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Industrial Revolution
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New Major Industries Railroads 1862 - Congress approves the Transcontinental Railroad Union & Central Pacific Tracks joined in 1869 Cornelius Vanderbilt Changed commerce Sears Roebuck Co. Steel Grew due to railroads Andrew Carnegie
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New Industries and Inventions Oil Standard Oil Company John D. Rockefellar Telephone Alexander Graham Bell Electric Light Bulb Thomas Edison Automobile Henry Ford Assembly line to increase production John D. Rockefellar Henry Ford And his Model T
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Industry and Reform Huge population growth in cities Immigrants from other countries Farm kids Poor Working Conditions Long working hours Dangerous conditions in factories Labor Unions Women working in a book factory
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City Life Many people moved to cities Factory workers Tenements housed many workers Often run down, dirty, and overcrowded New buildings constructed Multiple stories Cities started public water and transportation systems Public services also included fire and police depts. An Italian Neighborhood in New York City
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Anti-Trusts Monopoly - the complete control of an industry by one person or company Does not allow competition between companies Raises cost of products Sherman Anti-Trust Act was passed in 1890 Made monopolies illegal The Sherman Anti-Trust law was aimed at men like Rockefeller and Carnegie, but it also affects modern businessmen like Bill Gates.
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Muckrakers Group of writers who started investigative journalism Exposed problems such as factory conditions, child labor, and business and political corruption Ida Tarbell Corruption in oil industry Upton Sinclair The Jungle exposed unsanitary conditions in meatpacking industry Ida Tarbell exposed problems in the oil industry Upton Sinclair exposed problems in the food industry
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Women’s Suffrage Fight for the vote and equal rights Movement leaders included: Susan B. Anthony Carrie Chapman Catt Elizabeth Cady Stanton 19 th Amendment Guarantees the right to vote for women Passed in 1920
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Environmental Conservation John Muir America’s first conservationist Focus on California (Yosemite) Founder of the Sierra Club National Parks Established by Teddy Roosevelt after a camping trip with Muir 1 st park: Yellowstone (WY) Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir at Yosemite
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African-American Rights Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896) US Supreme Court legalizes segregation “separate but equal” is Constitutional Citizens could be separated based on race as long as they were given equal facilities Voting limitations Poll tax Pay fee to vote Higher fee for African-Americans Literacy test Pass reading test to vote Grandfather clause If your grandfather could not vote, you could not vote
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African-American Rights Wilmington, 1898 Violence between white and African-American citizens and African-American citizens Started after a series of newspaper articles Ended Republican rule in NC Begins segregation in NC Jim Crow laws Establish segregation Division based on race School, public places (water fountains, transportation, ect.) Burned newspaper office following violence in Wilmington, 1898
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New Industry in North Carolina Mills and Towns built “Growing Up in a Cotton Mill” Textiles By 1900, NC was 2nd largest producer of cotton textiles Tobacco American Tobacco Company James B. Duke Furniture High Point Furniture Manufacturing Company
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North Carolina Reformers Thomas Day Cabinetmaker Harriet Morehead Berry “Good Roads State” suffragist Dorothea Dix Educational reform Mentally ill - hospital Dorothea Dix Harriet Morehead Berry Chapel Hill Road, circa 1900
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NC Farm Changes Nat’l Farmers Alliance Many people did not own land Sharecropping Tenent Farming New machinery Overproduction reduces prices Populist or “People’s” party
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NC Educational Improvements 4-month school term Students age 6-21 New funding Local taxes Fund from Mass. General Assembly High schools started New school districts Help not given to schools for African-Americans Schools fell behind or closed
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Identify: 1.Andrew Carnegie 2.John D Rockefeller 3.Alexander Graham Bell 4.Thomas Edison 5.Henry Ford 6.Upton Sinclair 7.Susan B. Anthony 8.John Muir 9.James B. Duke 10.Harriet Morehead Berry Explain: 1.What problems existed related to the growth of industry? 2.What poor working conditions did textile mill workers face? 3.What was the impact of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act? 4.What does the 19 th Amendment guarantee? 5.What did the Plessy case legalize? What does “separate but equal” mean? 6.List the 3 major industries that grew in NC. Define: 1.Muckraker 2.Monopoly 3.Tenement 4.Grandfather Clause
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