This reading provides information regard the U.S. Coal Industry in the 19th century.

Advancements in transportation have played a key role in the growth of our nation. U.S.government policies have also had a considerable impact on the development of transport as we know it today. In this series of three lessons,the students examine transportation and its impact on our nation (and vice versa) since the United States declared its independence in 1776.

This video provides an overview of the Gilded Age and the individuals involved in this era of history.

In this economics lesson, students will create an assembly line to learn how specialization increases productivity.

In this economics lesson, students analyze shifts in supply and demand in the auto market and related markets.

In economics lesson, students will research Henry Ford’s innovations to find strategies that improve productivity., includes slides, reading, and activity.

This encyclopedia entry provides information about the growth of industry, the dispersion of industry, and industrial combinations in the late 19th century.

Students will examine, explain, and evaluate a variety of literary and visual primary sources that describe and depict the development and impact of railroads on sectional relationships, national unity, and economic growth during the nineteenth century; analyze and assess eyewitness accounts, a notable photograph, and two maps of railway routes; read, discuss, and draw conclusions about the text and major concepts; make a sound response to one of several possible "essential questions."

The student will be able to weigh the events of history influenced by the assumption of manifest destiny by examining the underlying concepts and points of view involved.

This 2 min video examens the what happened to the south after the "End" of Reconstruction.