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History, Civics & Social Studies · Grade 11

Industry, Migration and Reform

From the 1870s to 1920, conflict among corporations, workers and farmers reshaped American politics. Learners analyze the Gilded Age economy and its battles, the 'new immigration' and nativist backlash, the Populist challenge and the Progressive reforms that expanded the federal government's role, and the struggle for women's suffrage, while evaluating who gained from reform and who was left out.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 130 minutes
  • Gilded Age and Progressive Era check: 9 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, estimate, highlight a text, match pairs and type a number
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What learners will discover

  • Analyze conflicts among corporations, workers and farmers in the Gilded Age and the government's responses.
  • Analyze immigration, internal migration and nativism using data and multiple perspectives.
  • Evaluate the Populist and Progressive movements and the growth of federal regulatory power.
  • Assess the achievements and limits of reform for women, Black Americans and immigrants.

Lessons

  1. Capital, labor and farmers 5 steps4 practiceabout 32 min
  2. Immigrants, migrants and nativism 5 steps4 practiceabout 32 min
  3. Populists and Progressives 5 steps4 practiceabout 33 min
  4. Suffrage and the limits of reform 5 steps4 practiceabout 33 min
  5. Gilded Age and Progressive Era check 9 questions at the end

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