Day 1 Wednesday INDUSTRIALIZATION Bell Ringer CNN Student

Day 1 (Wednesday) INDUSTRIALIZATION

Bell Ringer: CNN Student News *Open up Chrome – search for “CNN Student News” – play video

Industrial Boom in America, 1860 -1915

Ch. 6: Key Terms *all of these terms appear in yellow throughout the presentation, and will be on the unit test Alexander Graham Bell Laissez faire Andrew Carnegie Monopoly Henry Ford Philanthropy John D. Rockefeller Robber Baron JP Morgan Sherman Anti-trust Act Thomas Edison Trust Labor Unions Social Darwinism Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Urbanization

Quick Write Get out your spiral notebooks, and write the following. Then spend a few minutes thinking and answering the question. 8/24/16 How has technology changed during your lifetime? Technology of Yesterday (7 min. ) *Hand out the Industrialism Guided Notes

Industrial Boom in America, Due to… Wealth of natural resources Government Growing Cheap support of business urban populations labor Markets for new products

Edwin L Drake Used the steam engine to remove oil from beneath the earth’s surface Started oil boom in America Gas started as waste byproduct

Henry Bessemer Created process which cleaned impurities from iron = creating steel This created materials for things like railroads, and…

The Brooklyn Bridge Completed in 1883, it spanned 1595 feet Called a wonder of the world due to its height and weight bearing structure

Skyscrapers Allowed buildings to be built to astronomical heights because of the steel beams used in construction

Inventors Change the Landscape of America

Thomas Edison https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Zlx. VDd. Bt. FQQ Patented the light bulb in 1876 Invented a system for producing and distributing electric power, which led to…

Invention of time saving appliances because energy was so cheap and efficient Electric Plants streetcars spread cities out and factories no longer had to be near water

Inventions Change Lifestyles in America

Christopher Sholes In 1867 invented the typewriter, which changed the way many people work

Alexander Graham Bell Invention of the telephone in 1876 opened a worldwide communications network

Women became 40% of the clerical work force Industrialization freed workers from back-breaking labor By 1890 work day reduced to about 10 hours

Expansion of Industry Leads to Boom in Big Business

Andrew Carnegie One of 1 st Industrial moguls to make his own fortune – in the steel industry Instituted new management practices such as…

Vertical Integration Bought out suppliers Controlled Raw Materials and Transportation Horizontal Integration Bought out companies producing similar products Controlled the whole industry *Pass out the video notes worksheet

SHORT BREAK STUDENTS MAY TAKE A 5 MINUTE BREAK, THEN CONTINUE NOTES ON NEXT SLIDE

Film: “The Men Who Built America” (episode 1) – click title above *As you watch fill out the video notes handout – students will turn in to basket after video is finished

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Day 2 (Friday) INDUSTRIALIZATION

Quick Write Get out your spiral notebooks, and write the following. Then spend a few minutes thinking and answering the question. 8/26/14 What is meant by the quote: “Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration”? - Thomas Edison Discuss responses *Get out “The Men Who Built America” handout

Film: “The Men Who Built America” (start at 29 minutes) – click title above *As you watch fill out the video notes handout – students will turn in to basket after video is finished

SHORT BREAK • STUDENTS MAY TAKE A 3 MINUTE BREAK (INSIDE THE CLASSROOM ONLY – ONLY INDIVIDUALS THAT TALK TO YOU CAN LEAVE FOR WATER) • STUDENTS CAN GET OUT THEIR “INDUSTRIALISM SPEED NOTES” ON NEXT SLIDE

Social Darwinism Success and failure in business governed by natural law “Survival Justifies of the fittest” “laissez-faire, ” or “allow to do. ” Keeps government out of marketplace

Social Darwinism Is there a problem with this idea?

