Unit 1: Turn of the Century
Chapter 12: Industrialization
Key Developments
What developments were happening in each of the following? Who were the key people involved in the development? What enabled these developments to occur? What will be their long-term impacts?
Railroads
Electricity
Banking
Inventions
Leading People of the Gilded Age
History Channel: The Men Who Built America
1. Take the Trivia Quiz and keep track of your results.
2. Watch & Take Notes from The History Channel, "The Men Who Built America" series using the following clips:
3. After you've watched the clip, choose 1 of the 5 people and read their article being prepared to discuss these questions.
Key Developments
What developments were happening in each of the following? Who were the key people involved in the development? What enabled these developments to occur? What will be their long-term impacts?
Railroads
Electricity
- Steel
Banking
Inventions
Leading People of the Gilded Age
History Channel: The Men Who Built America
1. Take the Trivia Quiz and keep track of your results.
2. Watch & Take Notes from The History Channel, "The Men Who Built America" series using the following clips:
- Rockefeller (2 clips)
- Rise of Cornelius Vanderbilt
- Rise of Henry Ford
- Rise of J.P. Morgan
- Carnegie
- Rise of Thomas Edison
- Rockefeller (2 clips)
3. After you've watched the clip, choose 1 of the 5 people and read their article being prepared to discuss these questions.
- Who is the man you read about and what is he known for?
- What major life events or achievements led him to becoming one of America’s industrialists?
- What setbacks did he encounter along the way?
- In your opinion, what is his greatest achievement?
- What did he do in his later years?
- Do you think that the industry that he helped build still affects and changes the United States today? Why or why not?