UNITED STATES HISTORY AND THE CONSTITUTION
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The student will demonstrate an understanding of the industrial development and the consequences of that development on society and politics during the second half of the nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries.
Enduring Understanding
Political democracy depends upon the active participation of individuals working through political and economic-interest groups to protect their welfare. To understand how groups in the past have protected their rights, the student will utilize the knowledge and skills set forth in the following primary sources:
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire March 1911
The Omaha Platform of the Populist Party July 4, 1892
The Lawrence Textile Strike, 1912
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877
John Spargo,The Bitter Cry of the Children, 1906
Colorado Coalfield War 1913-14