Ch 6 industrialization 2013
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This document summarizes key developments during the New Industrial Age from 1877-1900. It describes the expansion of industry through abundant natural resources and inventions like steel production and the Bessemer Process. The growth of railroads linked the country and opened new markets and economic opportunities. Big businesses emerged, with owners like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller using monopolistic practices to dominate their industries. This period also saw the rise of labor unions advocating for better pay, shorter hours, and safer working conditions against the laissez-faire attitudes of business owners.
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- Britain had an abundant supply of labor as well as natural resources like iron and coal.
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2) The second industrial revolution from 1870-1960 saw electricity become the primary power source and advances in transportation infrastructure like railroads, canals, and the Panama Canal connecting continents.
3) Economic changes included mass production lowering costs and standard of living declines as people earned less money working in factories.
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By 1900, the U.S. had emerged as the world's leading industrial power due to its abundant natural resources, growing labor supply through immigration, capital investments, technological innovations, and business-friendly government policies. Wealthy industrialists and entrepreneurs like Carnegie, Rockefeller, Morgan, and Ford built vast industrial empires in steel, oil, banking, and automobiles through practices like vertical integration and trusts that eliminated competition. New technologies revolutionized areas like transportation, communication, manufacturing, and daily life. However, concerns grew about the power of large trusts and monopolies as well as wealth inequality between the rich industrialists and the working class.
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By the 1890s, 10% of the population held 90% of the wealth in the United States. Jacob Riis documented the poor living conditions of immigrants in New York City through photographs in his 1890 book How the Other Half Lived, showing overcrowded tenement housing and families living in poverty. Labor unrest grew during this time period as workers organized unions like the Knights of Labor to demand better treatment and wages from industrialists and robber barons accumulating vast wealth, leading to events like the Haymarket Riot in 1886 and the Homestead Steel Strike in 1892.
USA HISTORY of BILLIONERS
Rapid industrialization in the United States was driven by several key factors from the 1830s to the early 1900s: (1) The steam revolution and growth of railroads transformed transportation and opened up new markets; (2) Innovations like the Bessemer process, refrigerated cars, and inventions by Edison drove industry forward; (3) There was an abundant supply of natural resources and labor. This period saw the rise of large corporations and trusts as the dominant business model, organized around ideas of social Darwinism and laissez-faire economics. New business leaders amassed great wealth, drawing both admiration and criticism as "robber barons."
A new industrial age
Late 19th century America saw a boom in industry driven by natural resources like oil and coal, inventions like the telephone and electricity, and processes like steel production. The railroad industry expanded rapidly, connecting cities and driving further industrialization. Large companies consolidated power through monopolies and trusts, while workers organized unions to address poor conditions. However, strikes were often met with violence from private security or government troops, and the power of big business was mostly unchecked until later reforms.
Goal 5 the gilded age
This document provides an overview of industrialization in the United States from 1877-1900. It discusses key factors that drove rapid industrialization such as technological innovations, abundant natural resources, and a growing population. New business leaders like Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Morgan accumulated vast wealth through trusts and monopolies in industries like oil, steel, and railroads. Labor unions struggled to improve conditions for workers against this concentration of wealth and power by business elites. Overall industrialization increased standards of living but also inequality and the power of large corporations over both the economy and government.
The Gilded Age
By the 1890s, 10% of the population held 90% of U.S. wealth, led by industrial "robber barons" like the Vanderbilts. Jacob Riis documented the poor living conditions of immigrants in New York City tenements in his 1890 book How the Other Half Lives. Large industries like steel, oil, and railroads consolidated under tycoons like Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Vanderbilt in the late 1800s, while new technologies and mass immigration fueled urban growth and tensions between management and organized labor.
Cowboy West Industrial East Timeline
This document provides a timeline of key events between 1840 and 1890 in the United States. It describes the potato famine that caused Irish immigration, the creation of Central Park in New York, the publication of the Communist Manifesto, and the California Gold Rush. It also mentions the Homestead Act of 1862, which gave settlers land, conflicts with Native American tribes, the establishment of black infantry regiments called Buffalo Soldiers, and the rise of political machines and scandals. Key inventions and industries like the telephone, light bulb, and oil monopolies are noted. Events related to westward expansion, farmers' alliances, Jim Crow laws, and urban tenement housing are summarized as well.
industrialization
1) The document provides historical context on key events and innovations from the 1850s to early 1900s, including the development of steel production, transcontinental railroad, invention of the telephone, and Wright brothers' first flight.
2) It discusses political machines like Tammany Hall in New York City and the rise of farmers alliances in the late 1800s advocating for farmers' rights.
3) The document also mentions voting restrictions targeting African Americans in the South post-Reconstruction like poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses that were used to limit black voting and enfranchisement.
