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The Growth of Industrialism

Explore the transition from agriculture to industrial power, impact of industrial advancements, and debate over industrialist influence on society during the Gilded Age.

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The Growth of Industrialism

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  1. The Growth of Industrialism The “Gilded Age”

  2. Extra Credit Opportunity- 10 points • Answer all “Warm Up” and Essential Questions associated with this lecture. • Write questions and answers on a separate piece of paper.

  3. Essential Questions • How did America transform from an agricultural / cottage industry based economy into an Industrial Power? • In what specific ways did improvements in industry lead to improvments in other industries? • Were people like Carnegie, Vanderbilt and Rockefeller Good or bad for America?

  4. I.

  5. I. The Brooklyn Bridge, New York 1883 • Longest suspension bridge in the world

  6. Warm ups 4. What do you think the “Gilded Age” means? 5. How is the construction of this bridge symbolic of Americas transformation into an industrial nation?

  7. Characteristics of UrbanizationDuring the Gilded Age • Megalopolis. • Mass Transit. • Magnet for economic and social opportunities. • Pronounced class distinctions. - Inner & outer core • New frontier of opportunity for women. • Squalid living conditions for many. • Political machines. • Ethnic neighborhoods.

  8. NewUse ofSpace NewClassDiversity NewArchitectural Style New Energy NewSymbols ofChange &Progress The City as aNew “Frontier?” New Culture(“Melting Pot”) Make a NewStart New Form ofClassic “RuggedIndividualism” New Levels of Crime, Violence, & Corruption

  9. II.

  10. Warm ups 6. How did this process help fuel industrial growth?

  11. II. Steel Workers in Pennsylvania • Bessemer Process • Accelerated steel process • Technology spurred other industries

  12. III.

  13. III. New York Skyscraper • 20 stories • Result of steel innovation • Sign of the steel age • Visual reminder of changing times • Flatiron Builing 1902

  14. Warm up 7. Why were buildings like these necessary in an increasingly urbanized age?

  15. Prompt___Industrialism Poems 20 points A side- #1 (of 5) Cinquain : Title 2 Adjectives Three Verbs Simile (like a…or as a...) Synonym for first line • Title: American Industrialism

  16. IV.

  17. IV. Andrew Carnegie • By 1900- 400 millionaires • Carnegie-$$$- steel

  18. Warm up 8. Do wealthy businessmen help or hurt the United States? (Are they “Robber Barons” or Captains of Industry?)

  19. V.

  20. V. Pennsylvania Oil • Oil found in PA-1859 • Gas replaces steam engines • Oil becomes big business

  21. Warm up 9. Why did oil fields like this become more important in an age of industrialization?

  22. VI.

  23. VI. John D. Rockefeller • Standard Oil Company • “Oil Trust” • 1879- controlled 90% of U.S. oil • Monopoly on Oil

  24. 10. What are the benefits and drawbacks to allowing a few businessmen to become fabulously wealthy selling a common good such as oil?

  25. VII.

  26. VII. Railroad (Chicago,1860) • Transportation was key for Industry • Need to move freight • 1860- 30,000 miles of track (mostly in East)

  27. VIII.

  28. Warm up • 11. What other transportation systems are vital to an industrial nation?

  29. VIII. Cornelius Vanderbilt • Railroad tycoon • Railroad trust • Bought up small railroads-monopoly • Consolidation made shipping cheap + fast • 1883- Time Zones

  30. Industrialism Poems Cont… • Poem 2,3,4 of 5 • Write an I am Poem for the following people: • Andrew Carnegie • John D. Reckefellar • Cornelius Vanderbilt

  31. IX.

  32. IX. Trusts (influence on Gov’t) • Standard Oil Trust 1881 • Bribed Gov’t officials • Legislation to control Trusts • Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) 1887 • Sherman Anti-trust Act 1890

  33. Industrialism Slides cont • Poem 5 of 5 • Cinquain • Title: Trusts

  34. X

  35. X. Company Towns • Employer owed villages • Workers paid in “scrip” • + and - • This one- Homestead P.A. –Carnegie

  36. XI.

  37. XI. Working ConditionsSteel • Hard labor • Long hours- 12/6 • Low pay • Dangerous working conditions • Steel Workers- Homestead, PA.

  38. XI.

  39. XI. Working ConditionsCoal • Unsafe- Death, disease, disfigurement • Child labor • 1900 2 million • Coal mine in PA

  40. XII.

  41. XII. Unions • Formed by workers to fight ills of industry • Collective Bargaining • Knights of Labor-1869 • American Federation of Labor (AFL)-1881 • Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)-1905

  42. XIII.

  43. XIII. Union Opposition • Strikes • Often violent • Labor Vs. management • Gov’t Support business • 1886-Chicago • 1892-Carnegie Steel • 1894-Pullman Railway Car Company.

  44. Warm Ups • In ways did working conditions, worker rights and low pay lead to the formation of Labor Unions? • Why would industrialists be against Labor Unions?

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