1. Do Now: What was one BAD thing about Industrialization?
Aim:Did the problems caused by Industrialization outweigh its positive effects in the US around the year 1900?
Do Now:
What was one BAD thing about Industrialization?

2. child labor low pay pollution The results of laissez-faire policies:
poor working conditions
low pay
laissez-faire:
(in French= let it be) the belief that government should not interfere with business matters.
pollution
monopolies
unsafe foods and medicines
government corruption

3. Social Darwinism:
The idea that “the strongest survive” – it was used to justify the growing gap between rich and poor, as well the creation of monopolies which drove smaller companies out of business.