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Did You Know? Number your paper from 1 – 29. You will be given a numbered slip with the “end” of a sentence. The beginning of each sentence reads, “Did you know…” Walk around the room with your note card and paper. Find a classmate and ask each other the “Did you know…?” question on your cards. Each classmate will initial his or her respective question on the paper. Try to get initials on every number of your paper. There will be a quiz on these “Did you know…?” questions at the end of class.
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Politics, Industrialization, & Social Unrest A New Industrial Age
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Election of 1896 Bryan v McKinley Agriculture vs. Industry Farmers vs. Businessmen Rural vs. Urban Old vs. New America
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What is Industrialism? Growth Economic Urbanization Middle Class World Power & Influence GDP expansion Cities expand Population explosion Social mobility Trade, banking, military
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Politics, Industrialization, & Social Unrest A New Industrial Age
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Expansion of Industry US Industry “explodes” Natural Resources Innovation Oil Bessemer process “Steel” Bridges & sky-scrapers
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Brooklyn Bridge
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Expansion of Industry US Industry “explodes” Natural Resources Innovation Growing Markets Oil Bessemer process “Steel” Bridges & sky-scrapers Light bulb Telephone Consumers & middle class
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Age of Railroads Growth Consolidation New markets –Steel, lumber, coal New inventions –Telegraph New visions –Standard time zones Horizontal ownership Vertical integration
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Age of Railroads Corruption Regulation Credit Moblier Granger Laws Munn v Illinois
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Big Business Emerges Rise of Big Business Is “Big” = “Bad” Powerful corporations rival gov’t influence Entrepreneurs amass fortunes Poor and lower class suffer
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Andrew Carnegie - Steel John D. Rockefeller - Standard Oil J.P. Morgan – Banker
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Lords of Industry or Robber Barons? Symbols of American Power Rags to Riches Philanthropists Job Creators Testament to corruption of the powerful Aristocrats Ruthless businessmen Union busters
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Graded H-o-H Seminar 1. To what extent could men like Carnegie and Rockefeller be considered Robber Barons? 2. To what extent could men like Carnegie and Rockefeller be considered Captains of Industry? freedomequality 3. From the perspective of a 19 th century immigrant, did America live up to its ideals of freedom and equality?
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Identification 1. Write an identification paragraph for “US Industrialization” 2. Write a relevant connection for “US Industrialization” and “Robber Barons/Captains of Industry”?
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The Power of Trusts A merger between separate companies to increase profits…and power.
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The Power of Trusts A merger between separate companies to increase profits…and power. Companies turn over control of their individual stock to a group called trustees.
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The Power of Trusts Benefits Costs Pool Resources Streamlined companies Propelled US Industrialization Generated wealth Expansion of middle class Stifled competition Monopolies Corruption Workers exploited
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Big Business Emerges Workers Immigrants flood both coasts Labor unions form Unions, government, and Big Business battle each other
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act Congressional Act (1890) Made Trusts illegal “Restrained Free-trade” Gov’t attempt to reign in industry
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act Congressional Act Made Trusts illegal “Restrained Free-trade” Gov’t attempt to reign in industry Vaguely written Impossible to enforce Industry outmaneuvered gov’t attempts at control Supreme Court threw out cases
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Social Unrest
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Workers, Unions, & Strikes Great Strike of 1877 Haymarket Riot (1886) Homestead Strike (1892) Pullman Strike (1893) Nationwide RR workers strike US troops used to break strike Protest by workers turns violent Public sentiment turns against unions Carnegie steel plant workers strike Pinkertons & Nat’l Guard break strike Strikebreakers & troops break strike
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Child Labor
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We respect our masters…but we want time for more rest, a little play, and to learn to read and write. We do not think it right that we should know nothing but work and suffering, from Monday morning to Saturday night… - A child-worker’s submission to the British House of Commons
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The Reform Movement Pockets of reform-minded individuals and groups began to confront the abuses of Industrial Age America Local movements coalesced to become national movements Progressives Became known as Progressives Defined an era in American History
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