U.S. History End-of-Course Assessment
SS.912.A.3.1
BENCHMARK SS.912.A.3.1
American History
Strand
A
Reporting Category
Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century
Standard
3 Industrial Revolution
Analyze the transformation of the American economy and the
changing social and political conditions in response to the Industrial
Revolution.
Benchmark
SS.912.A.3.1
Analyze the economic challenges to American
farmers and farmers’ responses to these challenges in the mid to
late 1800s.
Also Assesses
SS.912.A.3.6
Analyze changes that occurred as the United States
shifted from agrarian to an industrial society.
Benchmark
Clarifications
Students will analyze and/or explain the causes of the economic
challenges faced by American farmers.
Students will identify strategies used by farmers to address the
economic challenges of the late 1800s.
Content Limits
Items will not require complex application or interpretation of
economic graphs such as supply and demand curves.
Items will be limited to interpretation of broader economic concepts
that should be addressed in historical contexts.
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Stimulus Attribute
Items addressing the economic changes and challenges faced by
American society (1865–1900) will use historical documents and
other relevant stimuli (e.g., maps, timelines, charts, graphs, tables).
Content Focus
These terms are given in addition to those found in the standards,
benchmarks, and benchmark clarifications. Additional items may
include, but are not limited to, the following: agricultural surplus,
business monopolies, Cross of Gold, Farmers Alliance, government
regulation of food and drugs, Grange, Granger laws, Homestead Act
(1862), industrialization, Interstate Commerce Act (1887), populism,
urbanization.
Sample Item 2
SS.912.A.3.1
Content Focus
Granger laws
In the late 1800s, how did railroad monopolies create economic hardships for farmers?
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by claiming productive land for business leaders to develop
by charging high prices to ship agricultural goods to market
by separating farmers from profitable markets in western cities
by isolating farmers from technological developments in eastern cities
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