Industrial Development  With which of the following statements do you most agree? Why? A. The industrial development of the US brought mostly positive social changes. B. The industrial development of the US brought mostly negative social changes. C. The industrial development of the US brought some positive changes and some negative social changes.  Why?

The Age of Innovation & Industry also known as The Gilded Age What is “gilded”? covered thinly with gold leaf or gold paint The Age of Innovation & Industry also known as The Gilded Age What is “gilded”? covered thinly with gold leaf or gold paint.

Reasons:  Geography  Immigrant labor  Government policies  Cultural Climate Industry & Technology Advance Rapidly

 Abundance of natural resources:  lumber  coal  oil Physical Geography

Millions of immigrants poured into the US to fill the demand for labor:  Southern and Eastern Europe  Asia Immigrant Labor

{ National Origin of Immigrants: Why now?

 Spirit of Inventiveness: Thomas Edison  The Rise of Big Business  Andrew Carnegie  John D. Rockefeller Cultural Climate

Success in America  How would you describe someone who is considered successful by American standards? Does everybody have the same opportunities to become successful? Why or why not?

 On a blank sheet of paper  Draw a line straight down the middle  This is your timeline  It can be turned horizontal or left vertical  Record each event and the year  Record vocabulary on the back of the sheet Industry & Innovation in the Gilded Age

{ The “Iron Horse” Wins! (1830) 1830  13 miles of track built by Baltimore & Ohio RR By 1850  9000 mi. of RR track [1860  31,000 mi.]

{ The Railroad Revolution 1850s p Built largely with federal funds. p Increased commercial farming. p Western farms to Eastern markets. p Life becomes more organized and managed.

  1869   The first transcontinental railroad is completed   The Union Pacific and Central Pacific lines join some 1,700 miles of track connecting to the eastern networks. Transcontinental Railroad

  1875  Andrew Carnegie opens his first steel plant  Utilized the :  Utilized the Bessemer Process : a cylindrical steel pot with openings near the bottom where air is blown through   An ingot of steel can be produced in a few minutes Carnegie Steel

  1876   Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone.   1877   Thomas Edison invents the phonograph (the first record player). Inventions

  1879   Thomas Edison introduces the first practical incandescent light bulb, develops the power lines and equipment to integrate it into a useable lighting system.   1882   Edison opens the first DC (direct current) electric power station in Manhattan. Inventions

  1884   George Kodak invents an inexpensive roll film camera, the Kodak. Inventions

  1895   The Westinghouse Company opens the first hydroelectric alternating current (AC) power station at Niagara Falls,   provided industrial power to Buffalo (22 miles away) Inventions

What were the effects of all of this innovation and industrialization?

 Long lasting impact on American society:  Standard of living increase for most people  Growth of cities  Efficient production techniques  Improvements in transportation and communication  Rise of consumerism Impact of Industrialization

{ American Population Centers in 1820

{ American Population Centers in 1860

 Go back over your timeline and draw an image next to the inventions you feel were the most important to the development of America Make it pretty!