The Growth and Development of Industry in America
Standards… SSUSH 11: The growth of big business and technological advances after reconstruction. SSUSH 11: The growth of big business and technological advances after reconstruction.
Take Five… In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act. It opened about 270 acres for white settlement west of the Miss. River. Many believed westward movement was part of a greater plan called: A. Sectionalism B. Nullification C. Reconstruction D. Manifest destiny
Ripe for industry Abundant raw materials Large labor supply Technological advances Growing number of entrepreneurs Federal assistance Expanding domestic and international markets
Visionaries and New Inventions Thomas Edison
Visionaries and New Inventions Alexander Graham Bell
New Steel Production Techniques Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Rise of the Rise of the Petroleum Industry Petroleum Industry Pioneer Oil Run, 1865
Andrew Carnegie Rags to Riches U.S. Steel The Gospel of Wealth
Wilbur and Orville Wright Other Visionaries: The Airplane The Wright Brothers (Library of Congress)
Other Visionaries: The Automobile Gottfried Daimler Henry Ford
Henry Ford “You can paint it any color, so long as it’s black”
Take Five In what ways did railroads and advances in communication affect geographic patterns in the U.S.? A. They stalled the need for new inventions B. They assisted in maintaining cultural traditions in an area C. They changed the physical characteristics of a region D. They stalled migration
Transportation Advances Continued growth of the railroad Railroad tycoons Cornelius Vanderbilt Andrew Carnegie Jay Gould
“Commodore” Cornelius Vanderbilt
Biltmore Estate
Jay Gould “Robber Baron”
The Rise of the American Corporation Corporations Limited liability Consolidated Organizations Horizontal integration Vertical integration MonopoliesRockefellerTrusts Ida Tarbell J.P. Morgan
John D. Rockefeller “The growth of a large business is merely survival of the fittest”
Ida Tarbell
J.P. Morgan
J.P. Morgan…on life You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree. Anyone who has to ask about the annual upkeep of a yacht can't afford one. A man always has two reasons for doing anything -- a good reason and the real reason.
Social Darwanism vs. Philanthropy Survival of the fittest The Gospel of Wealth Russell Conwell Horatio Alger Socialist Labor Party Henry George Edward Bellamy
Henry George
Business and the Courts Supreme Court supports big business…
The Republican Party Stalwarts Roscoe Conkling Half-Breeds James Blaine “Mugwumps” James A. Garfield (1881) Charles Julius Guiteau Chester A. Arthur ( ) Pendleton Act Tariff Act of 1883
James A. Garfield (1881) R
Chester Arthur ( ) R
The Democrats Grover Cleveland ( ) & ( )
Grover Cleveland ( ) & ( ) D
Political Cartoon
Politics of the Day “Free Silver” The Protective Tariff The Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Sherman Anti-trust Cartoon
The Labor Movement Economic depression 5 Types of industrial work Common labor Skilled labor Factory labor Sweatshop Labor Mining
Workingman’s Plight Immigrant Workers Divisions within the ranks Divisions within the ranks Ethnic rivalry Ethnic rivalry Labor Contract Law Women & children
Thousands of immigrants arrived through Ellis Island daily…
Child Labor
Triangle Shirtwaist Company
Unable to use fire escapes, workers jumped to their deaths
146 Workers died that day…
Unionization Molly Maguires Knights of Labor AFL
A “Coffin” Notice for the Molly Maguires
Uriah Stephens & Terrance Powderly
Samuel Gompers
Labor Strikes The Great Railroad Strike Coxey’s Army Haymarket Square Homestead Strike Pullman Strike
Haymarket Square 1890
Homestead Strike
Homestead Quarters of the Military
Putting down the strikers
George Pullman & Striking workers
Eugene Debs