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The Rise of Industrialism Section 4.2
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Today’s Agenda Day 5 Begin 4.2 Slide Show Homework Read Chapter 4 (121- 126) Day 7 is Monday. Presenters be ready!!
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Remembering 9/11
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Agrarian Rural Travel is slow and difficult Very few consumer goods Products made by skilled craftsmen for local community What was America like before the Industrial Revolution?
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How did the US change economically after the Civil War? It Industrialized Changed from nation of farms to a nation of factories, mines, and railroads Mass production made skilled craftsmen obsolete
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America Industrializes
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New York, 1865 Who was Louis Sullivan? Father of the Skyscraper American architect overcame limits of thick load-bearing walls by using a steel frame “form follows function" –emphasized the importance of a buildings usefulness over its aesthetic beauty
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Describe the technology boom? Patents skyrocketed Telephone- Alexander Graham Bell 1876) Faster textile machinery typewriter electric motor iron and steel ships camera
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What impact did the expansion of the railroad have America? Created a national market New Products now available –Gustavus Swift/Meat Packing Used refrigerated RR cars –Fruit industry Chain Stores –Woolworth –Macy’s
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Railroads
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How did businesses change as a result of the Industrial Revolution? Became Big businesses Heavy industries (RR, factories) grew Managerial Revolution Mass Production Mergers Is this a bad thing?
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Conclusion Industrialized America From Rural to Urban Small to big business Artisanship to Mass Production Immigration
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