The Rise of Industry Section 5.1 (T&H page 223)
Today’s Agenda Day 7 Finish Political Spectrum Chart Begin 5.1 Slide Show Homework Read Chapter 6.3 (230-232) Presentation or Paper due next Monday Sept. 26!!!!
Post Civil War America Centennial Exposition showcases Corliss Engine Brooklyn Bridge Completed Lee surrenders at Appomattox 1860 1865 1869 1876 1882 1883 South Carolina secedes from Union Edison lights Pearl Street, NY Transcontinental RR completed
What was America like before the Industrial Revolution? Agrarian Rural Few big cities Travel is slow and difficult Very few consumer goods Products made by skilled craftsmen for local community
How did the US change economically after the Civil War? It Industrialized Changed from nation of farms to a nation of factories, mines, and railroads Mass production made skilled craftsmen obsolete Urbanization Population of cities grew while rural population dropped Proletariat (workers) New class appeared Click for Clip
Who was Louis Sullivan? Father of the Skyscraper American architect Great Chicago Fire of 1871 Legend says Mrs. O’Leary’s cow tipped lantern & started fire Gave Sullivan chance to help rebuild city Price of steel also began to fall overcame limits of thick load-bearing walls by using a steel frame “form follows function" emphasized the importance of a building’s usefulness over its aesthetic beauty Click for Clip Begin at 8:55
Describe the technology boom: Patents skyrocketed 1790-1860- 36 thousand patents 1890s- 200 thousand patents Telephone- Alexander Graham Bell 1876) Tinkered with electricity and metal disks to replace damaged eardrum for deaf “Mr. Watson, come here: I want you.” 1878 – 1st phone in White House 1905- 10 million phones Centennial Exposition of 1876 1st official World’s Fair in Phila Showcased American inventions Typewriter Corliss Engine Heinz Ketchup
Describe the Brooklyn Bridge Longest suspension bridge (1883) 1st to use steel wire Designed by architects John August Roebling & Washington Roebling John died of tetanus Finished by Washington Caissons disease Both beautiful and functional Click for clip
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What impact did the expansion of the railroad have on America? Gold Rush (1849) Population of California boomed Calif. Had very fertile soil Pacific RR Act (1862) Gov. called for construction of transcontinental RR Completed 1869 Created a national market New products now available: Gustavus Swift/ Meat Packing Used refrigerated RR cars Fruit industry Chain Stores: Woolworth’s Macy’s
How did businesses change as a result of the Industrial Revolution? Became Big businesses “Heavy” industries (RR, factories) grew Managerial Revolution Businesses run by trained professionals Mass Production Making large amounts of standardized products Mergers Businesses combined with others in order to form monopolies or oligopolies
Is this a bad thing?
Conclusion America Industrialized From Rural to Urban From Small to Big business From Artisanship to Mass Production Immigration (depended on jobs)