1. The Rise of Industry
Section 5.1 (T&H page 223)

2. Today’s Agenda Day 7 Finish Political Spectrum Chart
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3. Post Civil War America Centennial Exposition showcases Corliss Engine
Brooklyn Bridge Completed
Lee surrenders at Appomattox
South Carolina secedes from Union
Edison lights Pearl Street, NY
Transcontinental RR completed

4. What was America like before the Industrial Revolution?
Agrarian
Rural
Few big cities
Travel is slow and difficult
Very few consumer goods
Products made by skilled craftsmen for local community

5. How did the US change economically after the Civil War?
It Industrialized
Changed from nation of farms to a nation of factories, mines, and railroads
Mass production
made skilled craftsmen obsolete
Urbanization
Population of cities grew while rural population dropped
Proletariat (workers)
New class appeared
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6. Who was Louis Sullivan? Father of the Skyscraper American architect
Great Chicago Fire of 1871
Legend says Mrs. O’Leary’s cow tipped lantern & started fire
Gave Sullivan chance to help rebuild city
Price of steel also began to fall
overcame limits of thick load-bearing walls by using a steel frame
“form follows function"
emphasized the importance of a building’s usefulness over its aesthetic beauty
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7. Describe the technology boom:
Patents skyrocketed
thousand patents
1890s- 200 thousand patents
Telephone- Alexander Graham Bell 1876)
Tinkered with electricity and metal disks to replace damaged eardrum for deaf
“Mr. Watson, come here: I want you.”
1878 – 1st phone in White House
million phones
Centennial Exposition of 1876
1st official World’s Fair in Phila
Showcased American inventions
Typewriter
Corliss Engine
Heinz Ketchup

8. Describe the Brooklyn Bridge
Longest suspension bridge (1883)
1st to use steel wire
Designed by architects John August Roebling & Washington Roebling
John died of tetanus
Finished by Washington
Caissons disease
Both beautiful and functional
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9. Caisson

10. What impact did the expansion of the railroad have on America?
Gold Rush (1849)
Population of California boomed
Calif. Had very fertile soil
Pacific RR Act (1862)
Gov. called for construction of transcontinental RR
Completed 1869
Created a national market
New products now available:
Gustavus Swift/ Meat Packing
Used refrigerated RR cars
Fruit industry
Chain Stores:
Woolworth’s
Macy’s

11. How did businesses change as a result of the Industrial Revolution?
Became Big businesses
“Heavy” industries (RR, factories) grew
Managerial Revolution
Businesses run by trained professionals
Mass Production
Making large amounts of standardized products
Mergers
Businesses combined with others in order to form monopolies or oligopolies

12. Is this a bad thing?

14. Conclusion America Industrialized From Rural to Urban
From Small to Big business
From Artisanship to Mass Production
Immigration (depended on jobs)