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Chapter 18

Chapter 18. The Rise of Industrial America, 1865 – 1900. ACT Standards. C: 1-a Evaluate the impact of new inventions and technologies of the late 19 th Century. C: 1-b Identify and evaluate the influences on business and industry in the late 19 th Century

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Chapter 18

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  1. Chapter 18 The Rise of Industrial America, 1865 – 1900

  2. ACT Standards • C: 1-a Evaluate the impact of new inventions and technologies of the late 19th Century. • C: 1-b Identify and evaluate the influences on business and industry in the late 19th Century • C: 1-c Identify labor and workforce issues including owners, managers and Social Darwinism • C: 1-d Explain the challenges and contributions of immigrants • C: 1-e Explain the causes and impact of urbanization • C: 1-f Compare and contrast the experiences of African-Americans

  3. Read the chapter, pp. 535-565. You MUST read the chapter!!!! On line find and read a summary of the book The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. Readings

  4. Group Presentation • An Important Industrial or Technological advancement from this time period • Chose a group of three • Compose and design a power point of 5 slides • Be prepared to make your presentation within 3 days.

  5. Rise of Corporate America • See graph on page 537 Write a one sentence summary of the graph on page 537. _________________________________________ ________________________________________.

  6. The Character of Industrial Change • 6 features dominated manufacturing: • Exploitation of coal • Spread of technology • Control of workers • Pressure on firms to compete • Relentless drop in prices • Of money supply to keep pace with productivity

  7. Railroad Innovations I’ve been working on the railroad all the live-long day! • Collis P. Huntington, Central Pacific • Jay Gould, Union Pacific • James J. Hill, Northern Pacific • Generous land grants and loan subsidies • Magnetic telegraph • Divisions • Superintendents • Accounting systems Jay Gould

  8. Consolidating the Railroad Industry • Robber Barons • Standard 4’8 ½” gauge track • Interstate Commerce Act, 1887 J.P. J. Pierpont Morgan

  9. Applying the Lessons of Railroads to Steel Andrew Carnegie • Bobbin Boy $1.25 a week • Secretary to Tom Scott, Pennsylvania Railroad 1870’s first steel mill built “Watch the COST and the PROFITS will take care of themselves.” Vertical Integration

  10. Figure 18.1: Iron and Steel Production, 1875–1915

  11. The Trust: Creating New Forms of Corporate Organization • Edwin L. Drake • 1st crude-oil well 1859 • Passion for cutting costs • Standard Oil Trust 1882 John D. Rockefeller

  12. Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1890 United States vs. E.C Knight Company

  13. Stimulating Economic Growth

  14. The Triumph of Technology • Thomas A. Edison • Electrical lighting Read “Electricity” pp. 544-545.

  15. Specialized Production

  16. Electricity

  17. Figure 18.2: Mergers in Mining and Manufacturing, 1895–1910

  18. Figure 18.2: Mergers in Mining and Manufacturing, 1895–1910 (cont’d)

  19. Advertising and Marketing

  20. Social and Environmental Costs and Benefits

  21. The NEWSOUTH

  22. Obstacles to Economic Development

  23. The New South Creed and Southern Industrialization • Henry W. Grady

  24. The Southern Mill Economy

  25. Southern Industrial Lag

  26. Factories and the Work Force

  27. From Workshop to Factory

  28. Hardships of Industrial Labor

  29. Immigrant Labor

  30. Chinese Labor

  31. Woman and Work in Industrial America

  32. Horatio Alger Hard Work and the Gospel of Success

  33. National Labor Union Knights of Labor Wildcat strikes Labor Unions and Industrial Conflict

  34. National Labor Uniton (NLU) Knights of Labor American Federation of Labor (AFL) Samuel Gompers Organizing Workers

  35. Strikes and Labor Unrest • Homestead Strike • Eugene V. Debs • Supreme Court Inre Debs

  36. Social Thinkers Probe for Alternatives • William Graham Sumner • Social Darwinism • Marxism

  37. Conclusion

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