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Railroads, Mining, and the Industrial Transformation

5th Grade · Social Studies · US-UT-SS

11 lessons

Goal

Investigate how the transcontinental railroad, mining booms, immigrant labor, and the Progressive movement transformed Utah's economy and society.

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  1. The Golden Spike at Promontory Summit in 1869Up next
  2. Chinese and Irish Railroad Workers: Building the TracksNot started yet
  3. The Electric Telegraph and Instant CommunicationYou are here
  4. Mining Silver, Gold, and Coal in Utah's MountainsNot started yet
  5. Bingham Canyon and the Rise of Open-Pit Copper MiningNot started yet
  6. Immigrant Miners from Southern and Eastern Europe and AsiaNot started yet
  7. Commercial Agriculture: Orchards, Sugar Beets, and LivestockNot started yet
  8. The Scofield Mine Disaster of 1900 and Mine SafetyNot started yet
  9. The Organized Labor Movement and Workers' StrikesNot started yet
  10. Child Labor Reforms and Compulsory Public EducationNot started yet
  11. Progressive Tax Reform and Public Health InitiativesNot started yet
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us-utUT Standard 2.5Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Students will construct an evidence-based argument to explain how the development of transportation and communication networks across the state changed Utah’s economy and human geography. (economics, geography)