I.B.9-12.2

Analyze the transformation of the American economy and the changing social and political conditions in the United States in response to the industrial revolution, including:<ol type="a"><li>innovations in technology, evolution of marketing techniques, changes to the standard of living and the rise of consumer culture</li><li>rise of business leaders and their companies as major forces in America (e.g., John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie)</li><li>development of monopolies and their impact on economic and political policies (e.g., laissez-faire economics, trusts, trust busting)</li><li>growth of cities (e.g., influx of immigrants, rural-to-urban migrations, racial and ethnic conflicts that resulted)</li><li>efforts of workers to improve working conditions (e.g., organizing labor unions, strikes, strike breakers)</li><li>rise and effect of reform movements (e.g., Populists, William Jennings Bryan, Jane Addams, muckrakers)</li><li>conservation of natural resources (e.g., the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Anasazi ruins at Mesa Verde, Colorado, National Reclamation Act of 1902)</li><li>progressive reforms (e.g., the national income tax, direct election of senators, women's suffrage, prohibition)</li></ol>