[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson plan seeks to discover the impact George Pullman had, not only on the railroad industry, but also on American life, by improving rail travel, and also establishing a company town for his workers. All the materials necessary for the lesson are provided by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

Concepts

railroads

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Additional Tags

company towns, sleeping cars, columbian exposition, george pullman, pullman palace car company, pullman strike of 1894

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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