OGT+Benchmarks

History** Students use materials drawn from the diversity of human experience to analyze and interpret significant events, patterns and themes in the history of Ohio, the United States and the world. //Industrialization// 3. Explain the causes and effects of the Industrial Revolution with emphasis on: b. The impact of the growth of population, rural-to-urban migrations, growth of industrial cities, and emigration out of Europe; c. The changing role of labor and the rise of the union movement; d. Changes in living and working conditions for the early industrial working class, especially women and children; e. The growth of industrialization around the world. // Industrialization // 1. Explain the effects of industrialization in the United States in the 19 th century including: a. Changes in work and the workplace; b. Immigration and child labor and their impact on the labor force; c. Modernization of agriculture; d. Urbanization; e. The emergence of a middle class and its impact on leisure, art, music, literature and other aspects of culture. 2. Analyze the impact of industrialization and the modern corporation in the United States on economic and political practices with emphasis on: c. Standard of living. 3. Analyze the reasons for the rise and growth of labor organizations in the United States (i.e., Knights of Labor, American Federation of Labor and Congress of IndustrialOrganizations) including: a. Unregulated working conditions; b. Laissez-faire policies toward big business; c. Violence toward supporters of organized labor. 4. Explain the goals and outcomes of the late 19 th and early 20 th century reform movements of Populism and Progressivism with emphasis on: a. Urban reforms; b. Conservation; c. Business regulation and antitrust legislation; d. The movement for public schooling; e. The regulation of child labor. ** C **
 * Standard
 * Benchmark B:** Explain the social, political and economic effects of industrialization.
 * Grade Nine**
 * Grade Ten **