---
title: "SSUSH11: Big Business Labor and Innovation (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSUSH11
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSUSH11
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - high-school
language: en
canonical_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SSUSH11
md_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SSUSH11.md
alternate_language_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/es/standards/code/SSUSH11.md
source_url: https://case.georgiastandards.org/ims/case/v1p1/CFDocuments/a446e74c-463e-11e7-94f5-b49cee8b2d8c
source_last_changed: 2025-02-04
data_built: 2026-09-18
publisher: Georgia Homeroom, a free public-interest project of Georgia Civic Data. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Georgia Department of Education or any school district.
up: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md
index: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/index.md
---

# SSUSH11: Big Business Labor and Innovation

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

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## 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; shared with other standards, so count these points once and never add them up per standard)

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