed APUSH reading: www.apstudynotes.org/us-history/topics/confrontations-with-native-americans/
a more controversial reading: www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/36257-yes-native-americans-were-the-victims-of-genocide
best video, super long (3+ hours) www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO_IkNfT3Iw
detailed reading: sites.austincc.edu/caddis/great-plains-wars/
presentation: mrfarshtey.net/classes/US_Indian_Policy.pdf
great shorter video (15 minutes) about Wounded Knee: www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=963&v=0EdRT56WK7Q
Foner on the Treatment of Native Peoples: www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=0wKXyZo8J24
Oklahoma Land Rush! www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3qpVkZkGes
Backstory of History: invention of football: www.radiolab.org/story/who-are-we-carlisle-carlisle-carlisle/
Great Strikes Chart and Readings: Haymarket, Homestead, Lawrence, Pullman, Railroad
Historian Howard Zinn: Howard Zinn on Business and Industry
Gilded Age political cartoons: Download File
Accounts of the Battle of Wounded Knee: Download File
Speeches from the Election of 1896: Download File
Analysis of Social Darwinism: Download File
Andrew Carnegie: The Gospel of Wealth: carnegie_-_gospel_of_wealth.pdf Download File
Outlaws of the Wild West: list25.com/25-most-notorious-outlaws-of-the-wild-west/5/
The Children's Blizzard: www.minnpost.com/minnesota-history/2013/01/125-years-ago-deadly-children-s-blizzard-blasted-minnesota/
SUPPLEMENTAL POWERPOINTS
myerschs.weebly.com/period-6---1865-1898.html
1_gilded_age_-_the_west_student_edition.ppt
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1_gilded_age--industrialization_and_big_business_student.pptx
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3_gilded_age--immigration_and_urbanization.ppt
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the_devils_rope_barbed_wire_history.pptx
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populism_rise_and_fall_sheg.pptx
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gilded_age_big_picture_cr.pptx
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And for perhaps the most interesting reading about this time period, from Lies My Teacher Told Me: Read the chapter entitled "The Land of Opportunity (pp. 200-214) of this PDF:
The transformation of the United States from an agricultural to an increasingly industrialized and urbanized society brought about significant economic, political, diplomatic, social, environmental, and cultural changes.
- Key Concept 6.1: Technological advances, large-scale production methods, and the opening of new markets encouraged the rise of industrial capitalism in the United States.
- Key Concept 6.2: The migrations that accompanied industrialization transformed both urban and rural areas of the United States and caused dramatic social and cultural change.
- Key Concept 6.3: The Gilded Age produced new cultural and intellectual movements, public reform efforts, and political debates over economic and social policies.
PODCASTS for Period 6:
- Reconstruction Politics (1863/65-1877)
- Transforming the West (1860's-1900)
- Rise of Industry (1865-1900)
Great Video Series about growth of Capitalism during Period 6
The Men Who Built America Episode 1 (A New War Begins)
The Men Who Built America Episode 2 (Oil Strike)
The Men Who Built America Episode 3 (A Rivalry is Born)
The Men Who Built America Episode 4 (Blood is Spilled)
The Men Who Built America Episode 5 (A New Rivalry is Born)
The Men Who Built America Episode 6 (Owning it All)
The Men Who Built America Episode 7 (Taking the White House)
The Men Who Built America Episode 8 (A New Machine)
Imperialism - Article for in class Reading
www.edwardianpromenade.com/imperialism/whats-so-new-about-imperialism/
FILES WE WILL USE IN CLASS
Document 1: Andrew Carnegie: The Gospel of Wealth: carnegie_-_gospel_of_wealth.pdf Download File
Document 2: Henry George: The Creation of Wealth: "Progress and Poverty" and his solution
synopsis: www.wealthandwant.com/HG/PP/Katzenberger_synopsis.html
entire text: www.henrygeorge.org/pcontents.htm
Document 3: Joseph Fels, A Letter to Andrew Carnegie: www.cooperative-individualism.org/fels-joseph_free-trade-and-the-single-tax-vs-imperialism-1910.htm
Photographic Analysis : Curtis, Riis, and Hine
Picturing Modern America: cct2.edc.org/PMA/
Analysis of Edward Curtis: www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2015/12/09/these-photos-by-legendary-photographer-edward-curtis-show-native-american-life-at-the-beginning-of-the-20th-century/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.19ea166c4982
Jacob Riis: How the Other Half Lives: photographs from Tenement life in the Cities
mymodernmet.com/jacob-riis-how-the-other-half-lives/
www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/02/27/nyregion/20080227_RIIS_SLIDESHOW_index.html
9 min. video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EACoIbokOcc
Recreation of Riis' presentation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3NwFB9zuF8
Lewis Hine www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/
William Jennings Bryan "Cross of Gold" speech: historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5354/
Sherman Antitrust Act www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=51
Gilded Age and Second Industrial Revolution: Steel, telephones, railroads, and elevators!
