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The Age of Innovation and Industry United States History – Chapter 13
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Essential Vocabulary CapitalismCapitalism Definition: an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, esp. as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealthDefinition: an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, esp. as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth 1.Create your own definition 2.Create a visual representation of the term
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Essential Vocabulary Free EnterpriseFree Enterprise Definition: an economic and political doctrine holding that a capitalist economy can regulate itself in a freely competitive market through the relationship of supply and demand with a minimum of governmental intervention and regulation.Definition: an economic and political doctrine holding that a capitalist economy can regulate itself in a freely competitive market through the relationship of supply and demand with a minimum of governmental intervention and regulation. 1.Create your own definition 2.Create a visual representation of the term
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Essential Vocabulary IndustrializationIndustrialization Definition: an economic organization of society built largely on mechanized industry rather than agriculture, craftsmanship, or commerce.Definition: an economic organization of society built largely on mechanized industry rather than agriculture, craftsmanship, or commerce. 1.Create your own definition 2.Create a visual representation of the term
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Essential Vocabulary Labor UnionLabor Union Definition: an organization of wage earners or salaried employees for mutual aid and protection and for dealing collectively with employers; trade union.Definition: an organization of wage earners or salaried employees for mutual aid and protection and for dealing collectively with employers; trade union. 1.Create your own definition 2.Create a visual representation of the term
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Essential Vocabulary SocialismSocialism Definition: a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.Definition: a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole. 1.Create your own definition 2.Create a visual representation of the term
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Inventions What are the three most important inventions created in your lifetime?What are the three most important inventions created in your lifetime? How have they changed your life?How have they changed your life?
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Essential Question Was the rise of Industry good for the United States?Was the rise of Industry good for the United States?
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Causes of Rapid Industrialization 1.Steam Revolution of the 1830s-1850s. 2.The Railroad fueled the growing US economy: First big business in the US. The key to opening the West. Aided the development of other industries. 1.Steam Revolution of the 1830s-1850s. 2.The Railroad fueled the growing US economy: First big business in the US. The key to opening the West. Aided the development of other industries.
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Causes of Rapid Industrialization 3.Technological innovations. Bessemer and open hearth process Refrigerated cars Edison o “Wizard of Menlo Park” o light bulb, phonograph, motion pictures. 3.Technological innovations. Bessemer and open hearth process Refrigerated cars Edison o “Wizard of Menlo Park” o light bulb, phonograph, motion pictures.
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4.Unskilled & semi-skilled labor in abundance. 5.Abundant capital. 6.New, talented group of businessmen [entrepreneurs] and advisors. 7.Market growing as US population increased. 8.Government willing to help at all levels to stimulate economic growth. 9.Abundant natural resources. 4.Unskilled & semi-skilled labor in abundance. 5.Abundant capital. 6.New, talented group of businessmen [entrepreneurs] and advisors. 7.Market growing as US population increased. 8.Government willing to help at all levels to stimulate economic growth. 9.Abundant natural resources. Causes of Rapid Industrialization
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Thomas Alva Edison “Wizard of Menlo Park”
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The Light Bulb
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The Phonograph (1877)
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The Ediphone or Dictaphone
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The Motion Picture Camera
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Alexander Graham Bell Telephone (1876)
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Alternate Current George Westinghouse
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Alternate Current Westinghouse Lamp ad
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The Airplane Wilbur Wright Orville Wright Wilbur Wright Orville Wright Kitty Hawk, NC – December 7, 1903 Kitty Hawk, NC – December 7, 1903
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Model T Automobile Henry Ford I want to pay my workers so that they can afford my product! Henry Ford I want to pay my workers so that they can afford my product!
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“ Model T” Prices & Sales
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U. S. Patents Granted 1790s 276 patents issued. 1990s 1,119,220 patents issued.
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New Business Culture 1.Laissez Faire the ideology of the Industrial Age. Individual as a moral and economic ideal. No room for government in the market! Individual as a moral and economic ideal. No room for government in the market!
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2. Social Darwinism × Adapted Darwin’s ideas from the “Origin of Species” to humans. × Notion of “Survival of the Fittest.” × Adapted Darwin’s ideas from the “Origin of Species” to humans. × Notion of “Survival of the Fittest.” Herbert Spencer
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2. Social Darwinism in America William Graham Sumner Folkways (1906) $ Individuals must have absolute freedom to struggle, succeed or fail.
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New Business Culture: “The American Dream?” 3.Protestant (Puritan) “Work Ethic” Horatio Alger [100+ novels] 3.Protestant (Puritan) “Work Ethic” Horatio Alger [100+ novels] Is the idea of the “self-made man” a MYTH??
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New Type of Business Entities 1.Monopoly - A situation in which a single company owns all or nearly all of the market for a given type of product or service Standard Oil Co.
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Standard Oil Co.
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New Type of Business Entities 2.Trust: Horizontal Integration John D. Rockefeller 2.Trust: Horizontal Integration John D. Rockefeller Vertical Integration: o Gustavus Swift Meat-packing o Andrew Carnegie U. S. Steel Vertical Integration: o Gustavus Swift Meat-packing o Andrew Carnegie U. S. Steel
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Iron & Steel Production
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New Type of Business Entities
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U. S. Corporate Mergers
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New Financial Businessman The Broker: J. Pierpont Morgan The Broker: J. Pierpont Morgan
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Wall Street – 1867 & 1900
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The Reorganization of Work Frederick W. Taylor The Principles of Scientific Management (1911) Frederick W. Taylor The Principles of Scientific Management (1911)
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The Reorganization of Work The Assembly Line
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The Protectors of Our Industries
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Cornelius [“Commodore”] Vanderbilt Can’t I do what I want with my money?
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William Vanderbilt $ The public be damned! $ What do I care about the law? H’aint I got the power? $ The public be damned! $ What do I care about the law? H’aint I got the power?
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The Gospel of Wealth: Religion in the Era of Industrialization Russell H. Conwell $ Wealth no longer looked upon as bad. $ Viewed as a sign of God’s approval. $ Christian duty to accumulate wealth. $ Should not help the poor. $ Wealth no longer looked upon as bad. $ Viewed as a sign of God’s approval. $ Christian duty to accumulate wealth. $ Should not help the poor.
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“On Wealth” Andrew Carnegie $ The Anglo-Saxon race is superior. $ “Gospel of Wealth” (1901). $ Inequality is inevitable and good. $ Wealthy should act as “trustees” for their “poorer brethren.” $ The Anglo-Saxon race is superior. $ “Gospel of Wealth” (1901). $ Inequality is inevitable and good. $ Wealthy should act as “trustees” for their “poorer brethren.”
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