Objectives Content: Choose one inventor and defend why his invention was the most important. Language: List the 3 inventors and their inventions.

Inventions

The Growth of Industry After the Civil War, the United States was transformed from an agricultural to an industrial nation. One reason for growth was new inventions

1.) The Electric Light Bulb (1879) Thomas Edison “The Wizard of Menlo Park” Perfected the light bulb Also either invented or contributed to the first power plants, phonograph, motion picture projector and the storage battery thomas-edison?m= baf036&s=All&f=1&free=false Inventions and Innovations

2.) Telephone Service (1876) Alexander Graham Bell He opened the Bell telephone company the following year

3.) “Model T” (1908) Henry Ford Established his first automobile plant in Michigan. The Model T sold for $ First to use the assembly line Inventions and Innovations

Objectives Content: Determine if the factors leading to immigration were push or pull. Language: List the 4 reasons people immigrated to the United States after the Civil War.

IMMIGRATION

What is immigration? Immigration is the movement of people from one country to another

What is immigration? An immigrant is someone who comes into another country. An emigrant is someone who exits their own country.

New Immigration

Immigrants have been coming to America since the 1600s. But the immigration we are talking about now took place much later! After the 1880’s!

New Immigration New immigration is the wave of immigration from 1880 to During this time, 23 million immigrants enter the United States. The peak decade was Most “new immigrants” came from southern and eastern Europe.

Immigration was a combination of Push/Pull factors Push- reasons they left home country Crop Failure/Famine Land and Job Shortages Rising Taxes Religious and/or Political Discrimination Disease Pull- reasons they came to the U.S. Freedom Join Families Economic Opportunity Wealth Jobs

So why did Immigration increase after the Civil War? Hope for better opportunities Escape from oppressive government Adventure Religious freedom Because of HEAR!

Objectives Content: Discover the difficulties of immigrating to the United States. Language: Describe the experience of immigrants traveling through Ellis Island.

The Journey… The trip from Europe to America took two weeks and cost about $30.00 Most immigrants traveled in steerage or 3 rd class quarters. The conditions were crowded, filthy, and filled with stench.

Ellis Island Immigrants from Europe entered the United States at Ellis Island in New York City.

Ellis Island opened in Here, 5,000 to 10,000 immigrants were processed each day.

Once at Ellis Island… Immigrants had to pass a physical exam and were interviewed. Most new immigrants were poor and uneducated. One-third were illiterate (couldn’t read). Almost none could speak English.

Angel Island Immigrants from Asia entered the United States at Angel Island in San Francisco, California.

Ellis Island Interactive Tour

Objectives Content: Create a sensory figure about the immigrants’ experiences. Language: Explain the conditions immigrants lived and worked in.

Discrimination Against Immigrants Many faced ethnic and religious prejudice and discrimination. 1.) Chinese Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) – Prohibited Chinese workers from entering the United States for 10 years. It was extended many times and lasted until Discrimination spread to all Asian immigrants Why? Competition for gold and jobs

Discrimination Continued 2.) Irish Irish Catholics were thought to be dirty, stupid, violent, and alcoholic. They were denied jobs and housing because of the fact that they were Irish.

Where Did The Immigrants Live? Three-fourths of all new immigrants settled in large cities such as New York and Chicago.

Immigrants sought out neighborhoods with friends and relatives. These poor neighborhoods were called slums, or ghettos.

Immigrants lived in overcrowded rundown apartments called tenements.

Eight or more people would share two rooms. There was rarely plumbing or heating There were few windows, hallways had water puddles. There was filth and stench everywhere. om/watch?v=UxxSV1 F-sM4 om/watch?v=UxxSV1 F-sM4

The immigrants worked wherever they could get jobs: mines, factories, and railroads. Immigrant Labor

Sweatshops Crowded factories where men and women labored for hours a day. They were dark, damp, poorly ventilated, stench filled, and either extremely hot or extremely cold.

Life in America was often as difficult as the life they had left behind. Immigrants faced unemployment, early death, industrial accidents, and typhoid.

Objectives Content: Label major cities with what they produced. Language: List 3 challenges during the Industrial Revolution and explain the solutions.

The Rise of Cities Immigration and The growth of Industry

Why Cities Grew 3 reasons 1. Huge rise in immigration to America led to an abundance of cheap skilled and un-skilled worker 2. USA was changing from a rural to an urban nation (People were leaving the farm and moving to the city)

3. Immigrants would have to work dangerous and low paying jobs. Ex 1: Steel Mills of Pittsburgh Ex 2: Meat Packing plants of Chicago and Kansas City The Jungle – by Upton Sinclair, was a tell all book exposing the gross conditions in meatpacking plants

Urbanization Industry and cities

Cities became major centers for business and industry For example: 1. New York City, Boston and Philadelphia were manufacturing centers. 2. New England states were textiles – a type of cloth or woven fabric Ex: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Maine 3. Pittsburgh was steel (The Steelers) 4. Detroit was automobiles (The Pistons) 5. Chicago was meatpacking (The Bulls)

Immigration and The growth of Industry Rapid industrialization and urbanization led to overcrowded immigrant neighborhoods 1. Tenements – a run- down, dirty apartment building.

3 Challenges 2. Ghettos/slums – part of a city that contains poor and rundown neighborhoods 3. Political Corruption - the use of power by government officials for private gain

Solutions 1.) Settlement Houses – provided medical care, playgrounds, nurseries and libraries. Also had classes in English, Music and the Arts Located in poorer neighborhoods Ex: Hull House, Founded by Jane Addams

2) YMCA and YWCA - Recreation center for inner city kids 23rd Street YMCA, 1897 metropolitan champions

3.) Political machines – group that controls the activities of a political party Gained power by helping new immigrants Would provide housing and jobs in exchange for votes!

Objectives: Content: Compare and contrast the Captains of Industry Language: List the Captains and which industry each was responsible for.

Rise and Prosperity of Big Business The captains of industry

What led to the rise of big business? 1.) National markets (people willing to buy products) are created by transportation advances Railroads Automobiles 2.) Advertising 3.) Lower cost of production 4.) The Captains of Industry

Cornelius Vanderbilt Captain of Shipping and Railroads -Made his fortune by consolidating several small railroad companies into one big empire

John D. Rockefeller Captain of OIL - Created the Standard Oil Trust (1882) - Refined oil to make kerosene and gasoline - Monopoly – total control of a type of industry by one person or one company

Andrew Carnegie Captain of Steel - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania became steel capital of the U.S. - Created Carnegie Steel Company (1900)

Growth of Industry (summary) Lots of raw materials and energy Coal Oil Large work force due to massive immigration Inventions and the Captains of Industry The Railroads Could move goods all over the country