1. The Highs and Lows of the Gilded Age

2. The High Points Innovation Triumph of Industrial Capitalism Establishment of Colleges and Universities Railroad growth and expansion Unionization

3. Innovation Thomas Edison Vitascope Incandescent light ElectricityPhonographElevator

5. Innovation The typewriter The telephone The Bessemer Process Carlisle’s Steam Engine

6. Innovation

7. Innovation

8. Triumph of Industrial Capitalism Standard Oil US Steel American Rail Industry

9. Titans of Industry

10. Colleges and Universities StanfordDukeCarnegie-Mellon Johns Hopkins University of Chicago

11. Explosion of American Rail America’s vast network of rail. 4x increase each decade By 1900 nearly the entire nation connected ImpactedTravelBusiness City construction RegionalismMilitary

12. Explosion of American Railroads

13. Organized Labor The working man had been oppressed during America’s industrial boom. They made in one example 1.32 per week while their boss made 15,000 per year. The imbalance was startling. By 1880 70% of the wealth in the country was in the hands of 10% of its people…by 1900 that was 90-10! Labor realized that strength in numbers would bring them greater rights.

14. The Low Points Social Imbalance Conditions of Workers Political Corruption Immigration Unrest and Labor

15. Social Imbalance DuPont example Wealth and power grew while poverty did as well. Jacob Riis

16. Social Imbalance

17. Conditions of Workers

19. Political Corruption Everyone from Edison to Rockefeller to Carnegie was buying political influence.

20. Political Corruption

22. Immigration A Problem? Created issues with wages and prices. Workers demanded legislation curbing immigration from specific areas.

23. Immigration One immigrants perspective… “I came to America because I heard the streets were paved with gold. When I got here, I found out three things. First, the streets weren’t paved with gold: second, they weren’t paved at all, and third, I was expected to pave them.”

24. Immigration

25. Labor Unrest and Violence Riots and violence Haymarket Homestead Strike Pullman Strike Great Railroad Strike

26. Labor Unrest and Violence