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SSUSH11Big Business Labor and Innovation

Examine connections between the rise of big business, the growth of labor unions, and technological innovations.

Appears in: Social Studies, High School

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Expectations

  • SSUSH11.a

    Explain the effects of railroads on other industries, including steel and oil.

  • SSUSH11.b

    Examine the significance of John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie in the rise of trusts and monopolies.

  • SSUSH11.c

    Examine the influence of key inventions on U.S. infrastructure, including but not limited to the telegraph, telephone, and electric light bulb.

  • SSUSH11.d

    Describe Ellis and Angel Islands, the change in immigrants' origins and their influence on the economy, politics, and culture of the United States.

  • SSUSH11.e

    Discuss the origins, growth, influence, and tactics of labor unions including the American Federation of Labor.

Georgia Milestones coverage

  • US History (EOC) · Industrialization, Reform, & Imperialism

    Industrialization, Reform, & Imperialism

    about 16% of the test · 7–8 points These points are shared with other standards, so count them once and never add them up per standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.