industrial expansion united states history mrs. o’shea
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Life in 1865
Life in 1865 – Read p. 457
No electricity
Oil expensive – no lamps for many
Very little communication
Travel slow
Mail slow
Technological Revolution
• Electricity Improvements• Oil – drilling• Railroads Improvements• Telegraph• Telephone• Steel
Invention
Inventor
Effects
1. Oil Drilling2. Light Bulb3. Electrical Transformer4. Telegraph5. Telephone6. Railroads7. Bessemer Process
Directions: Complete one chart for each of the inventions
Big Business
Invention -> Factories and Marketing -> $$$
Inventors needed investors willing to take a gamble on a new product.
Enter …
the businessman
Social Darwinism
Charles Darwin – survival of the fittest
Social Darwinism – apply Darwin’s ideas to society
“Fit” = succeed and become rich = Employers
“Weak” = Employees
Monopoly vs. Oligopoly
Oligopoly – market dominated by a few large, profitable companiesExamples:Breakfast CerealsCars
Monopoly – market dominated by one companyExamples: AT&TMicrosoft
Robber Barons or Captains of Industry
Robber Baron • cruel and ruthless businessmen who would stop at
nothing to achieve great wealth • accused of exploiting workers and forcing horrible
working conditions and unfair labor practices upon them
Captain of Industry • ingenious leaders who transformed American
economy with their business skills • praised for their philanthropy (charity)
Leaders in IndustryLeaders in Industry
Positives
• Charity
• Advancements in technology
• Expansion of business ($$$) in U.S.
Negatives
• Exploitation of workers
• Putting others out of business
Unions
• Became a means for expressing workers’ demands to employers
• Shorter work hours
• Higher wages
• Better working conditions
Laissez-Faire
“the functions of the state should be limited to internal police and foreign protection — no public education, no limitation of hours of labor, no welfare legislation.”
Does this go along with the ideas be hind social Darwinism?
Collective Bargaining – negotiate as a group (power in numbers)
Scabs – workers called in to replace striking workers
Employers Reactions
1. Forbidding union meetings
2. Firing union organizers
3. Yellow dog contracts – I will not participate in union activities
4. Refusing collective bargaining
5. Refusing to recognize union representatives
Review for Quiz
1. Oil Drilling2. Light Bulb3. Electrical Transformer4. Telegraph5. Telephone6. Railroads7. Bessemer Process8. Social Darwinism9. Monopoly10. Oligopoly11. Robber Barons vs.
Captain of Industry
12.Rockefeller13.Carnegie14.Unions – collective
bargaining, scabs15.Haymarket Riot16.Homestead Strike17.Pullman Strike18.Great Railroad Strike of
1877
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