United States History: 1877 to the Present
Reshaping the Nation and the Emergence of Modern America: 1877 to the Early 1900s
USII.3
The student will demonstrate knowledge of how life changed after the Civil War by
- a) identifying the reasons for westward expansion;
- b) explaining the reasons for the increase in immigration, growth of cities, new inventions, and challenges arising from this expansion;
- c) describing racial segregation, the rise of “Jim Crow,” and other constraints faced by African Americans in the post-Reconstruction South;
- d) explaining the rise of big business, the growth of industry, and life on American farms;
- e) describing the impact of the Progressive Movement on child labor, working conditions, the rise of organized labor, women’s suffrage, and the temperance movement.
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