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CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Captains of Industry: Second Industrial Revolution

For Students 11th
This tutorial looks at the Second Industrial Revolution in the United States and the most famous and successful industrial entrepreneurs of that time. A PDF file of the tutorial is available.
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Gilded Age

For Teachers 8th
A learning module on the Gilded Age. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students explore the conditions that fostered industrial growth...
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Other

History News Network: How the Telegraph Helped Lincoln Win the Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
Abraham Lincoln participated in battle strategy in real time thanks to the telegraph. Read the fascinating story of how Abraham Lincoln was intimately involved in the course of the Civil War due to the increased use of the telegraph.
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 5: A New Order

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive learning module examines the impact of the Gilded Age upon new cultural and intellectual movements, expansion of foreign trade, and political debates over economic and social policies, as well as the impact of the rise of...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History Unit: Period 7: 1890 1945: Intro.: Age of Empire

For Students 9th - 10th
The study resource from Khan Academy provides an overview of Period 7: 1890-1945 in American History. The Age of Empire is discussed in this lesson. This resource is designed as a review for the AP US History Test.
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Curated OER

1896: The Homestead and Pullman Strikes

For Students 9th - 10th
1896, A Website of Political Cartoons provides the illustrated story of both strikes with quotes from newspapers of the time and a brief characterization of Andrew Carnegie.
Primary
Curated OER

History Matters: I Will Kill Frick

For Students 9th - 10th
Find information about the Homestead strike and the treatment of the workers inspired some labor activists to plot the murder of Henry Clay Frick. Part of the autobiography of Emma Goldman.
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Other

Battle of Homestead Foundation: The 1892 Battle of Homestead

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting account of the Homestead Strike of 1892. Learn about the demands of the steelworkers and the violent response of the factory owners. Find drawings and pictures of what happened.
Primary
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Era of Expansion and Reform

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource, a speech by Woodrow Wilson to Congress on April 8, 1913, gives a great review of how the United States transformed from from a rural country to an urban one. It includes a review of industrialization, new inventions,...
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Digital History

Digital History: The Industrial Revolution [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site covers both the initial Industrial Revolution in the United States in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and the second revolution that highlighted new inventions and the businessmen who financed industry. Read brief...
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Digital History

Digital History: Business Organizations [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
After a brief description of various ways that businesses are organized, find out about the monopolies formed in the age of big business in the late 19th century, focusing primarily on Standard Oil. [pdf]
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Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comission

Explore Pa History: Johnstown Flood

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine this historical account of the Johnstown Flood and how it impacted Pennsylvania's history.
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Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comission

Explore Pa History: Making Steel

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine the historical and economic impact of the Pennsylvania's steel industry. Included in this historical account are video, maps, and pictorial artifacts of this era.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Henry Clay Frick

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of Henry Clay Frick describing his rise in the business world to being one of the most influential industrialists at the time. Find out why anarchists of the time held so much animosity toward him.
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Other

The Official Gary Soto Website

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an overview of Soto's life and career, photos, and a complete listing of his books, as well as some frequently asked questions.
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Other

U.s. History Scene: The Second Industrial Revolution, 1870 1914

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Between 1820 and 1860, the visual map of the United States was transformed by unprecedented urbanization and rapid territorial expansion, facilitated by the railroad system. These changes mutually fueled the Second Industrial Revolution...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: New Attitutdes Toward Wealth

For Students 5th - 8th
The accumulation of wealth went beyond inheritance in the late 19th century. Read about three different ideas for the ordinary person to become wealthy.
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Gilded Age (1878 1889)

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
After a brief description of the economy in the Gilded Age, find links to stories about many cultural events of the age. Read about Jim Thorpe, the Johnstown flood, and the first Coca-Cola, among other stories.
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Other

The Frick Pittsburgh: Family Bios: The Frick Family

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographies of members of the Frick family, including Henry Clay Frick and his wife Adelaide Howard Childs, and two of their children, Helen Clay Frick and Childs Frick. The biography of Henry Clay Frick focuses mainly on his...
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History Teacher

Historyteacher.net: The Rise of Big Business & the Labor Movement: Quiz (1)

For Students 9th - 10th
10-question multiple choice quiz is immediately scored and tests your knowledge of industry and the labor movement in the late 19th century.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Who Am I?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a review of famous inventors and people of the Second Industrial Revolution. Activotes questions are included. There is a citation for a United Streaming video clip at the end that could be...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Industrial Revolution & Immigration

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson has notes covering the American Industrial Revolution and famous leaders of the industrial age. Also includes the need for immigrants to supply the factories with workers.
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Curated OER

1896: The Homestead and Pullman Strikes

For Students 9th - 10th
1896, A Website of Political Cartoons provides the illustrated story of both strikes with quotes from newspapers of the time and a brief characterization of Andrew Carnegie.
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Curated OER

Homestead 1892

For Students 9th - 10th
1896, A Website of Political Cartoons provides the illustrated story of both strikes with quotes from newspapers of the time and a brief characterization of Andrew Carnegie.

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