Content Standard 1 2 and 1 3 Industrialization

Content Standard 1. 2 and 1. 3 Industrialization / Immigration The student will analyze the impact of immigration, the settlement of the American West and industrialization on American society. By: Becky Rampey

Industrialization = Need for Labor = Immigration

Immigrants • Come from South and East Europe (new areas) • Asians – arrive on the West Coast • U. S. welcomes Immigrants openly for laborers… will not welcome new customs and cultures. • Between 1880 – 1920 – 20 million immigrants – all fleeing poverty – many political & religious persecutions!

Immigrants bring their own Culture • • • Foods Holidays Traditions Languages Religions Names We W to B ant E LK them OU E R W US!! BET AY I ! TER S !!

• Nativism – Protestant Euro. American’s are RIGHT!! – Quota Laws – Limit the numbers of immigrants coming from certain areas of the world. – Chinese Exclusion Act – Barred new immigration for 10 years and kept those already here from becoming citizens. – Americanization – Try to make them like us… teach them to be better.

Native American’s • Between the 1860’s and 1890’s the U. S. fought numerous wars called the Indian Wars. • Native Americans continued to lose land people throughout that time. • Clash of Cultures – Same as Immigrants – Chief Joseph – “I will fight no more forever” – Red Cloud – “Cooper Union Speech”

Westward Expansion • More and more people on East coast means desire to move west where there is lots of open land!! • Dawes Act – Modification of the Reservation System –Move from Tribe Individual – Leaves land open for Settlers!

Captains of Industry or Robber Barrons • Andrew Carnegie – Steel – Vertical Integration “Gospel of Wealth” – Wealth is great but should give back to those less fortunate. • John Rockefeller – Standard OIL – Huge Trust – controlled 90% of Oil production. Horizontal Integration • Thomas Edison – The great Inventor – Light Bulb • Alexander G. Bell – Telephone (changes communication forever)

Industrialization Transportation Railroads (transcontinental) East West North South * Connects the country from one point to the other. New Inventions • Sewing Machine • Telegraph • Telephone • Electricity Production Methods • Bessemer Process • Oil • Assembly Line

Progressivism • Labor Conditions – – Child Labor – Long Hours – Poor Wages – Unsafe Conditions • Political Corruption – Direct Primary – Referendum – Recall – Initiative Petition • Labor Reform –’ • Eugene V. Debs • Pullman Strikes • Haymarket Riot • Muckrackers – • Upton Sinclair • Ida Tarbell

• Sherman Anti-trust Act – Bust up big trust (monopolies) • Women’s suffrage – – Susan B Anthony – Alice Paul – 19 th Amendment – 1920 • Jane Adams – Hull House • William Jennings Bryan – Cross of Gold