An Industrial Society, 1890–1920

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
Unit 2 Exam Review The Gilded Age
Advertisements

Chapter 20 An Industrial Society, Web. Sources of U.S. Economic Growth Development of new technology Electric Power Gasoline-powered internal.
Chapter 21 The Progressives Confront Industrial Capitalism The American People, 6 th ed.
U.S. History. America After the Civil War: The West The West: frontier Farmers, ranchers, & miners closed the last of the frontier at the expense.
SO YOU WANT TO BE A US HISTORY STUDENT? PROVE IT!.
Industrialization By: Caitlin Heinly & Lindsey Schiefelbein.
AP WORLD HISTORY CHAPTER 18 Industrialization in the U.S
1 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt The.
Aim: Why were the late 1800’s referred to as the “Gilded Age”?
THE INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
CHAPTER 18 Urban Growth and Farm Protest, Web.
Chapter 19 The Industrial Age
Technology and Industrial Growth CHAPTER 9, SECTION 1.
Activator  Unit one is finished. There will be a multiple choice quiz on Thursday.  1. Look through your notes and write a list of all the things you.
The Rise of Industrial America Industrial Growth: Causes US has wealth of natural resources Explosion of inventions = better business.
Chapter 2: Industrialization and Immigration, 1860–1914
The Second Industrial Revolution: Business and Economics in Late- 19 th Century America 1.The Rise of Heavy Industry 2.Big Business and its Practices 3.“Captains.
Big Business and Labor Section 14-3 pp. 447 – 455 January 13, 2010.
The Expansion of American Industry
Ch 6, Sec 3, Part B Big Business and Labor. 1.By the 1880s John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company controlled about how much of America’s oil refining.
Pearson Education, Inc. © 2005 Chapter 4 THE STRUCTURAL FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS.
“Industrialization in the United States” Post Civil War – Early 1900s.
Technology and Industrial Growth
Big Business and Organized Labor. The Role of Big Business  Four main leaders emerged during the late 1800s to lead major corporations.  Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Explain the transition of the US from an agrarian society to an industrial nation prior to WWI.
Did Industry Improve Society? Many factors promoted industrialization, including cheap labor, new inventions and technology, and plentiful raw materials.
Expansion of Industry and Rise of Big Business Liam Brennan Laura Logan.
Chapter 19 The Emergence of Corporate America,
Second Industrial Revolution. American industrialization proceeded at a rapid pace.
Business and Labor in the Gilded Age Innovation, Profits, and Workers’ Rights.
Big Business and Organized Labor
“Second Industrial Revolution & The Gilded Age”
The Triumph of Industry
Immigration and the Industrial revolution
Chapter 3 Section 2.
Chapter 3 Section 2.
COS Standard 1 Explain the transition of the US from an agrarian society to an industrial nation prior to WWI.
Industrialization in the U.S
Causes, course and consequences of the Second Industrial Revolution
1870s-1890s: Three “U.S.’s” become one
LABOR UNIONS AND POLITICAL MACHINES
Political, Economical, and Social Roots of Manifest Destiny
Big Business and Organized Labor
Vocabulary Review.
Unit 2: The Gilded Age (1870 – 1900) & Progressive ERA (1900 – 1920)
Quick Write If you want to help a poor person, what’s the best way?
Unit #9 – Industrialization
Industrialization in the U.S
Find your new seat Get out AR Grab Writing Notebook.
Unit 4: Industrialization of the United States (1865 – 1914)
Robber Barons vs. Captains of Industry
Technology and Industrial Growth
Robber Barons and Political Machines
THE GILDED AGE: Immigration and Urbanization VISUAL VOCABULARY
Jeopardy! Begin.
USII.4b and USII.4d-e Immigration & Growth of Cities; Inventions, Big Business, & Industry; Progressive Movement.
An Industrial Society, Chapter 20 An Industrial Society, Web.
An industrial Society:
Alan Brinkley, The Unfinished Nation 6/e
The Rise of Big Business
The Settlement of the West Unit 2 Foundations Checklist
Industrial Revolution
Big Business and Labor.
Learning Objectives WXT 1.0 Explain how different labor systems developed in North America and the United States, and explain their effects on workers’
Section 3 Big Business and Labor.
Because you haven’t learned it all!!!
THE GILDED AGE BIG BUSINESS.
President Grant & the Importance of the Railroads
Robber Barons vs. Captains of Industry
Industrial Revolution
Presentation transcript:

