USII.4

Reshaping the Nation and the Emergence of Modern America: 1877 to the Early 1900s

USII.4 ​The student will apply social science skills to understand how life changed after the Civil War by

a)​ examining the reasons for westward expansion, including its impact on American Indians;

b)​ explaining the reasons for the increase in immigration, growth of cities, and challenges arising from this expansion;

c)​ describing racial segregation, the rise of “Jim Crow,” and other constraints faced by African Americans and other groups in the post-Reconstruction South;

d)​ explaining the impact of new inventions, the rise of big business, the growth of industry, and the changes to life on American farms in response to industrialization; and

e)​ evaluating and explaining the impact of the Progressive Movement on child labor, working conditions, the rise of organized labor, women’s suffrage, and the temperance movement.

N.I.C.E. Alternatives

Sojourner Truth

Ida B. Wells