Title: Post War Industrial Expansion

Date: August 18, 2014

Write down the
Essential Question.
Objective (1.2.f)
SWBAT identify
and evaluate the
expansion of
industry in the US
after the Civil War.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80%
accuracy) SW
SWBAT
1. Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write
an ID response
paragraph (SEEC
format) on a
relating topic (5-7
sentences).

EQ: What assisted
in the expansion
of industry in post-
war America?
Objective (1.2.f)
SWBAT identify
and evaluate the
expansion of
industry in the US
after the Civil War.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80%
accuracy) SW
SWBAT
1. Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write
an ID response
paragraph (SEEC
format) on a
relating topic (5-7
sentences).

EQ: What assisted
in the expansion
of industry in post-
war America?
Also known as the Gilded Age, or even the Second
Industrial Revolution, the age of industrial
expansion in the United States (1870 1900)
fundamentally altered the course of U.S. History.

Analyze the primary source above. Make an
inference statement.

Based on the evidence of __________, I can infer
that ________________.


Partner Evaluation
1 pt for sentence stem use
2 pts for specific evidence used (3 minimum)
2 pts for a logical conclusion / inference
Exemplar - Based on the evidence of the large
and lazy industrialists being held up by workers , I
can infer that the success, power, and wealth of
the industrialists was directly tied to the labor of
others.


Objective (1.2.f)
SWBAT describe
the era of Robber
Barons and analyze
strategies they
employed to
eliminate
competition in
various markets.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80%
accuracy) SW 1.
Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write
a thesis statement:
What strategy did
Carnegie employ
to quell
competition?

EQ: What
strategies were
used by industrial
- ists in order to
eliminate
competition?
Objective (1.2.f)
SWBAT identify
and evaluate the
expansion of
industry in the US
after the Civil War.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80%
accuracy) SW
SWBAT
1. Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write
an ID response
paragraph (SEEC
format) on a
relating topic (5-7
sentences).

EQ: What assisted
in the expansion
of industry in post-
war America?
The industrial boom during this period of time
can be attributed to:
1. A wealth of natural resources
Oil, coal, iron, land, etc.
2. Government policies that supported business
laissez-faire (hands off) approach by the government
3. Growing population of cheap labor
Urban population expanded enormously
(especially in the North and Midwest)
4. Entrepreneurial
People took the risk and invested their own money on
business ventures. Many lost their money, but some
struck big: Andrew Carnegie for example, who arrived
from Scotland with a few pennies to his name, became
one of the richest men in the world.

Objective (1.2.f)
SWBAT identify
and evaluate the
expansion of
industry in the US
after the Civil War.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80%
accuracy) SW
SWBAT
1. Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write
an ID response
paragraph (SEEC
format) on a
relating topic (5-7
sentences).

EQ: What assisted
in the expansion
of industry in post-
war America?
Oil became
important to Americans in the late 1800s.

It was first transformed into Kerosene (light,
heat, energy source).
Gasoline (a byproduct of refining) then
became to most important product made
from oil.
The internal combustion engine (used in cars)
drove the demand for oil

The most powerful Oil Company was Standard
Oil, led by John D. Rockefeller.
Objective (1.2.f)
SWBAT identify
and evaluate the
expansion of
industry in the US
after the Civil War.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80%
accuracy) SW
SWBAT
1. Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write
an ID response
paragraph (SEEC
format) on a
relating topic (5-7
sentences).

EQ: What assisted
in the expansion
of industry in post-
war America?
Use the image to
the right to complete
an inference statement
on Standard Oil.

Based upon
___________, it can be
inferred that _________.

Peer Evaluation:
o 2 pts.-Appropriately
using stem
o 3 pts.- Uses specific evidence from the quote to justify their response

Exemplar: Based upon the tentacles of the Standard Oil octopus
grabbing banks, ships, railroads, other oil companies, etc., it can be
inferred that the company was extremely powerful and influential
in American during the late 1800s.
Objective (1.2.f)
SWBAT identify
and evaluate the
expansion of
industry in the US
after the Civil War.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80%
accuracy) SW
SWBAT
1. Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write
an ID response
paragraph (SEEC
format) on a
relating topic (5-7
sentences).

EQ: What assisted
in the expansion
of industry in post-
war America?
A large number of magazines and
newspapers in the late 1800s
and early 1900s used the octopus
as a metaphor for large powerful
companies and corporations.

TWS Why do you think the octopus was such a popular
metaphor at the time?

CHALLENGE! Apply the metaphor to a
business/corporation around today. Why do you think
this business/corporation is a modern day octopus? How
do you think this business/corporation compares with
Standard Oil?
Objective (1.2.f)
SWBAT identify
and evaluate the
expansion of
industry in the US
after the Civil War.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80%
accuracy) SW
SWBAT
1. Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write
an ID response
paragraph (SEEC
format) on a
relating topic (5-7
sentences).

EQ: What assisted
in the expansion
of industry in post-
war America?
Handout (Essay): Rockefeller: Monster
Monopolist or Marketplace Hero
Read the Essay (8 minutes)

Answer the following:
What type of strategies were used by Rockefeller to
gain control and influence in the market?
What did Rockefeller do to anger people?
How can Rockefeller be seen as a Hero to some?

CHALLENGE! - Rockefeller once said We are refining
oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and
good. Does this secondary source back up this claim?
Explain!