Unit Three - Industrialization and the United States
Rebuilding the South after the Civil War was not without its problems, evidenced in the following lesson on Reconstruction and with a map of southern Reconstruction. However, even with these economic and political situations, the nation continued to grow and expand. The Last West and the New South shows this westward expansion and the lesson on Frederick Jackson Turner and the politically biased Article for the Frederick Jackson Turner offer a unique insight as to how the west was won.
What started with the Industrial Revolution in England soon spread across the Atlantic to the United States. This era in American history starts with The Gilded Age and the politics that dominate this time period of history. The text handout, Technology and Inventions during the Industrial Age long with the presentation of Early American Inventions, and the lesson on Industrial Empires show the rapid growth and expansion that sweeps across the nation. Perhaps there is no better example of this advancement than with an overview of the American Railways and some pictures of the first American steam engine. The first American-made sewing machine totally changes the labor force of America, especially including the role of women in the industrial world.
Finally, the who was William H. Seward and what was Seward's Folly document completes this section of national expansion linking to the purchase of Alaska for a very cheap price.
Rebuilding the South after the Civil War was not without its problems, evidenced in the following lesson on Reconstruction and with a map of southern Reconstruction. However, even with these economic and political situations, the nation continued to grow and expand. The Last West and the New South shows this westward expansion and the lesson on Frederick Jackson Turner and the politically biased Article for the Frederick Jackson Turner offer a unique insight as to how the west was won.
What started with the Industrial Revolution in England soon spread across the Atlantic to the United States. This era in American history starts with The Gilded Age and the politics that dominate this time period of history. The text handout, Technology and Inventions during the Industrial Age long with the presentation of Early American Inventions, and the lesson on Industrial Empires show the rapid growth and expansion that sweeps across the nation. Perhaps there is no better example of this advancement than with an overview of the American Railways and some pictures of the first American steam engine. The first American-made sewing machine totally changes the labor force of America, especially including the role of women in the industrial world.
Finally, the who was William H. Seward and what was Seward's Folly document completes this section of national expansion linking to the purchase of Alaska for a very cheap price.
