the industrialization of the united states in the late 1800’s
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- The Industrialization of the United States in the late 1800s
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- I. What Factors Caused the U.S. to Industrialize in the late 19 th C?
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- Abundant Raw Materials
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- Inventions/Inventors Ex: Alexander Graham Bell & Thomas Edison Also: Camera Telegraph Sewing machine Record player X-ray
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- Business Savvy (Ex: Andrew Carnegie, JD Rockefeller & JP Morgan)
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- Abundant Cheap Labor Ex: Eastern & Southern European Immigration
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- Pro Business Governement Ex: Laissez Faire Government Regulation; Railroad Land Grants
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- II. Examples of U.S. Industrialization in late 1800s
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- Railroads
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- Steel
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- New Forms of Business Organization
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- III. Problems with Industrialization
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- Exploitation of workers: low pay & dangerous conditions
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- Pollution & Environmental Damage
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- Critics Argue that Trusts (monopolies) have too much power -- Undemocratic & Anti-Individual
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- Critics Argue: Govt no longer for the people
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- Were Industrialists Robber Barons?
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- Or were they Captains of Industry?
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