Module 1: Division and Reunion 1840-1877
Concepts to Know:
1. Causes and results of the Civil War
2. The many problems that the Nation faced rebuilding the South.
3. As the settlers moved west, the western landscape was transformed.
4. Conflict between Native Americans and the U.S. Government occurred over western land.
5. New communities and political groups were created by the settlers on the Great Plains.
Vocabulary, Events, and Important People: All definitions can be found in the Social Studies Class Notebook. Study all notes in the class notebook and use your textbook for further explanation.
Manifest Destiny, Sectionalism, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Dred Scott Decision, Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln, Border States, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Gettysburg, Emancipation Proclamation, Clara Barton, total war, Appomattox Courthouse, Reconstruction, 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment, John Wilkes Booth, Andrew Johnson, Black Codes, impeachment, Carpetbaggers, Scalawags, Hiram Revels, Ku Klux Klan, Grandfather Clause, segregation, Father Isaac Hecker, Sisters of Charity, New York Foundling Hospital, Great American Desert, Comstock Lode, boomtown, cattle drive, Great Plains, Pony Express, Transcontinental Railroad, Promontory Point, Reservations, Buffalo Soldiers, Sitting Bull, Long Walk, Chief Joseph, Homestead Act 1862, National Grange, Interstate Commerce Act 1887, Populist Party
Module 1 Essays:
1. The Civil War caused the nation to break apart. In your essay include the following:
a. What were the causes of the Civil War?
b. Where and when the war started?
c. Who was the President at the time?
d. Discuss two important battles and why they were important.
e. Name two leaders of the Northern armies and two Southern leaders.
f. Explain who was victorious and where and when was the surrender.
2a. Compare the advantages of the North and South during the Civil War.
2b. What problems did each army face at the start of the war?
2c. In what ways did civilians support the troops?
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Module 2: An Industrial Society 1876-1900
Concepts to Know:
1. The Second Industrial Revolution led to new sources of power and advances in transportation and communication.
2. The growth of big business in 1800 led to the creation of monopolies.
3. Changes in the workplace led to a rise in labor unions and workers’ strikes.
Vocabulary, Events, and Important People: All definitions can be found in the Social Studies Class Notebook. Study all notes in the class notebook and use your textbook for further explanation.
Second Industrial Revolution, Bessemer Process, Edwin L. Drake, Thomas Alva Edison, patent, Henry Ford, assembly line, acquire, Wilbur and Orville Wright, corporations, Andrew Carnegie, vertical integration, John D. Rockefeller, horizontal integration, trust, Social Darwinism, monopoly, Sherman Antitrust Act, conspiracy, specialization, strike, American Federation of Labor, collective bargaining, Haymarket Riot, Pullman Strike 1894, Old Immigration, New Immigration, steerage, Ellis Island, benevolent societies, tenements, Nativists, Chinese Exclusion Act 1882, mass transit, Jacob Riis, settlement houses, Hull House, Florence Kelly, Gilded Age, Progressives, Muckrakers, Ida B. Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, 17th Amendment, recall, Father John Drumgoole, Mother Francis Cabrini, Pope Leo XIII
Module 2 Essays
3. After the Civil War, there was an increase in the Western population.
a. Compare what life was like for the Plains Indians before and after the arrival of large numbers of American settlers.
b. Why were many Americans eager to move to the western frontier?
c. Describe some of the challenges facing those who settled in the West.
d. How did railroads and ranching change the landscape of the West?
4a. Explain what the Second Industrial Revolution was.
4b. What led to poor working conditions in factories during the Second Industrial Revolution?
4c. Explain why labor unions had a better chance of improving working conditions than laborers did on their own.