An Industrial Society, 1890–1920 Chapter 20 An Industrial Society, 1890–1920 Web

Sources of U.S. Economic Growth Development of new technology Electric Power Gasoline-powered internal combustion engine Led to rise of related industries Rise of large corporations Made national markets possible Mass production and distribution To take advantage of national market possibilities Corporate consolidation As edge against potentially ruinous competition Merger movement

Sources of U.S. Economic Growth (cont) Revolution in management Appearance of complicated corporate hierarchies Creation of new middle class Adoption of scientific techniques in business Scientific management Frederick Winslow Taylor, The Principles of Scientific Management (1911) Not always easy to apply new principles Led to greater employer concern for employees

©2004 Wadsworth, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc ©2004 Wadsworth, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Thomson Learning™ is a trademark used herein under license. Industrial America, 1900–1920

Change in Distribution of the American Workforce, 1870–1920 ©2004 Wadsworth, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Thomson Learning™ is a trademark used herein under license. Change in Distribution of the American Workforce, 1870–1920

Model T Prices and Sales, 1909–1923 ©2004 Wadsworth, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Thomson Learning™ is a trademark used herein under license. Model T Prices and Sales, 1909–1923

“Robber Barons” No More Andrew Carnegie, “Gospel of Wealth” All excessive income as community trust Rise of large-scale philanthropy among corporate kingpins John D. Rockefeller Standard Oil Company

Obsession with Physical and Racial Fitness Pursuit of Theodore Roosevelt’s “the strenuous life” Liberating effect for American women Emerging ideas about Anglo-Saxon superiority Social Darwinism Solidification of racial stereotypes Popularity of Social Darwinism

Immigration 23 million, mostly from Europe On surface, differed from “old immigrants” in significant and important ways In truth, more similar than different “New Immigrants” as laborers Often performed difficult, unskilled jobs Tended to cluster in professions by ethnicity Faced opposition from unions and “old immigrants” on the job 500,000 Japanese and Chinese immigrate in late 1800s Chinese Exclusion Act Living conditions difficult and substandard Prompted reformist attention to improvements

Sources of Immigration ©2004 Wadsworth, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Thomson Learning™ is a trademark used herein under license. Sources of Immigration

Building Ethnic Communities Immigrants established their own, ethnically based aid networks Replicated “Old Country” groups Established new groups to meet American situation Ethnic middle-class began to emerge Entrepreneurs in a variety of businesses and trades Ethnic groups tended to cluster according to profession Emergence of urban political machines and organized crime Born of economic necessity Machines both a positive and negative force in urban life Gangsters not numerous, but left their mark

African-American Labor and Community Most blacks still lived in rural areas in the South Some did migrate to the North, or to industrial areas of the South Often treated worse than “new immigrants” Discrimination occurred in North as well as South Decline of older, black middle-class in some cities Creation and solidification of local black institutions Churches, fraternal societies, political organizations Community building more difficult for blacks than for immigrants Madame C. J. Walker

Workers and Unions Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor Focused during 1890s on organizing craft or skilled workers Then worked to negotiate good contracts for them Backed away from political agitation Ignored most unskilled workers “Big Bill” Haywood and the Industrial Workers of the World Hoped to organize workers into “one big union” Commitment to revolution Ludlow Massacre

Joys of the City Numerous amusements for industrial workers Nickelodeons Movies were most popular Affordable; short; required no English All kinds of content and subject matter

New Sexuality and the New Woman Revolt against Victorianism and “separate spheres” Assault led by young people, especially women Greenwich Village Calls for sexual equality First “feminist” movement Aroused anxiety among American conservatives Especially pronounced in rural areas Web

Discussion Questions Discuss the factors which contributed to the dramatic industrial growth of the United States in the late 19th century. What were the patterns and causes of immigration into the United States in the latter 1800s? Examine Social Darwinism. Are its premises correct or flawed? Defend your position. What were some of the successes in organizing labor in the late 1800s? Why was it so difficult to organize labor in this period?