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U.S. Industrialization

U.S. Industrialization. After the Civil War the nation concentrated on expanding its power through Industrializing. There are many factors that contributed to our growth:

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U.S. Industrialization

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  1. U.S. Industrialization • After the Civil War the nation concentrated on expanding its power through Industrializing. • There are many factors that contributed to our growth: • Technological advances in transportation, communication, and ways of doing business led to enormous growth in wealth and power for some, but many problems arose as well.

  2. White settlement of western lands led to devastated Native American cultures. • Politicians and Big Business Leaders took advantage of immigrant and American workers • Cities and Factories would become the new homes for immigrants and Americans looking for a better way of life • Others would choose to go west and settle land given to them by the government

  3. The West and Railroads • The Homestead Act -gave 160 acres of land to people who were willing to stay and develop it for 5 years. • These 2million Homesteaderscreated a demand for goods. • These goods needed to be transported creating a demand for Railroads. • Companies were encouraged to build the RR’s by the gov’t with free land on either side of the tracks.

  4. The West and Railroads • The Bessemer Process made steel quicker and cheaper allowing for more tracks. • By 1869 the Transcontinental Railroad was completed allowing Americans to travel from coast to coast. • Mostly Irish laborers, also Chinese and Former Slaves. • Towns began to emerge at railway stops.

  5. Andrew Carnegie“Rags to Riches”

  6. John D. Rockefeller

  7. JP Morgan

  8. Cornelius Vanderbilt

  9. Rockefeller Center

  10. Carnegie Hall“A man who dies rich, dies disgraced”$380 Million to Charities

  11. Vanderbilt Mansion Hyde Park NY

  12. Rockefeller Mansion Newport RI

  13. Carnegie’s Mansion

  14. “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free, the wretched refuse of your teaming shore. • Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost, to me • I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” • Emma Lazarus- The New Colossuss • The Statue of Liberty

  15. Irish Potato Famine1846-1850 • Over 2 million die and 1 million emigrate • Black 47 worse year of the famine

  16. Nativist Movement develops out of fear of New Immigration – The Know Nothing Party is created on an anti-immigration platform. There was a fear of taking jobs and a fear of new religions.

  17. Italian Immigration

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