THE GILDED AGE EXPANSION WEST/GROWTH OF RR/CHINES LABOR REMOVAL OF LAST NATIVE AMERICANS INDUSTRIALIZATION/TRUSTS/MONOPOLIES, BIG BUSINESS LABOR UNIONS/STRIKES IMMIGRATION SEGREGATION/DISCRIMINATION

BIG BUSINESS, INNOVATIONS, AND UNIONS/STRIKES MR. GOOCH

THE PACIFIC RAILWAY ACT IT GRANTED FEDERAL LAND TO SELL AS INCENTIVE FOR RR TO LAY TRACK WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. THEY SHIPPED GOODS FOR THE GOVERNMENT AT A DISCOUNT. PROMONTORY POINT, UTAH CHINESE WORKERS CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT.

CHINESE WORKERS

THE TIME OF THE ROBBER BARON WEALTHY BUSINESSMEN WHOSE GOAL WAS TO ELIMINATE COMPETITION AND CREATE A MONOPOLY, OR TOTAL CONTROL OF AN INDUSTRY

THE GROWTH OF RR INCREASED MIGRATIONS WEST, MADE TRAVEL EASIER, AND ALLOWED GOODS, CATTLE, AND FARM PRODUCTS TO BE SHIPPED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. JAY GOULD RR ROBBER BARON WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.

CORNELIUS VANDERBILT RR ROBBER BARON THAT CONTROLLED EVERYTHING EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.

BIG BUSINESS EMERGES BY THE LATE 1800’S, BIG BUSINESS EMERGES IN THE U.S. CORPORATIONS AND TRUSTS ARE FORMED AND ALLOWS A HANDFUL OF ROBBER BARONS TO GAIN CONTROL OF MANY OF AMERICA’S MAJOR INDUSTRIES. THESE INCLUDE RR, STEEL, OIL, SUGAR, AND MEAT INDUSTRIES. BECAUSE OF THIS CONGRESS GET INVOLVED AND TRIES TO REGULATE BIG BUSINESS SO CONSUMERS ARE NOT HURT.

BIG BUSINESS CORPORATION: A BUSINESS STRUCTURE WHERE INDIVIDUALS INVEST IN A BUSINESS BY PURCHASING PARTS IN IT CALLED SHARES. OIL: ITS ABILITY TO LUBRICATE THE MOVING PARTS OF MACHINES.

TRUSTS Separate companies placed under a single managing board – Board of trustees This eliminates competition, and can be harmful to consumers.

THE FIRST TRUST JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER STANDARD OIL COMPANY HE CONTROLLED ALL ASPECTS OF THE OIL INDUSTRY---FROM THE FORESTS THAT PRODUCED THE WOOL FOR THE OIL BARRELLS, TO THE PIPELINES THE OIL FLOWED

STEEL MONOPOLY ANDREW CARNEGIE STEEL WAS LIGHTER, STRONGER, LESS EXPENSIVE, AND DID NOT RUST EASILY.

LAWS THAT TRIED TO REGULATE BIG BUSINESS INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT: LAW THAT CALLED FOR “REASONABLE AND JUST” SHIPPING RATES. SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST ACT: LAW INTENDED TO PROTECT THE CONSUMER AGAINST TRUSTS AND MONOPOLIES.

INVENTORS AND THEIR INVENTIONS Inventors played a key role in both the growth of industrialization and making life easier/products cheaper. WHO ARE SOME OF THE INVENTORS WE HAVE ALREADY STUDIED?

INVENTORS/INVENTIONS THOMAS EDISON: INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULB PHONOGRAPH KENETESCOPE

INVENTORS/INVENTIONS ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL: TELEPHONE GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE: ALTERNATING CURRENT….SAFE R ELECTRICITY. MADE IT EASIER FOR INDUTRIES TO LOCATE FARTHER FROM WATER SOURCES, CAUSING MORE GROWTH OF CITIES.

INVENTORS/INVENTIONS EDWIN L. DRAKE: STEAM-POWERED OIL DRILL CHRISTOPHER SHOLES: TYPEWRITER THADEUS LOWE: ICE MACHINE