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Industrialization and the Gilded Age of Politics

Industrialization and the Gilded Age of Politics. I. Industrialization. Industrialization Urbanization Immigration. II. Technology. Edison Ford. Technology (cont’d). Other inventions Refrigeration. III. Labor. Work like robots. Employers take control Women and kids Unsafe

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Industrialization and the Gilded Age of Politics

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  1. Industrialization and the Gilded Age of Politics

  2. I. Industrialization • Industrialization • Urbanization • Immigration

  3. II. Technology • Edison • Ford

  4. Technology (cont’d) • Other inventions • Refrigeration

  5. III. Labor • Work like robots. • Employers take control • Women and kids • Unsafe • No benefits

  6. 6. Strikes!—Great RR Strike of 1877

  7. IV. Unions • Better pay, conditions, hours • Knights of Labor • Blacks • Immigrants • Women • Skilled/Unskilled • Too general

  8. Unions (cont’d) • Haymarket Riot 1886 • American Federation of Labor (AFL) • Skilled; org. by craft • No women, blacks, Immigrants, unskilled

  9. V. Women, Blacks, Immigrants • Women’s Trade Union League • Knights of Laboronly all inclusive union

  10. VI. Corporate Giants • Supreme Court defends corporations as “citizens”!! • John D. Rockefeller • Horizontal Integration—One aspect of production • Monopoly

  11. Corporate Giants (cont’d) • Andrew Carnegie • Vertical Integration—all aspects of an industry • U.S. Steel Corp. • JP Morgan • Financed such corporations

  12. VII. Social Views • Darwin’s theory of “natural selection” is applied to humansSocial Darwinism • Survival of the fittest • Competition is good! • Wealthy used this as justification for their wealth

  13. Social Views (cont’d) 5. Gospel of Wealth—Andrew Carnegie • Pursuit of wealth like a religion • Wealth means responsibility to give to the poor. • Money/Wealth is how success was measured • Many disagreed, of course

  14. Social Views (cont’d) 10. Poor were viewed negatively 11. “You get what you deserve!”

  15. VIII. Increase in Standard of Living • Mass goods • Mass ads • Luxury items • Rising incomesstatus symbols

  16. Increase in Standard of Living (cont’d) • More Leisure Time! The Great Frysinger Team 1900-1901

  17. Vaudville Forerunner to film

  18. Yellow Journalism

  19. IX. Urbanization • 1880—U.S. Urban • Many moved to citybetter life opportunity • Natural resources+RR+Industrialization=Urban growth • Suburbsfor the wealthy • Indoor plumbing, street lights, sewers, etc.

  20. Urbanization (cont’d) 6. Inner cities= slums

  21. Dumbbell Tenements • Cheap brick • 4-6 stories • Very small • No water, no RR • RR in basement for whole building!!

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