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SSUSH 11The student will describe
the economicthe social
and the geographic impact
of the growth of big business
and technological innovations
after Reconstruction.
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Industrialization and UrbanizationEconomic• New class of wealth – based on industry/big business rather than land• Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan – Captains of Industry or Robber Barons?
Social• Gap between rich and poor grew along with the growth of a middle class based
on wages rather than farm produceGeographic• Cities, urban areas became the centers of wealth production • Native American cultures decimated – Railroad brought westward expansion• Urban areas contain ethnic ghettos
Eastern Cities – Southern/Eastern European ImmigrantsWestern cities – Chinese and Mexican immigrants
Big Business• From Railroad Industry sprang forth – Steel, Oil, Banking, Lumber, other industries
Technological Innovation • Thomas Edison’s inventions – light bulb, movies, phonograph
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SSUSH 11
Explain the impact of the Railroad Industry on other industries, such as Steel Industry, and on the organization of Big Business.
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RAILROADSSteel Industry grows because steel needed to build railroads, trains, and eventually skyscrapers
Oil Industry grows Because railroads provideMeans to transport oil from Western lands to Eastern cities
Other big businesses grow as a result of railroads- Lumber- Cattle- Banking -Western boom towns and cities arise as a result of railroads
Time Zones are created because of Railroad, we set our clocks by railroad time!
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SSUSH 11
Identify John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company and the rise of trusts and monopolies.
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John D. Rockefeller
• Founded Standard Oil Company 1870• Accused of unfair business practices
– Vertically integrated Oil Business by buying businesses dealing with all aspects of oil production/refining, storing, producing
– Gained monopoly = 90% of all oil produced by Standard Oil• Criticized by Ida Tarbell in series of articles and a book
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BIG Business – Octopus = Standard Oil Cartoon Trusts and MONOPOLIES = Good or Bad?
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BIG Business – Rockefeller Cartoon
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The Steel Industry – Bessemer Process
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The Steel IndustryMr. Andrew Carnegie – Robber Baron Extraordinaire
RAGS TO RICHES
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SSUSH 11
Describe the impact of the railroads in the development of the West; include the Transcontinental Railroad, and the use of Chinese laborers.
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RAILROADS•America connected East to West
•Manifest Destiny realized
•May 1869 at Promontory Point Utah – Union Pacific / Central Pacific unites and changes America forever
Abraham Lincoln signs law authorizing building of a Transcontinental Railroad during the Civil War
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Transcontinental RAILROADSFamous pictures showing meeting of
Central Pacific and Union Pacific uniting the Continent – May 1869 Promontory Point Utah
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RAILROADS
Railroad Construction:
Chinese Labor
Thousands immigrate to
US to work on Railroads
Dangerous work
Low payDiscrimination
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SSUSH 11
Describe the invention of Thomas Edison; include the electric light bulb, motion pictures, and the phonograph, and their impact on American life.
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Thomas Edison…genius
Phonograph:
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Thomas EdisonInventions that changed America forever
•Light Bulb – life and work = 24 hours nonstop
•Phonograph – music industry created
•Motion pictures – movie industry created
•Founded Menlo Park – first research laboratory in America