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Northwestern University

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences: Second Industrial Revolution [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A lengthy essay on the Second Industrial Revolution in Europe and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The author looks at seven major aspects of technology that were affected by the revolution and makes...
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Open Door Team

Open Door Web Site: The Second Industrial Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the achievements that occurred during the second Industrial Revolution are found on this site. It includes information on gas and electric power, communications, public transportation, the motor and flight industries, and...
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Tom Richey

Tom Richey: The Second Industrial Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine how the second industrial revolution was different than the first one. This slideshow will deepen understanding of the progress achieved.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Second Industrial Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from the Fordham University and the Internet Modern History Sourcebook offers an outline of primary source materials covering the Second Industrial Revolution and advanced capitalism as well as new technologies associated with...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: Industrializing America

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Comprehensive teaching unit that explores the "second industrial revolution" and the mass production of consumer goods. This, in turn, caused an increase in the labor force and immigration. Learn how these changes brought about the start...
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Digital History

Digital History: The Industrial Revolution [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site covers both the initial Industrial Revolution in the United States in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and the second revolution that highlighted new inventions and the businessmen who financed industry. Read brief...
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Other

Hillsborough Community College: The Rise of Unions and Labor Activism [Pdf]

For Students 10th - 12th
Lengthy article on the Second Industrial Revolution in the United States. Looks at the growth of businesses into corporations with large workforces and manufacturing facilities, and the labor issues and organizations that arose as...
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Industrialization in America

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A comprehensive overview of what led to the emergence of and the effects of both Industrial Revolutions in the United States.
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Other

Red Mountain High School: The Growing u.s. In the Late 1800's/early 1900's [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A PowerPoint presentation covering American history during the second Industrial Revolution. Learn the forces behind monopolies, the growth of cities, and the development of labor unions among other aspects of progression at this time in...
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Inventions and Resource Development

For Students 9th - 10th
Outline of the burgeoning inventions and discoveries that characterized a second industrial revolution in the U.S. during the later half of the 19th Century.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: After the Civil War: The New South

For Students 9th - 10th
After the Civil War, there was some impetus to modernize the South's economy to make it more industrialized and less agrarian. It never gained traction while sharecropping and tenant farming did, ensuring the persistence of rural...
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BBC

Bbc: History Trails: Victorian Britain

For Students 9th - 10th
Victorian Britain experienced dramatic economic growth but at great social cost. Read about the times, and play online learning games as well.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Rise of Big Business

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource provides information about the rise of big business in America after the Civil War. Read about the modern corporation, increased mechanization, and consumer products.
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PBS

Pbs: Age of Hope

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Read and listen to two eyewitness interviews from people who have lived through the 20th century. What were their hopes for the world when they were young? Site includes detailed lesson plan.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Who Am I?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a review of famous inventors and people of the Second Industrial Revolution. Activotes questions are included. There is a citation for a United Streaming video clip at the end that could be...