www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-us-history/period-6/apush-gilded-age/v/the-gilded-age-part-2
Henry George: The Creation of Wealth: "Progress and Poverty" and his solution
entire text: www.henrygeorge.org/pcontents.htm
summary: www.wealthandwant.com/HG/PP/Katzenberger_synopsis.html
lesson on Gerorge: www.simpleliberty.org/treatises/progress_and_poverty.htm
Gilded Age Mansions
www.6sqft.com/a-guide-to-the-gilded-age-mansions-of-5th-avenues-millionaire-row-part-ii/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oTgD2Efabw
The Biltmore House: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2q-euB4PXE
Native Americans / Indian Wars
basic history: www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/american-indian-wars
detailed APUSH reading: www.apstudynotes.org/us-history/topics/confrontations-with-native-americans/
a more controversial reading: www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/36257-yes-native-americans-were-the-victims-of-genocide
best video, super long (3+ hours) www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO_IkNfT3Iw
detailed reading: sites.austincc.edu/caddis/great-plains-wars/
presentation: mrfarshtey.net/classes/US_Indian_Policy.pdf
great shorter video (15 minutes) about Wounded Knee: www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=963&v=0EdRT56WK7Q
Foner on the Treatment of Native Peoples: www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=0wKXyZo8J24
Oklahoma Land Rush! www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3qpVkZkGes
Backstory of History: invention of football: www.radiolab.org/story/who-are-we-carlisle-carlisle-carlisle/
Great Strikes Chart and Readings: Haymarket, Homestead, Lawrence, Pullman, Railroad
Historian Howard Zinn: Howard Zinn on Business and Industry
Gilded Age political cartoons: Download File
Accounts of the Battle of Wounded Knee: Download File
Speeches from the Election of 1896: Download File
Analysis of Social Darwinism: Download File
Andrew Carnegie: The Gospel of Wealth: carnegie_-_gospel_of_wealth.pdf Download File
Outlaws of the Wild West: list25.com/25-most-notorious-outlaws-of-the-wild-west/5/
The Children's Blizzard: www.minnpost.com/minnesota-history/2013/01/125-years-ago-deadly-children-s-blizzard-blasted-minnesota/
SUPPLEMENTAL POWERPOINTS
myerschs.weebly.com/period-6---1865-1898.html
1_gilded_age_-_the_west_student_edition.ppt
Download File
1_gilded_age--industrialization_and_big_business_student.pptx
Download File
3_gilded_age--immigration_and_urbanization.ppt
Download File
the_devils_rope_barbed_wire_history.pptx
Download File
populism_rise_and_fall_sheg.pptx
Download File
gilded_age_big_picture_cr.pptx
Download File
And for perhaps the most interesting reading about this time period, from Lies My Teacher Told Me: Read the chapter entitled "The Land of Opportunity (pp. 200-214) of this PDF:
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Files to Read, Study and Use for Homework
USE FOR STUDYING:
Quizlets for Each American Pageant Chapter sites.google.com/a/nisd.net/lennox-history/home/pageant-questions
Quizlets for Each American Pageant Chapter sites.google.com/a/nisd.net/lennox-history/home/pageant-questions
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