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Industrialization and Urbanization 1870-1920

Explore the causes and effects of industrial expansion, rise of organized labor, urbanization, new immigration, and the closing of the West during the Gilded Age. Learn about the decorative technique of gilding and its association with the opulence of the era. Discover the influential technological developments and government policies that shaped this transformative period in US history.

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Industrialization and Urbanization 1870-1920

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  1. Industrialization and Urbanization1870-1920 Unit 5: US History

  2. Industrialization and Urbanization1870-1920 • Industrial Expansion • Rise of Organized Labor • Urbanization • New Immigration • Closing of the West • Populism • Progressive Era

  3. The Gilded Age

  4. Gilding The term gilding covers a number of decorative techniques for applying fine gold leaf or powder to solid surfaces such as wood, stone, or metal to give a thin coating of gold.

  5. The Breakers – Rhode Island

  6. The Breakers – Rhode Island

  7. The Breakers – Rhode Island

  8. The Breakers – Rhode Island

  9. Gilded Age Tenement

  10. Gilded Age Tenement

  11. Gilded Age Tenement

  12. Causes of Business Expansion • Labor • Capital • Transportation • Technology • Government Policy • Natural Resources • Civil War • Business Leaders

  13. What was the most important cause of industrial expansion in the era after the Civil War? Why? What was the least important cause of industrial expansion in the era after the Civil War? Why? Compare a technological development in the Industrial Age (1870-1920) to a technological development discussed previously in class.

  14. New Technologies 1860-1905 • Bessemer Steel (stronger steel) • Internal Combustion Engine • Typewriter • Dynamite • Electric Motor • Telephone • Phonograph • Light Bulb • Radio • X-Ray • Motion Picture • Airplane

  15. Government Policy • Pacific Telegraph Act - 1860 • Pacific Railway Act – 1862 • Land Grants • Homestead Act -1862 • Open Immigration • No Regulations • No Taxes

  16. Land Grants

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