Late 19th Century America
AP FOCUS What were three factors in bringing on the age of industry that transformed modern America in the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries?
Industrialization The Rise of Industry and the Transcontinental Railroad.
The Rise of Industrial America, 1865-1900 The Gilded Age.
9.3 TR the Progressive. The Modern President TR was into “manly stuff” like boxing, horseback riding, hunting, etc. – Volunteered in the Spanish-American.
The West
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Early US Inventions
Opening the West. Essential Question What were the causes and effects of mining booms in the West? Discovery of gold and silver in west led to mining.
MOVING WESTWARD: 1850-1890 Libertyville HS. Westward Movement By 1850s frontier had moved to 100 th Meridian Area beyond = “Great American Desert”
Chapter 20, Section 1: Railroads Spur Industry Main Idea: A boom in railroad building encouraged American industry to grow but gave vast amounts of power.
Review of Westward Expansion PUSH FACTORSPULL FACTORS Civil War Land Ethnic Factors Debt Law Government Incentives: --Pacific Railways Act: --Morrill Land.