Bridge to the 20 th century & gilded age
This document summarizes the settlement of the American West between the 1860s-1890s and the clashes that ensued with Native Americans. It describes how settlers pushed westward due to manifest destiny and incentives like the Homestead Act. The construction of the transcontinental railroad and arrival of settlers led to numerous conflicts with tribes as they resisted losing their lands, such as at the Sand Creek and Wounded Knee massacres. Ultimately the Native Americans were defeated and forced onto reservations as the government sought to assimilate them through policies like the Dawes Act.
Drugan Notes-Industrial Revolution
The document provides information on the industrialization and growth of cities in the United States in the late 19th century. It discusses factors that contributed to urban growth like industrialization, western settlement, immigration, and new technologies. Key inventions and innovators from this period included the Bessemer process for steel production, Thomas Edison's light bulb and other inventions, Alexander Graham Bell's telephone, the Wright brothers' airplane, and Henry Ford's Model T automobile. Railroads transformed the nation by connecting cities and enabling westward expansion.
U.s. history timeline revised
The document provides a timeline of major economic, political, social, and technological events during the Gilded Age from the 1860s through the early 1900s. Key developments included the expansion of industry and big business through monopolies led by figures like Rockefeller, growth of new technologies like the telephone and light bulb, as well as rising social tensions around issues like labor unrest and treatment of Native Americans and African Americans. The timeline touches on major events, inventions, political movements, and cultural shifts that characterized this transformative period in American history.
Industrialization
1) The document discusses the industrialization of America following the Civil War, including the rise of large corporations and changing working conditions.
2) It examines how farming transitioned from independent to commercial operations and how various innovations like the telephone and typewriter drove industrial growth.
3) Major industrialists like Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Morgan are profiled, as well as labor issues like the Homestead Strike and the response of early unions like the Knights of Labor.
US HIST Chapter 5
The document provides information on life in America during the late 19th century, including:
1) The expansion of industry and growth of big businesses like Standard Oil and U.S. Steel transformed the economy, while new inventions in transportation and communication modernized society.
2) Workers organized unions like the Knights of Labor to demand better treatment from employers, going on strikes, but often faced resistance from companies and legal hurdles.
3) Large numbers of immigrants arrived in America's growing cities during this time of industrialization, bringing both opportunities and challenges of cultural assimilation and urbanization.
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Ch 6 industrialization 2013
- 2. I. Expansion of Industry A.Natural Resources Oil, Iron, Coal
- 3. B. Inventions Henry Bessemer & William Kelly (1850) – purified iron = Bessemer Process - STEEL * Brooklyn Bridge * Skyscraper, Chicago – William Jenney * Railroads
- 6. COMMUNICATION Christopher Sholes (1867) - typewriter Alexander Graham Bell (1876) - telephone
- 7. Thomas Edison – 1,093 patents Lewis Latimer – “Edison Pioneers” Fine carbon wire in lightbulb Granville T. Woods “Black Edison” Engineer
- 9. II. Age of Railroads
- 10. Major settlement for the west – 1869 transcontinental = east & west coast A. Growth
- 12. B. Goals New towns & communities New markets Economic opportunities Link trade and interdependence
- 14. III. Big BusinessIII. Big Business Andrew Carnegie – Steel BillionaireAndrew Carnegie – Steel Billionaire
- 16. A. Monopolistic Business PracticesA. Monopolistic Business Practices Vertical IntegrationVertical Integration -- bought outbought out all theall the suppliessupplies to controlto control raw materialsraw materials Horizontal IntegrationHorizontal Integration bought outbought out allall companiescompanies thatthat made same productmade same product
- 17. John D. Rockefeller - BillionaireJohn D. Rockefeller - Billionaire Standard Oil Company of Ohio – Trust 1870 2% by 1880 90% Out manipulated his competition
- 18. B.B. Social DarwinismSocial Darwinism Justified laissez-faire “Hands off,Justified laissez-faire “Hands off, allowed to do” business practiceallowed to do” business practice ““SurvivalSurvival of the fittest in the businessof the fittest in the business world”world” Paid low wages, dangerous conditions,Paid low wages, dangerous conditions, Long hoursLong hours
- 19. IV. Labor Unions Created for Better Pay Shorter Hours Safer Conditions
- 20. MaryMary Harris “Mother” Jones - coal & children –Harris “Mother” Jones - coal & children – 80 million children march, 190380 million children march, 1903
- 23. A. Organizations – Select 3 o NLU – (1866) National Labor Union o CNLU – (1869) Colored National Labor o KOL – (1869) – Knights of Labor –– accepted everyone o AFL – American Federation of Labor o ARU – American Railway Union o IWW – Industrial Workers of the World o UMW – United Mine Workers
Editor's Notes
- Mass production, rise of big business