Essential Question Essential Question What changes did What changes did industrialization industrialization bring to life in the bring to life in the United States? United States?
Mar 27, 2015
Essential QuestionEssential Question
What changes did What changes did industrialization bring to life industrialization bring to life
in the United States?in the United States?
The Rise of IndustryThe Rise of Industry
Natural ResourcesNatural Resources
WaterWater LumberLumber CoalCoal IronIron CopperCopper
Transcontinental RailroadTranscontinental Railroad
The Pacific The Pacific Railway Act of Railway Act of 1862 gave 1862 gave money and land money and land for building the for building the railroadrailroad
Union PacificUnion Pacific
Built westward from Built westward from Omaha, NebraskaOmaha, Nebraska
Central PacificCentral Pacific
Eastward from Eastward from CaliforniaCalifornia
Promontory PointPromontory Point
May 10, 1869 in May 10, 1869 in UtahUtah
Gold and silver Gold and silver spikes driven into spikes driven into the rails connecting the rails connecting the two linesthe two lines
Quote, ObserverQuote, Observer
““The trains pulled up facing each other, each The trains pulled up facing each other, each crowded with workmen who sought crowded with workmen who sought advantageous positions to witness the advantageous positions to witness the ceremonies . . . The officers and invited ceremonies . . . The officers and invited guests formed on each side of the rails . . . guests formed on each side of the rails . . . Prayer was offered; a number of spikes Prayer was offered; a number of spikes were driven in the two adjoining rails . . . were driven in the two adjoining rails . . . Thus the two roads were welded into one Thus the two roads were welded into one great trunk line from the Atlantic to the great trunk line from the Atlantic to the Pacific.”Pacific.”
Transcontinental RailroadTranscontinental Railroad
Benefits of National RailroadsBenefits of National Railroads
Built national Built national marketsmarkets
United AmericansUnited Americans
Standardized four Standardized four time zonestime zones
Railroad System, 1870-1890Railroad System, 1870-1890
Large WorkforceLarge Workforce
Between 1860 and Between 1860 and 1910, the 1910, the population almost population almost tripledtripled
20 million 20 million immigrants arrived immigrants arrived between 1870 and between 1870 and 19101910
New InventionsNew Inventions
Increased Increased productivityproductivity
Improved Improved transportation and transportation and communicationcommunication
Alexander Graham BellAlexander Graham Bell
TelephoneTelephone
Thomas Alva EdisonThomas Alva Edison
PhonographPhonograph LightbulbLightbulb Electric generatorElectric generator BatteryBattery DictaphoneDictaphone Motion pictureMotion picture
Big BusinessBig Business
Growth of BusinessGrowth of Business
Large Large corporations corporations began to began to dominate U.S. dominate U.S. businessbusiness
Made big Made big business business possiblepossible
Andrew CarnegieAndrew Carnegie
Opened a steel Opened a steel company in 1875company in 1875
Discovered the Discovered the Bessemer process Bessemer process for making steelfor making steel
Iron and Steel ProductionIron and Steel Production
Rockefeller’s Standard OilRockefeller’s Standard Oil
Controlled 90 Controlled 90 percent of the U.S. percent of the U.S. oil refining industryoil refining industry
A monopoly = when A monopoly = when a single company a single company controls the entire controls the entire marketmarket
Robber BaronsRobber Barons
AdvertisingAdvertising
With increased With increased production comes production comes the need to sell the the need to sell the productsproducts
Use of chain stores Use of chain stores and catalogsand catalogs
1919thth Century Advertising Century Advertising
1919thth Century Advertising Century Advertising
Montgomery WardMontgomery Ward
Sears RoebuckSears Roebuck
UrbanizationUrbanization
Quote, Tenement DwellerQuote, Tenement Dweller
““With one dollar a day [our mother] fed and With one dollar a day [our mother] fed and clothed an ever-growing family. She took clothed an ever-growing family. She took in boarders. Sometimes this helped; at in boarders. Sometimes this helped; at other times it added to the burden of living. other times it added to the burden of living. Boarders are often out of work and Boarders are often out of work and penniless; how could one turn a hungry penniless; how could one turn a hungry man out? She made all our clothes. She man out? She made all our clothes. She walked blocks to reach a place where walked blocks to reach a place where meat was a penny cheaper, where bread meat was a penny cheaper, where bread was a half cent less. She collected boxes was a half cent less. She collected boxes and old wood to burn in the stove.”and old wood to burn in the stove.”
ImmigrationImmigration
Urban PopulationsUrban Populations
Many immigrants Many immigrants settled in cities and settled in cities and organized organized neighborhoodsneighborhoods
NYCNYC DetroitDetroit ChicagoChicago
Ellis IslandEllis Island
Immigrants were Immigrants were inspected by a inspected by a doctor looking for doctor looking for diseases or serious diseases or serious health problemshealth problems
Ellis IslandEllis Island
Ellis Ellis IslandIsland
Ellis IslandEllis Island
Asian ImmigrationAsian Immigration
China suffered China suffered severe poverty, severe poverty, unemploymentunemployment
Job opportunities in Job opportunities in the West (railroads, the West (railroads, growing cities)growing cities)
Angel IslandAngel Island
Used for the Used for the arrival of Asian arrival of Asian immigrants to CAimmigrants to CA
Mostly young Mostly young malesmales
Time period for Time period for acceptance to the acceptance to the USUS
NativismNativism
Desire of native-Desire of native-born people to limit born people to limit immigrationimmigration
Now focused on Now focused on Asians, Jews, and Asians, Jews, and southern southern EuropeansEuropeans
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
Barred Chinese Barred Chinese immigration for ten immigration for ten yearsyears
Renewed in 1892Renewed in 1892
UnionsUnions
Labor UnionsLabor Unions
Industrial workers Industrial workers formed unions to formed unions to attempt to have attempt to have better working better working conditionsconditions
How did business How did business respond?respond?
Pullman StrikePullman Strike
Led by Eugene V. Led by Eugene V. DebsDebs
Railroads disruptedRailroads disrupted
Pres. Cleveland Pres. Cleveland sent in troops, sent in troops, courts rule against courts rule against strikersstrikers
American Federation of LaborAmerican Federation of Labor
Organized 20 trade Organized 20 trade unionsunions
Led by Samuel Led by Samuel GompersGompers
Stand for fewer Stand for fewer hours, higher hours, higher wageswages