APUSH - Concept - 6.2.II - Harding

Period 6: 1865 1898
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SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.2 The
emergence of an
industrial culture in
the United States led
to both greater
opportunities for, and

restrictions on,
immigrants,
minorities, and
women.
EQ: What role did
industrialization have on
the opportunities for /
restrictions on immigrant,
minority, and women?
Given an exit card, 100%
of SWBAT
Write a peer evaluated
ID response paragraph
(SEEC format): Political
turmoil during the
Gilded Age
Key Concept 6.2 The emergence of an industrial

culture in the United States led to both greater
opportunities for, and restrictions on, immigrants,
minorities, and women.
Big ideas:
Why were individuals attracted to cities? What
opportunities were there in cities?

How did marginalized groups (women, minorities, etc.)
gain power during this time?
How did the federal government encourage westward
expansion? What were impacts of this expansion on
Natives?
SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.2 The
emergence of an
to both greater
restrictions on,
immigrants,
minorities, and
women.
EQ: What role did
of SWBAT
turmoil during the
Gilded Age
Many Americans and Nativists in the late
1800s spoke of Americanizing immigrants

to the United States. What cultural,
political, and economic impact did
Americanizing have on the country?
Explain!
How did immigrants try to both
Americanize (assimilate) and retain their

cultural identity? What impact do you
think this had on American culture?
SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.2 The
emergence of an
to both greater
restrictions on,
immigrants,
minorities, and
women.
EQ: What role did
of SWBAT
turmoil during the
Gilded Age
Larger numbers of migrants

moved to the West in search of
land and economic opportunity,
frequently provoking competition
and violent conflict.
A) Reasons for westward

growth:
Transcontinental RR - built
by Irish and Chinese

Discovery of mineral
resources - mines Comstock Lode
Government policies Homestead Act, subsidies
to RR companies
SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.2 The
emergence of an
to both greater
restrictions on,
immigrants,
minorities, and
women.
EQ: What role did
of SWBAT
turmoil during the
Gilded Age
SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.2 The
emergence of an
to both greater
B) Migrants moved to rural and boomtown
areas of the West
restrictions on,
immigrants,
Why? - seeking independence and selfsufficiency
minorities, and
women.
Safety-valve theory
EQ: What role did

of SWBAT
turmoil during the
Gilded Age
Opportunities out west?
Building RRs, mining, farming, and

ranching
C) Impacts of western migrations?

Decimation of bison (buffalo)
Conflict with Natives and Mexican
Americans over land
Sand Creek Massacre (1864) - 133

Natives, mostly women and children
were killed
SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.2 The
emergence of an
to both greater
restrictions on,
immigrants,
minorities, and
women.
EQ: What role did
of SWBAT
turmoil during the
Gilded Age
D) US government relations with Natives

Often violated treaties
Used military force
Wounded Knee - 1890 - 300 Natives were killed

(women and children)
Natives were moved to reservations
Loss of sovereignty
E) How did Natives preserve their cultures in the face of

assimilation policies?
Assimilation Policy - Dawes Act (1887):

Sent Native children to boarding schools, had to
speak English
Native families given individual plots of land
Ghost Dance - ceremony in which Natives envisioned

the return of buffalo and elimination of whites
Self-sustaining economic practices - farming
SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.2 The
emergence of an
to both greater
restrictions on,
immigrants,
minorities, and
women.
EQ: What role did
of SWBAT
turmoil during the
Gilded Age
Assimilation sought to end tribal identities

Through the Dawes Act:
Many Native children sent to boarding schools
Native Americans lives were changed hunting to
farming
Most of Natives land was lost
SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.2 The
emergence of an
to both greater
restrictions on,
immigrants,
minorities, and
women.
EQ: What role did
of SWBAT
turmoil during the
Gilded Age
Americanizing of immigrants and maintaining

unique identities
Many immigrants were forced to assimilate
English was only language at schools and work
SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.2 The
emergence of an
to both greater
restrictions on,
immigrants,
minorities, and
women.
EQ: What role did
of SWBAT
turmoil during the
Gilded Age
SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.2 The
emergence of an
to both greater
restrictions on,
immigrants,
minorities, and
women.
EQ: What role did
of SWBAT
turmoil during the
Gilded Age

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Period 6: 1865 1898

Mr. Harding investment-in-knowledge.wikispaces.com

opportunities for, and

Key Concept 6.2 The emergence of an industrial

opportunities were there in cities?

Many Americans and Nativists in the late

1800s spoke of Americanizing immigrants

Americanize (assimilate) and retain their

Larger numbers of migrants

A) Reasons for westward

by Irish and Chinese

EQ: What role did

Opportunities out west?

Building RRs, mining, farming, and

C) Impacts of western migrations?

Americans over land

Sand Creek Massacre (1864) - 133

D) US government relations with Natives

Wounded Knee - 1890 - 300 Natives were killed

E) How did Natives preserve their cultures in the face of

Assimilation Policy - Dawes Act (1887):

Native families given individual plots of land

Ghost Dance - ceremony in which Natives envisioned

Self-sustaining economic practices - farming

Assimilation sought to end tribal identities

Americanizing of immigrants and maintaining

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