"Industrialization 5" Video Lessons: US History Regents Short Essay

As the progressive era unfolded in the US, it looked like the nation was on its way toward resolving the severe problems of industrialization. The nation strove in some ways to become more egalitarian and more democratic. Some progressives fought on the moral front, addressing alcohol abuse and child neglect.

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Product includes:

• Set 1, 2 documents

• Set 2, 2 documents

• Scoring rubric

• Passcode to video lessons students can use to prepare the task.

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Documents:

• Joint Resolution proposing an Amendment to the Constitution providing that Senators shall be elected by the people of the several states, May 13, 1912

• Election Day! - political cartoon

• Various petitions from Utahns urging the creation of state-wide prohibition of alcohol in 1915.

• The Problem of the Children, excerpt from Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives (1890)
  

Passcode Lessons:

• 19th Century Economics, Part 1

• 19th Century Economics, Part 2

• Immigration, part 1

• Immigration, part 2

• The Rise of Organized labor

• Pt. 1 Progressive Era

• pt. 2 Progressive Era

• Government Regulation of Business, 19th Century

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