American Industrialization I. What Factors Caused the US to Industrialize?

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American Industrialization I. What Factors Caused the US to Industrialize?

Abundant Raw Materials

Homestead Act of 1862

LANDGRANTSLANDGRANTS

Business Savvy & Competition: “Robber Barons”

Abundant Cheap Labor

Philosophies of Economic Expansion Manifest Destiny Laissez – Faire Capitalism Social Darwinism Philosophies of Economic Expansion Manifest Destiny Laissez – Faire Capitalism Social Darwinism

Examples of US Industrialization

Steel Production

II. Problems with Industrialization

Exploitation of workers: low pay, dangerous conditions, child labor

Pollution & Environmental Damage

 vertical integration  horizontal consolidation Consolidation of Power

“Trusts” have too much power -- Undemocratic & Anti-Individual

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Labor Unions Knights of Labor American Federation of Labor Industrial Workers of the World

Workers Respond: 1877 Workers Respond: 1877 The Great Strike

Haymarket Affair 1886

1894

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