8.12 Students analyze the transformation of the American economy and the changing social and political conditions in the United States in response to the Industrial Revolution.

8.12.1 - Trace patterns of agricultural and industrial development as they relate to climate, use of natural resources, markets, and trade and locate such development on a map.

8.12.2 - Identify the reasons for the development of federal Indian policy and the wars with American Indians and their relationship to agricultural development and industrialization.

8.12.3 - Explain how states and the federal government encouraged business expansion through tariffs, banking, land grants, and subsidies.

8.12.4 - Discuss entrepreneurs, industrialists, and bankers in politics, commerce, and industry (e.g., Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Leland Stanford).

8.12.5 - Examine the location and effects of urbanization, renewed immigration, and industrialization (e.g., the effects on social fabric of cities, wealth and economic opportunity, the conservation movement).

8.12.6 - Discuss child labor, working conditions, and laissez-faire policies toward big business and examine the labor movement, including its leaders (e.g., Samuel Gompers), its demand for collective bargaining, and its strikes and protests over labor conditions.

8.12.7 - Identify the new sources of large-scale immigration and the contributions of immigrants to the building of cities and the economy; explain the ways in which new social and economic patterns encouraged assimilation of newcomers into the mainstream amidst growing cultural diversity; and discuss the new wave of nativism.

8.12.8 - Identify the characteristics and impact of Grangerism and Populism.

8.12.9 - Name the significant inventors and their inventions and identify how they improved the quality of life (e.g., Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Orville and Wilbur Wright).


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759Twenty Years at Hull House Addams, J.973.8 Biography
928Margaret Fuller: A Life of Passion and Defiance Balducci, C. F.973.5 Fiction
808Portraits of American Women From Settlement to the Present Barker- Benfield, G. J. and Clinton, C.973
794City People: The Rise of Modern City Culture in the Nineteenth-Century America Barth, G.973.8
817The Way We Lived: Essays and Documents in American Social History Binder, F. M. and Reimers, D. M.973
832The Way We Lived: Essays and Documents in American Social HIstory Binder, F. M. and Reimers, D. M.973
3641Steelworkers in America: The nonunion era Brody, David973.9
3616Pullman: An experiment in industrial order and community planning Buder, Stanley973.8
816The City Boss in America: An Interpretive Reader Callow, A. B. Jr.973.91
3634Oneida: Utopian community to modern corporation Carden, Maren Lockwood973.8
3651Going to America Coleman, Terry973.8
3664Jacob Riis Revisited Cordasco, Francesco973.8
845Sister Carrie Dreiser, T.973.8 Fiction
814Farm to Factory: Womenıs Letters, 1830-1860 Dublin, T. editor973.5
774Science in the Federal Government: A History of Policies and Activities to 1940 Dupree, A. H.320.4
805Century of Struggle: The Womenıs Rights Movement in the United States Flexner, E.973.91
3659Eugene V. Debs: The making of an American radical Ginger, Ray973.91 Biography
718From Parlor to Prison: Five Suffragists Talk Abour Their Lives Gluck, S. editor973.91 Biography
3635Eli Whitney and the Birth of American Technology Green, Constance M.973.4 Biography
809The Ladies of Seneca Falls: The Birth of the Womanıs Rights Movement Gurko, M.973.8
815Tweedıs New York: Another Look Hershkowitz, L.973.8
761Strangers in the Land: Patterns of American Nativism 1861-1925 Higham, J.973.8
740Modern American Painting and Sculpture Hunter, S.
1224Strategies for Teaching Economics: Junior High School Level ( Grades 7-8) Joint Council on Economic Education
858Amusing the Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century Kasson, J. F.
1027Crusade for Kindness: Henry Bergh and the ASPCA Loeper, J. J.
1024Going to School in 1876 Loeper, J.J.973.8
1011West From Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder-San Francisco 1915 MacBride, R. L. editor979.4
771Boss Tweedıs New York Mandelbaum, S. J.973.8
3673Thousand Pieces of Gold McCunn, Ruthanne Lum973.8 Fiction
872The Mechanical Bride: Folklore of Industrial Man McLuhan, M.
914Ordinary Americans: U.S. History Through the Eyes of Everyday People Monk, L. R. editor973
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4009Our Century: 1910-1920 Napoli, Tony973.9
4012Our Century: 1900-1910 Napoli, Tony973.91
812The Private Side of American History: Readings in Everyday Life Nash, G. B. editor"973
908Teaching Asian American History Okihiro, G. Y.373.109
976InventorsWho Left Their Brand on America Olsen, F. L.973.9
919O Little Town: The Germans Reiff, T.973
920Little Italy: The Italians Reiff, T.973
921For Gold and Blood: The Chinese Reiff, T.973
926Hungry No More: The Irish Reiff, T.973
927Old Ways, New Ways: The Eastern European Jews Reiff, T.973
915How the Other Half Lives Riis, J. A.
996The Railroad Era: Business Competition and the Public Interest Social Science Education Consortium973.6
997The Rise of Organized Labor: Workers, Employers, and the Public Interest Social Science Education Consortium973.8
787Booker T. Washington and the Negroıs Place in American Life Spencer, S. R. Jr.973.8 Biography
4155Schooling for the New Slavery Spivey, Donald973.8
713Joe Hill: A Biographical Novel Stegner, W.973.91
3638Urban America: A history with documents Still, Bayard973
907Strangers From a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans Takaki, R.973
756Poverty and Progress: Social Mobility in Nineteenth Century City Thernstrom, S.973.8
750Walden Thoreau, H.D973.6
726Up From Slavery Washington, B. T.973.8 Biography
3906Up From Slavery Washington, B. T.973.8 Biography
836Building the Dream: A Social History of Housing in America Wright, G.973
4040Gil Gorospe ggorospe@telis.orgEich Intermediate School, Roseville
3259The Making of Industrial America Reconstruction
3607The Industrial Revolution: A Global Event Daniel Berman, Robert Rittner
23The Ghost Dance: Indian Removal After Civil War Jason, Alli973.8
3204Investigating History: Projects for the 5th Grade * (Kari Wilson) Kari WilsonMiscellaneous
42The Harlem Renaissance Nina Gifford
3603World's Fairs and the Dawning of "The American Democracy" Randolph, Rydell973.8
3947World's Fairs and the Dawning of "The American Democracy" Randolph, Rydell973.8
1295Interpreting the Industrial Revolution Stearns, P. N.973.8
4064Karen Halttunen, PhD. klhalttunen@ucdavis.edu
3054Reaction to Industrialism Cultural Issues and Articles
4043The River 973.9
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