Unit VII: Industrialism and Reform
Social Studies: Mr. Massey Date:
Sept.-Oct
Reading Assignments
1. Pgs. 230-235
2. Pgs. 241-244(up to
labor unions)
3. Pgs. 244 (labor Essential Questions:
unions)-249
4. Pgs. 254-259 1. Who benefits and who suffers during the times of profound economic change?
5. Pgs. 267-271 a. How did the way American’s earn a living change?
6. Pgs. 276-281 b. How did industrialism impact social and economic divisions in
7. Pgs. 292-287 America?
8. Pgs. 306-312
c. How did concept of Social Darwinism impact how people conducted
9. Pgs. 317-337 (in-
class) business?
d. How did this period cause conflict?
2. How does immigration affect the immigrants and the society that they enter?
Key People a. What conditions in the US inspired immigration?
Thomas Alva Edison b. Describe the experiences and reactions of both new immigrants and
Alexander G. Bell current citizens during this time period.
George Pullman 3. How can people change society?
Andrew Carnegie a. How did the Progressive movement attempt to inspire change?
John D. Rockefeller b. How did muckrakers affect society?
Samuel Gompers
Eugene V. Debs 4. Did this period of industrialization and reform move America closer or further
Marry Harris Jones away from its founding ideals?
Jane Adams
Boss Tweed
Rutherford B. Hays
James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur Key Terms
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland Bessemer Process Melting pot
Transcontinental railroad Nativism
Credit Mobilier Chinese Exclusion act
Interstate Commerce act Gentlemen’s agreement
Social Darwinism Urbanization
“Robber Barons” Americanization movement
Sherman Antitrust Act Tenements
American Federation of Labor Social Gospel Movement
Industrial Workers of the World Graft
Strike of 1877 Patronage
Haymarket Affair Civil Service
The Homestead Act
Pullman company strike
Ellis Island