23 Forging an Industrial Society 1865-1899
Agriculture & Industry
Agriculture & Industry
Agriculture & Industry Though the US was moving away from ag, it was greatly increasing in the fertile West with better technology
The Economies of South and West Mississippi sharecroppers, 1908
Changes today?
The Economies of South and West
The Economies of South and West
Rule and Misrule in the Cities
Rule and Misrule in the Cities
Rule and Misrule in the Cities Political machines could become corrupt, but they also helped the poor to have some political representation and answers to their needs
Discuss Did political machines’ good outweigh their bad? Were political machines and their corruption avoidable, or a part of the industrialization and capitalization of the US?
Integration and Segmentation Pemberton Square was site of the The Horace Mann School, the first school for the deaf to be incorporated as part of any regular city public school when it opened in November of 1869. This photograph, taken in 1871 (courtesy of the Library of Congress) shows "Alexander Graham Bell, teacher of teachers, seated on top step with Rev. Dexter King, founder of the school, and Dr. Ira Allen, chairman of the school committee, three steps down are teachers Annie M. Bond, Sarah Fuller, Ellen L. Barton, and Mary H. True, students are seated on the steps and standing on the sidewalk at entrance to the Pemberton Square School (Boston School for the Deaf)" Perhaps it was the school's proximity to Scollay Square that generated Bell's interest in renting space on the upper floor of a building on Sudbury Street where, in 1875, he and Thomas Watson would first hear the sound of a human voice through the device they would develop into the first working telephone.
Integration and Segmentation Life was changing, becoming more global, because of transportation and communication innovations.
Railroads
Railroads
Railroads RR changed the face and the functioning of the US It set the model for large-scale manufacturing and corporations in the US Granger Laws Munn v. Illinois (1877) Wabash v. Illinois (1885) Interstate Commerce Act and Commission, 1887
Industry & Technology
Industry & Technology
Industry & Technology The growth of corporations encouraged inventions and technological growth, It also changed the workplace and worker’s experience, both negatively and positively
The Jim Crow South
The Jim Crow South
Booker T. Washington and WEB Du Bois
The Jim Crow South The end of Reconstruction put the burden of true equality on African Americans, who were discriminated against, prevented from having political power, and often terrorized. Two very different approaches to segregation and racism foreshadow the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
Discuss Between W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington, whose methods do you feel would have received a better response from mainstream American society? Why? What did both men accomplish?
Reforming Native Americans
Reforming Native Americans
Reforming Native Americans
Reforming Native Americans The Peace Policy was anything but, and relegated American Indians to second class citizenship from which they are still recovering.
Strangers in the Land In millions
Strangers in the Land
Strangers in the Land
Immigrants from Asia
Strangers in the Land Anti-immigrant sentiment grew with the number of people coming to the US, and Asian immigration was halted in part due to the economic downturn of the 1890s.
Discuss What were the causes of anti-immigration sentiment during this time? Why was immigration from Asia only curbed, and not Europe?
The Rise of the City
The Rise of the City
The Rise of the City
The Rise of the City
The Rise of the City
The Rise of the City
The Rise of the City
The Rise of the City Cities were transformed in the late 19th century because of technological advancements and immigration and migration to the cities.
Discuss In what ways did immigrants benefit society? Were nativists’ concerns about immigrants baseless?
Life on the Farm
Life on the Farm
Life on the Farm
Life on the Farm Technological advancements had some effect on the lifestyles of farmers, but much stayed the same.
Discuss In what way did life change on the farm, in what ways was it unchanged with the industrial revolution?
Women in Industrial Society
Women in Industrial Society
Women in Industrial Society
Women in Industrial Society
Women in Industrial Society "Every kind of creature is developed by the exercise of its functions. If denied the exercise of its functions, it can not develop in the fullest degree." —Charlotte Perkins Stetson (Gilman), from Hearing of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., January 28, 1896
Women’s Suffrage
Women’s Suffrage
Women’s Suffrage
Women’s Suffrage The enfranchisement of women would ensure immediate and durable white supremacy, honestly attained 1924: Belle Kearney of Madison County, MS, elected to State Senate
Women’s Suffrage Women, especially middle-class white women, found greater social freedom in the late 1800s. This will lead to increased social activism and women’s involvement in the Progressive movement of the 1900s. Women continued their struggle for suffrage, though they altered the rationale in response to society’s concerns about women voting.
Discuss Were advances in women’s rights a reflection of the changing times, or a natural progression from the Second Great Awakening? As women changed their reasoning for increased rights and the vote, is this wise or is it “selling out”?
Social Classes
Social Classes
Social Classes
Social Classes
Social Classes Distinct classes were created in American society in the late 1800s. Immigrants coming to the US significantly impacted the cultural fiber of the country. Life was difficult for the poor in America, but their lives were often better than their equivalent in other countries, and there was a greater chance of social mobility.
The World Viewed Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Scientists
The World Viewed New developments in science and the economy were difficult to reconcile with traditional ideas of religion, and therefore various approaches were created.
Discuss If you lived in this time period, 1870-1910, what would your life have been like? Who would you be, in your equivalent social status?