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Course 5 of 8 · 1869 to 1914

# A Rising Power

In about forty years, America became the biggest economy on Earth.

5 modules · 21 lessons

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![The cover of the A Rising Power course: the black cat in the dress of the period.](https://ameri.download/images/cover-a-rising-power-1024.webp)

## The story in brief

The transcontinental railroad opened the West, and homesteaders, cowboys and miners followed it. Carnegie, Rockefeller and Morgan built giant companies, while Edison and Bell changed everyday life.

Not everyone shared in the boom. Farmers, workers and reformers pushed for change, and abroad the nation took on its first real role in the world, from the Spanish-American War to the Panama Canal.

## Three moments to know

1. **The transcontinental railroad**

   The last spike joins the Union Pacific and Central Pacific lines at Promontory Summit, Utah.
2. **Ellis Island opens**

   The new immigration station in New York Harbor becomes the entry point for millions of newcomers.
3. **The first airplane flight**

   Orville and Wilbur Wright fly at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, a symbol of the age of invention.

## What you will learn

In about forty years the United States became the largest economy in the world. This course follows that rise, from the transcontinental railroad to Theodore Roosevelt.

- Ride the railroads west and see how homesteaders, cattle drives and mining towns settled the Great Plains.
- Meet Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt and Morgan and see how steel, oil and big business built American industry.
- Discover the inventions of Edison, Bell and the Wright brothers and how they changed daily life.
- Follow millions of immigrants through Ellis Island and into the growing cities and factories.
- See farmers, unions and reformers push for change and America step onto the world stage in the Spanish-American War and the Panama Canal.

## Inside the course

5 modules and 21 short lessons, in the order the app teaches them.

**Module 1 · 5 lessons Railroads and the Settling of the West**

1. 1 The Transcontinental Railroad
2. 2 Homesteaders and the Great Plains
3. 3 Cowboys and Boomtowns
4. 4 The Plains Wars: Sitting Bull and Little Bighorn
5. 5 Let's Review

**Module 2 · 4 lessons Steel, Oil and the Age of Invention**

1. 1 Carnegie and the Age of Steel
2. 2 Rockefeller, Vanderbilt and Morgan
3. 3 Edison, Bell and the Age of Invention
4. 4 Let's Review

**Module 3 · 4 lessons Immigrants and the Growing Cities**

1. 1 Ellis Island: Arriving in America
2. 2 Life in the Growing Cities
3. 3 Neighborhoods, Jobs and New Businesses
4. 4 Let's Review

**Module 4 · 4 lessons Farmers, Workers and Reformers**

1. 1 Farmers and the Populists
2. 2 Labor Unions and Strikes
3. 3 The Progressive Reformers
4. 4 Let's Review

**Module 5 · 4 lessons Overseas Growth: Spanish-American War and TR**

1. 1 The Spanish-American War
2. 2 America Becomes a World Power
3. 3 Theodore Roosevelt and the Panama Canal
4. 4 Let's Review

Finish all 5 modules to earn the A Rising Power certificate of completion, part of Premium.

## Start A Rising Power in the app.

Short lessons, questions along the way and a certificate when you finish.

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