Each group will be assigned a set of terms. Work for the project must be presented in class on Monday, Sept 23.
The each person in the group must define, and draw a small picture by hand, the words and explain how they correspond to the Industrial Age of America.
Each group will create a short skit and a Prezi or Slide Rocket presentation. Must contain a Citation document.
No PowerPoint!
Spoils System (Civil Service)
Weak Presidents (Grant/Harrison)
Credit Mobilier Scandal
Salary Grab
Political Machine
Muckrakers
Lincoln Steffens
Upton Sinclair
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Invention
Edwin L. Drake
Bessemer Process (Steel)
Th. A. Edison (Electricity/Light Bulb)
Alexander G. Bell (Telephone)
Christopher Sholes (Typewriter)
Wm. Jenney (Skyscraper)
Industrial Pollution
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Munn v. Illinois 1877
Wabash, St. Louis, & Pacific RR v. Illinois 1886
Interstate Commerce Commission 1887
Sherman Antitrust Act 1890
US v. EC Knight Co. 1895
In re Debs 1895
Plessy v. Ferguson 1908
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Unions
Scabs
Collective Bargaining
General Strike
Mother Jones
Knights of Labor (T Powderly)
Amer Fed Of Labor (S Gompers)
Itnl Ladies Garments Workers United
Industrial Workers of the World
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“Golden Door”
Ellis Island
Angel Island
Immigration
Chinese Exclusion Act
Gentlemen’s Agreement
Americanization Movement
Social Gospel Movement
Jane Addams
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National Labor Union
Socialism
Eugene V. Debs
Great Railway Strike
Haymaker Square Riot
Homestead Strike
Pullman Strike
Lawrence Textile Strike
Triangle Shirtwaist Co. Fire
