1. Unit 4: Growing Pains & Gains Industrial Revolution 1840 – 1920
Was the rise of industry good for the United States?

2. Goals
Describe the factors that allowed the Industrial Revolution to occur in the U.S.
Understand the pros/cons of the Industrial Revolution.
Understand how laborers responded to issues that arose during the Industrial Revolution.
Connect immigration policies during the Industrial Revolution to immigration policies today.
Identify how segregation still exists today.

3. Targets
What were the factors that enabled the U.S. to become an industrial power?
What were some of the different responses of labor to industrialism?
How did industrialism change where people lived? What issues arose from this? Do we still see these issues today?

4. Warm-Up
Think about this question: What are the three most important innovations, or inventions, of your lifetime?
In your notebook (left side), quickly sketch each innovation.
Then write a one- or two-sentence description explaining how each innovation has affected or changed your life.

5. Photo Analysis What’s your overall impression of the photo?
What details do you see?
3 columns
People Objects Activities

7. How/why did the Industrial Revolution happen?
Economics
What does increased demand lead to?
What were some advances in technology during this time?
Rise of oil
Rise of steel

8. How/why did the Industrial Revolution happen?
Assembly line further developed by Henry Ford in early 1900s
Government policy
What was it during this time?
Laissez-faire  What’s this mean?
Social Darwinism  what’s this mean?
What did the government actually do?
How?

9. What influence did the government have?
Formation of Corporations
What’s the significance?
How does this affect small business?
Monopolies form
What’s a monopoly?
Why is this an issue?
Trusts
What are trusts?
How did these corporations become so large/powerful?
Vertical integration  explain (Carnegie – Steel)
Horizontal integration  explain (Rockefeller - Oil)

10. What were some consequences of the Industrial Revolution?

11. City Conditions Dr. Southwood-Smith
“Uncovered sewers, stagnant ditches and ponds, gutters always full of putrefying matter… it is not possible for any language to convey an adequate conception of the poisonous condition in which large portions of both these districts always remain… from the masses of putrefying matter which are allowed to accumulate.”
(sign me up for a post honeymoon trip!)

12. Labor Unions Union Goals Members Strategies Knights of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Industrial Workers of the World

13. Early Strikes Strike Reason for Strike Outcome Railroad Strike of 1877
Workers sought out increased wages
Strike shut down ½ nation’s RR
President Hayes sent in army to squash strike
Homestead Strike
Pullman Strike

14. Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890
Trusts, monopolies, & other forms of business that restrict trade are illegal
Now examined by the Federal Trade Commission

15. Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Minimum wage
Working day/overtime pay
Most importantly…
Child labor laws
Law today:

16. Your Task (10 pts total)
Child Labor Provisions for Nonagricultural Occupations Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
With a partner go to:
Then answer the following questions:
At what age can you legally be employed? (1 pt)
If you are 15 years old what are your hour restrictions for school days? What are your hour restrictions for non-school days? (2 pts)
List 4 examples of unacceptable work for minors under the age of 18? (2 pts)
List 4 examples of acceptable work for minors under the age of 18? (2 pts)
Describe 3 instances where you may be able to work extended hours or in an otherwise prohibited occupation while you are a minor. (3 pts)

17. Was the rise of industry good for the United States?
Recap
If you were alive during the U.S. Industrial Revolution, what would you most likely be doing right now? When would you have started this?
Describe city life.
Describe factory conditions.
Was the rise of industry good for the United States?