Age of the Railroad and Expansion of Industry

Agenda 1. Bell Ringer: How does populism represent the people? 2. Notes: Age of the Railroad, Expansion of Industry (20 minutes) 3. Impact of Technology Analysis (15 minutes) 4. Video Clip: Promoting Edison and Tesla (15 minutes) 5. The War of the Currents (10 minutes) 6. Quick Kahoot Review (15 minutes)

Resources Fuel Industrialization New inventions help improve processes and aid in factories being open continuously. Lightbulb- Thomas Edison Typewriter- Charles Sholes Telephone- Alexander Graham Bell Bessemer Steel Process

Transcontinental Railroad Railroads provide increased economic potential and easier travel. Transcontinental railroad completed in 1869. Time zones created to regulate train travel throughout the United States.

New Opportunities Towns become known for independent economies, all linked by rail. Chicago, stockyards and meatpacking Minneapolis- Grain production George Pullman built a town for their employees to manufacture rail cars. Strict rules in place to promote harmony between groups.

Conflict The Grange- Farmers that did not like the high costs of railroads. They needed to send grain and livestock east. The railroads charged high taxes, bankrupting the farmers. Munn v. Illinois would allow states to regulate the railroads for the benefit of farmers, and limited the taxes imposed on those groups by the railroads. It became a national issue under the Interstate Commerce Act The Panic of 1893 would consolidate the railroads, and this would lead to seven companies controlling 66% of track.