1. The Growth and Development of Industry in America

2. Standards… SSUSH 11: The growth of big business and technological advances after reconstruction. SSUSH 11: The growth of big business and technological advances after reconstruction.

3. Take Five… In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act. It opened about 270 acres for white settlement west of the Miss. River. Many believed westward movement was part of a greater plan called: A. Sectionalism B. Nullification C. Reconstruction D. Manifest destiny

4. Ripe for industry Abundant raw materials Large labor supply Technological advances Growing number of entrepreneurs Federal assistance Expanding domestic and international markets

5. Visionaries and New Inventions Thomas Edison 1847-1931

6. Visionaries and New Inventions Alexander Graham Bell 1847-1922

7. New Steel Production Techniques Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Rise of the Rise of the Petroleum Industry Petroleum Industry Pioneer Oil Run, 1865

8. Andrew Carnegie Rags to Riches U.S. Steel The Gospel of Wealth

9. Wilbur and Orville Wright Other Visionaries: The Airplane The Wright Brothers (Library of Congress)

10. Other Visionaries: The Automobile Gottfried Daimler Henry Ford

11. Henry Ford “You can paint it any color, so long as it’s black”

12. Take Five In what ways did railroads and advances in communication affect geographic patterns in the U.S.? A. They stalled the need for new inventions B. They assisted in maintaining cultural traditions in an area C. They changed the physical characteristics of a region D. They stalled migration

13. Transportation Advances Continued growth of the railroad Railroad tycoons Cornelius Vanderbilt Andrew Carnegie Jay Gould

15. “Commodore” Cornelius Vanderbilt

16. Biltmore Estate

17. Jay Gould “Robber Baron”

18. The Rise of the American Corporation Corporations Limited liability Consolidated Organizations Horizontal integration Vertical integration MonopoliesRockefellerTrusts Ida Tarbell J.P. Morgan

19. John D. Rockefeller “The growth of a large business is merely survival of the fittest”

20. Ida Tarbell

21. J.P. Morgan

22. J.P. Morgan…on life You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree. Anyone who has to ask about the annual upkeep of a yacht can't afford one. A man always has two reasons for doing anything -- a good reason and the real reason.

23. Social Darwanism vs. Philanthropy Survival of the fittest The Gospel of Wealth Russell Conwell Horatio Alger Socialist Labor Party Henry George Edward Bellamy

25. Henry George

26. Business and the Courts Supreme Court supports big business…

27. The Republican Party Stalwarts Roscoe Conkling Half-Breeds James Blaine “Mugwumps” James A. Garfield (1881) Charles Julius Guiteau Chester A. Arthur ( 1881-1885) Pendleton Act Tariff Act of 1883

28. James A. Garfield (1881) R

29. Chester Arthur (1881-1885) R

30. The Democrats Grover Cleveland (1885-1889) & (1893- 1897)

31. Grover Cleveland (1885-1889) & (1893-1897) D

32. Political Cartoon

33. Politics of the Day “Free Silver” The Protective Tariff The Sherman Anti-Trust Act

34. Sherman Anti-trust Cartoon

36. The Labor Movement Economic depression 5 Types of industrial work Common labor Skilled labor Factory labor Sweatshop Labor Mining

37. Workingman’s Plight Immigrant Workers Divisions within the ranks Divisions within the ranks Ethnic rivalry Ethnic rivalry Labor Contract Law Women & children

38. Thousands of immigrants arrived through Ellis Island daily…

39. Child Labor

40. Triangle Shirtwaist Company

41. Unable to use fire escapes, workers jumped to their deaths

42. 146 Workers died that day…

43. Unionization Molly Maguires Knights of Labor AFL

44. A “Coffin” Notice for the Molly Maguires

45. Uriah Stephens & Terrance Powderly

46. Samuel Gompers

47. Labor Strikes The Great Railroad Strike Coxey’s Army Haymarket Square Homestead Strike Pullman Strike

48. Haymarket Square 1890

49. Homestead Strike

50. Homestead Quarters of the Military

51. Putting down the strikers

52. George Pullman & Striking workers

53. Eugene Debs 1855-1926