1. ** Capitalist Revolution
“2nd Industrial Revolution” & “The Gilded Age”
1860s
1870
1890
1900
** Capitalist Revolution
Important things to understand about this era in U.S. History:
** Time of Individualism
Legislation developing the West: Homestead Act, Land Grant Act, Pacific Railway Act
1870’s and 1880’s - Settling the Plains
1860’s and 1870’s - “Rise of Big Business” – Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Morgan, Rockefeller, etc.
1870’s to 1890’s - American Politics / an Age of Corruption & the Political Urban Machine

2. Write the following questions in your notebooks, in preparation for a short video clip from “America: The Story of Us – Cities” (16:00 – 22:40):
(1) To what did the name “roughnecks” refer?
(2) Two out of five “roughnecks” …
(3) What makes the innovation of skyscrapers possible?

3. Skyscrapers Become Possible
Elisha Otis – first “safe” elevator
Steel Frame Buildings

4. Development of Modern America

5. What concept is this?

6. What is Nativism?
“Nativism” is a policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants.
** Very negative connotation, with a racist and highly negative cultural sentiment.

7. Growth of Urban America
** The term “urbanized area” denotes an urban area of 50,000 or more people.
** About 82% of U.S. pop. lives within “urbanized area” (Dec., 2010).
1860 – 20% urban
1900 – 40% urban
1920 – 51% urban

8. Growth in Industrial Employment
% of Workers in U.S. Economy
% of Entire U.S. Economy
Year
Agriculture
Industry
Services
1840 68 12 20 47 21 31
1850 60 17 23 42 29
1860 56 19 25 38 28 34
1870 53 22 35
1880 52 32
1890 43 26 41 37
1900 40 33 39

9. Formation of Unions & the Development of “Modern” America

10. Many families chose to have their children work …
[1] With both parents working, children joined factories
[2] Economic necessity
for poorer families