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analyze content
from APUSH Key
Concept 6.1
The rise of big
business in the United
States encouraged
massive migrations
and urbanization,
sparked government
and popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates over
U.S. national identity.
In-Class APUSH
Review Terms /
Events
SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?
Big ideas:
What was the relationship between businesses
and government?
What were reasons for migration within the
country and immigration during this time?
In what ways did the South change and remain
the same? (Change and Continuity over time)
SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?
Fewer hours of toil mean more time to read, and after the adoption of
the ten-hour system the workman took more of interest in the press of
the land; he had more time to read; and, that fact once established, it
became a paying investment to advertise in "the papers." The number of
papers began to increase, for the masses had more time to read; having
more time to read, they learned what was going on throughout the
world, and they naturally acquired new tastes and desires. The
adornment of the home became an object with the man who could see
his home by daylight, and the demand for articles of home consumption
and adornment increased very rapidly.
What does this tell you about labor in the late 19th century?
Explain!
How might an industrialist respond to this? Explain!
SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?
A variety of
perspectives on the
economy and labor
developed during a
time of financial panics
and downturns.
A) Laissez-faire
(Government would
keep its hands off the
economy):
Became a
dominant
economic
philosophy, very
little government
regulation of
industries
SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?
SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?
B: Expansion of workforce:
Internal migration: farmers moved to cities in increased
SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?
SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?
SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?
SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?
SWBAT analyze
content from APUSH
Key Concept 6.1The
rise of big business in
the United States
encouraged massive
migrations and
urbanization, sparked
government and
popular efforts to
reshape the U.S.
economy and
environment, and
renewed debates
over U.S. national
identity.
EQ: What role did
politics play in the
shaping of America
during the Gilded Age?