1. The Second Industrial Revolution
The Big Idea
The Second Industrial Revolution led to new sources of power and advances in transportation and communication.
Main Ideas
Breakthroughs in steel processing led to a boom in railroad construction.
Advances in the use of oil and electricity improved communications and transportation.
A rush of inventions changed Americans’ lives.

2. Growth of railroads helped the country expand and prosper.
Main Idea 1: Breakthroughs in steel processing led to a boom in railroad construction.
Technological advances were important to Second Industrial Revolution, period of rapid growth in U.S. manufacturing in late 1800s
Bessemer process, invented mid-1850s, allowed steel to be produced quickly and cheaply.
Helped increase steel production from 77,000 tons in 1870 to more than 1 million tons in 1879
As steel dropped in price, so did the cost of building railroads, generating a boom in railroad construction. *This created lots of problems that had to be solved. One of the solutions led to the creation of time zones.
Growth of railroads helped the
country expand and prosper.

3. Main Idea 2: Advances in the use of oil and electricity improved communications and transportation.
Chemists invented a way to convert crude oil into fuel called kerosene in the 1850s.
Kerosene, which could be used for cooking, heating, and lighting, created a demand for oil.
A huge oil industry developed after a way to pump oil from the ground was developed in 1859.

4. Development of Electricity
Invention
Inventor Thomas Edison, who held more than 1,000 patents, worked to invent an electric light.
Edison and his team introduced the first practical electric light bulb in 1879.
Spread
Edison created a power company to distribute electricity, but could not send it over long distances.
George Westinghouse built a power system that could send electricity many miles across the country.

5. Main Idea 3: A rush of inventions changed Americans’ lives.
New telegraph technology connected the United States with Britain by cable in 1866.
Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone in 1876.
Telephones were rapidly adopted, the number rising from 55,000 in 1880 to almost 1.5 million in 1900.

6. Automobiles and Planes
The automobile industry grew in steps.
1876 – German engineer invented the gasoline-powered engine.
1893 – The United States built its first practical motorcar.
1908 – Henry Ford introduced the Model T.
Ford was first to implement the moving assembly line in manufacturing, making cars more affordable.
Wilbur and Orville Wright invented an airplane
powered by a gas engine in 1903.

7. Big Business The Big Idea
The growth of big business in the late 1800s led to the creation of monopolies.
Main Ideas
The rise of corporations and powerful business leaders led to the dominance of big business in the United States.
People and the government began to question the methods of big business.

8. Main Idea 1: The rise of corporations and powerful business leaders led to the dominance of big business in the United States.
Many entrepreneurs formed their businesses in the late 1800s as corporations, or businesses that sell portions of ownership called stock shares.
Corporate leaders were some of the most widely respected members of American society.
Successful corporations rewarded not only the people who founded them, but also investors who held stock.
Corporations encouraged more investment in businesses because stockholders could sell stock whenever they wanted.

9. One of most admired businesspeople of the time
Andrew Carnegie
One of most admired businesspeople of the time
Focused on steelmaking
Used vertical integration, owning businesses involved in each step of manufacturing, to lower costs
Leland Stanford
Made fortune selling equipment to miners
Governor of California, one of founders of Central Pacific Railroad, and founder of Stanford University
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company was country’s largest refinery
Developed horizontal integration, owning all businesses in a field
Formed a trust, grouping many companies under a single board
Business Leaders

10. Main Idea 2: People and the government began to question the methods of big business.
People and the government began to view big business as a problem in the late 1800s.
Concerned about child labor, low wages, and poor working conditions
Many business leaders believed in social Darwinism.
Darwin’s “survival of fittest” applied to which human beings would succeed in business and in life in general.
Other business leaders believed that the rich should help the poor.
Carnegie, Rockefeller, Stanford, and other business leaders gave away large sums of money to charities.

11. The Antitrust Movement
Critics said many businesses earned their fortunes through unfair business practices.
Used size and strength to drive smaller competitors out of business
Powerful trusts sold goods and services below market value until smaller competitors went out of business, then raised prices.
Some people were concerned when a trust gained a monopoly, or total ownership of a product or service.
The Sherman Antitrust Act passed in 1890 made it illegal to create monopolies or trusts that restrained trade.
The act did not clearly define a trust in legal terms, so it was hard to enforce.
Corporations and trusts continued to grow in size and power.

12. Industrial Workers The Big Idea Main Idea
Changes in the workplace led to a rise in labor unions and workers’ strikes.
Main Idea
The desire to maximize profits and become more efficient led to poor working conditions.

13. Introduction:
Before the Industrial Revolution people worked in small workshops and were experts at creating something from scratch.

14. Pretty soon EVERYONE wanted one!
Problem: Demand for goods became too much.
Problem: Not enough experts to meet the demands.

15. Solution The Assembly Line was used to solve the problem
First tried by Henry Ford to make his Model T
Large factories with MANY workers
Build only one product
All products exactly alike
Product moved down a conveyor belt
Workers add interchangeable parts

16. Effects on America Thousands of new jobs were available
Pay for workers doubled
There were many new things available to buy due to mass production
Workers were no longer experts and became lazier
No more family type atmospheres
Put a + sign next to POSITVE effects &
a – sign next to a NEGATIVE effect.

17. Main Idea 1: The desire to maximize profits and become more efficient led to poor working conditions.
Several factors led to a decline in the quality of working conditions in the late 1800s.
Machines and unskilled workers replaced skilled craftspeople.
These low-paid workers could easily be replaced. They brought costs down and caused production to rise.
Frederick W. Taylor, an efficiency expert, published The Principles of Scientific Management in 1909.
Encouraged managers to view workers as interchangeable parts
Injuries increased, and conditions worsened.
Workers looked for ways to bring about change.

18. Poor Working Conditions
Small, crowded rooms
Specialization made workers tired, bored, and more likely to be injured.
Managers paid less attention to working conditions.
Stuffy air
Unsafe workplaces
Long hours
Low wages
No job security

19. $ ½ hours $2.35 $
12 1/2 hours
$850

20. Growth of Automobiles and Trucks

21. Build a Car!
Tonight for homework you must “build” a Model T. Record how long it takes to cut out the car parts and NEATLY glue them in the correct spot. You do NOT have to color!

22. Chapter 4/Section 3…Part 2

23. Main Idea 2: Workers began to organize and demand improvements in working conditions and pay.
Knights of Labor
First national labor union, founded in 1870s
Pushed for eight-hour workday, equal pay for equal work, and end to child labor
Included both skilled and unskilled workers
Terence V. Powderly became leader in 1879 and ended secrecy of organization.
American Federation of Laborer
Led by Samuel Gompers
Organized individual national unions, such as mine-workers’ and steelworkers’ unions
Limited membership to skilled workers
Used collective bargaining, in which all workers acted collectively, or together, to negotiate with management

24. Mary Harris Jones was a fiery speaker who organized strikes and helped educate workers.
She pioneered better working conditions for miners.
Where was she originally from? ______________ (p.126)

25. Main Idea 3: Labor strikes often turned violent and failed to accomplish their goals.
Pullman Strike-p128
Began with workers who made Pullman train cars
Spread to workers who worked on trains pulling sleeping cars
Federal troops stopped strike
Which president sent troops to stop the strike? ______
Haymarket Riot-p126
Erupted between protesters and police in Chicago
Resulted in decline of Knights of Labor
Give details of the riot: ________________________________________________
Homestead Strike-p127
Strike occurred at Carnegie Steel Company in Homestead, Pennsylvania.
Resulting fight left workers and Pinkerton guards dead.
What were union members protesting? __________________