CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Captains of Industry: Second Industrial Revolution
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.
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Gilded Age
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...
Other
History News Network: How the Telegraph Helped Lincoln Win the Civil War
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.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 5: A New Order
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...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History Unit: Period 7: 1890 1945: Intro.: Age of Empire
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.
Curated OER
1896: The Homestead and Pullman Strikes
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.
Curated OER
History Matters: I Will Kill Frick
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.
Other
Battle of Homestead Foundation: The 1892 Battle of Homestead
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.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Era of Expansion and Reform
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,...
Digital History
Digital History: The Industrial Revolution [Pdf]
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...
Digital History
Digital History: Business Organizations [Pdf]
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]
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comission
Explore Pa History: Johnstown Flood
Examine this historical account of the Johnstown Flood and how it impacted Pennsylvania's history.
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comission
Explore Pa History: Making Steel
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.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Henry Clay Frick
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.
Other
The Official Gary Soto Website
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.
Other
U.s. History Scene: The Second Industrial Revolution, 1870 1914
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...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: New Attitutdes Toward Wealth
The accumulation of wealth went beyond inheritance in the late 19th century. Read about three different ideas for the ordinary person to become wealthy.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Gilded Age (1878 1889)
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.
Other
The Frick Pittsburgh: Family Bios: The Frick Family
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...
History Teacher
Historyteacher.net: The Rise of Big Business & the Labor Movement: Quiz (1)
10-question multiple choice quiz is immediately scored and tests your knowledge of industry and the labor movement in the late 19th century.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Who Am I?
[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...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Industrial Revolution & Immigration
[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.
Curated OER
1896: The Homestead and Pullman Strikes
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.
Curated OER
Homestead 1892
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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