1. Industrialization and Urbanization 1870-1920
Unit 5: US History

2. Industrialization and Urbanization 1870-1920
Industrial Expansion
Rise of Organized Labor
Urbanization
New Immigration
Closing of the West
Populism
Progressive Era

3. The Gilded Age

4. Gilding
The term gilding covers a number of decorative techniques for applying fine gold leaf or powder to solid surfaces such as wood, stone, or metal to give a thin coating of gold.

5. The Breakers – Rhode Island

6. The Breakers – Rhode Island

7. The Breakers – Rhode Island

8. The Breakers – Rhode Island

9. Gilded Age Tenement

10. Gilded Age Tenement

11. Gilded Age Tenement

12. Causes of Business Expansion
Labor
Capital
Transportation
Technology
Government Policy
Natural Resources
Civil War
Business Leaders

13. What was the most important cause of industrial expansion in the era after the Civil War? Why? What was the least important cause of industrial expansion in the era after the Civil War? Why? Compare a technological development in the Industrial Age ( ) to a technological development discussed previously in class.

14. New Technologies 1860-1905 Bessemer Steel (stronger steel)
Internal Combustion Engine
Typewriter
Dynamite
Electric Motor
Telephone
Phonograph
Light Bulb
Radio
X-Ray
Motion Picture
Airplane