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The student will demonstrate knowledge of how the nation grew and changed from the end of Reconstruction through the early
twentieth century by:
| (a) explaining the relationship between territorial expansion, westward movement of the population, new immigration, growth of
cities, and the admission of new states to the Union; |
| (b) describing the transformation of the American economy from a primarily agrarian to a modern industrial economy and identifying
major inventions that improved life in the United States; |
| (c) analyzing prejudice and discrimination during this time period, with emphasis on "Jim Crow" and the responses of Booker T.
Washington and W.E.B. DuBois; |
| (d) identifying the impact of the Progressive Movement, including child labor and antitrust laws, the rise of labor unions, and
the success of the women's suffrage movement. |
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