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The Industrial Revolution in the United States of America
 
 
 
PRINTABLE HANDOUTS
 
Causes and Effects: Blank Worksheets
 
Causes and Effects - "Industrial Revolution" - Blank short-term and long-term causes and effects chart
 
 
Charts and Graphs
 
Table Graph Worksheet - "Major Strikes in the American Labor Movement"
 
Table Graph Worksheet - "Compare and Contrast the American Federation of Labor and the Knights of Labor"
 
Table Graph Worksheet - "American Business Leaders: 'Robber Baron' or 'Captain of Industry'"
 
 
 
 
 
DBQs: Document-Based Questions
 
DBQ/Examining Primary Sources - "A New England Girlhood" excerpt, Lucy Larcom
 
DBQ/Examining Primary Sources - Emmeline Pankhurst, "Why We Are Militant"
 
DBQ/Examining Primary Sources - "Eugene V. Debs on Competition"
 
DBQ/Examining Primary Sources - "Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie"
 
 
Readings with Questions
 
Printable Reading with Questions - "Technology and Change"
 
Printable Reading with Questions - "Carnegie and the Era of Steel"
 
Printable Reading with Questions - "Revolution in Agriculture"
 
Printable Reading with Questions - "The Struggles of Labor"
 
 
T-Charts - Blank Forms to Be Completed by Students
 
T-Chart - "Inventors and Inventions"
 
T-Chart - "Pivotal Events in the Industrial Revolution"
 
T-Chart - "Unionization: Employer and Union Weapons" -  Students complete this table chart, identifying and describing the tactics used by employers and unions - Terms: This is a cheat sheet for teachers, with terms that can be used to complete the table graph
 
T-Chart - "The Industrial Revolution: Domestic System vs. Factory System of Production" - Students complete this table graph/chart describing the differences between these two systems (means of production, ownership of the means of production, independence or dependence of workers, etc.)
 
T-Chart - "The Rise of Labor: Major Strikes"
 
T-Chart - "The Rise of Labor: Major Players and Their Contributions"
 
 
Word Search Puzzles
 
Word Search Puzzle - "The Industrial Revolution"
 
Word Search Puzzle - "The Rise of American Business, Industry, and Labor: 1865-1920"
 
 
Writing Exercises
 
Writing Exercises - "The Rise of Organized Labor"
 
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Maximilien Robespierre Biography Workbook
 
 
GAMES & TEST PREP
 
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MAPS & PICTURES
 
"Industrial Revolution" - Image Gallery
 
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POWERPOINTS
 
"The Industrial Revolution" PowerPoint Presentation - 115 slides - Version: PDF | PPT | PPTX | Handout

Divided into six sections:

1. The First Industrial Revolution - slides 1-45 - 9 review questions
2. The Agricultural Revolution - slides 46-52 - 4 review questions
3. The Second Industrial Revolution - slides 53-58 - 4 review questions
4. The Results of the Industrial Revolution - slides 59-88 - 4 review questions
5. The Labor Movement - slides 89-100 - 5 review questions
6. The Cooperative Movement and Socialism - slides 101-115 - 4 review questions 
 
 
WEBSITE LINKS
 
Crandall Historical Printing Museum - Take a virtual tour of this Utah museum and the history of print
 
 
Book and Film Reviews and Recommendations
 
 
MISCELLANEOUS
 
Bell Work Printable - Monopolies Question
 
Industrial Revolution Printable Trivia Questions, Page 1
 
Industrial Revolution Printable Trivia Questions, Page 2
 
Industrial Revolution Printable Trivia Questions, Page 3
 
"The Industrial Revolution" Interactive Educational Games
 
 
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