Settlement of the Plains and Industrialization

Educational Objectives

Settlement of the Great Plains and Industrialization

MCAS Standards

USII.4 Analyze the causes of the continuing westward expansion of the American people after the Civil War and the impact of this migration on the Indians. (H)

USII.5 Explain the formation and goals of unions as well as the rise of radical political parties during the Industrial era. (H, E)

A. the Knights of Labor
B. the American Federation of Labor headed by Samuel Gompers
C. the Populist Party
the Socialist Party headed by Eugene Debs