Industrialist A person involved in the ownership and management of industry

Big business created more than 4000 millionaires since the Civil War Appealed to Protestant work ethic Riches Poor = God’s favor = Lazy and inferior

Mergers Industrialists competitors pursued buying out Monopolies When industries buy out all competitors and completely control industry Allows them to set wages, prices, and production

On a piece of computer paper. . . Invention Assignment – 30 minutes ● ● ● Get a green textbook Look at the timeline on page 249 and choose an invention that you find had the greatest impact on society. Draw your chosen invention – use color (located in front of my desk) – leave room for your paragraphs ● In 2 -3 paragraphs answer the questions: Ø What was the invention’s impact on society? Give reasons to justify your choice. • • • Applications of the invention Impact on daily lives Effects on the workplace *Students may use textbooks, and phones to aid in this assignment – write down names of students who are using phones for other purposes **Students may need Tuesday to finish, and will hold onto these until I get back

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Day 3 (Tuesday) INDUSTRIALIZATION **FINISH ANYTHING FROM LAST CLASS FIRST (I. E. INVENTION ASSIGNMENT – (FIRST 15 MINUTES IF NECESSARY)

Bell Ringer: CNN Student News *Open up Chrome – search for “CNN Student News” – play video

Announcements Very brief Quiz to start the day NEXT TUESDAY Study Notes: People: Carnegie Rockefeller Edison Vanderbilt JP Morgan Concepts: Industrialist Social Darwinism Monopolies

Industrialism Speed Notes (continued) Holding Companies Set up specifically to buy out stock of competitors

John D Rockefeller Owned Standard Oil Co. Joined companies in trust agreements Stocks in companies held by trustees and ran as one business Not legal

Drove companies out of business by selling below production cost, then jacking up prices Called “Robber Barons” for such tactics

JP Morgan A banker who headed up US Steel, which eventually bought out Carnegie Steel

Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 Made it illegal to form trusts that interfered with trade Hard to uphold because it didn’t define what a “trust” was

What about the South? • While all this growth and expansion happened in the North, the South was left out. • Why do you think that was?

SHORT BREAK • STUDENTS MAY TAKE A 3 MINUTE BREAK (INSIDE THE CLASSROOM ONLY – ONLY INDIVIDUALS THAT TALK TO YOU CAN LEAVE FOR WATER) • TEACHER: PASS OUT THE ATLAS ASSIGNMENT “BECOMING AN INDUSTRIAL NATION

Assignment: “Becoming an Industrial Nation” Teacher: pass out the “Becoming an Industrial Nation” worksheet Students: Get an Atlas from on top of the bookshelves in the back of the room You may have to share Using the Atlas, complete the worksheet DUE at the end of class period

Film: “The Men Who Built America” (if time permits - begin episode 3) – click title above

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Day 4 (Thursday) INDUSTRIALIZATION

Bell Ringer: CNN Student News *Open up Chrome – search for “CNN Student News” – play video

Quick Write Get out your spiral notebooks, and write the following. Then spend a few minutes thinking and answering the question. 9/1/16 How would you convince school officials to change a policy? Discuss responses

Industrialism Speed Notes (continued) Exploitation and Unsafe Working Conditions Draw People Together in Labor Movement

Statistics By 1882, and average 675 people killed in work-related accidents Wages so low, most families had to send everyone out to get jobs

20% of boys and 10% of girls under age 15 held jobs By 1899 women averaged $267 per year, men $498, and Carnegie $23 million not taxed Sweatshops Paid were unregulated about $. 27 for a child’s 14 hour day

American Workers Start Organizing

Samuel Gompers Organized skilled workers in the American Federation of Labor (AFL) Used strikes to get higher wages, and better hours and conditions

The AFL was successful in many ways Over the course of 15 years, the average wages rose from $17. 50 to $24. 00 Over the same time period, hours decreased from 54. 5 hours to 49 per week

Eugene V Debs Organized skilled and unskilled workers into the American Railway Union (ARU) Had a huge membership

Socialism Labor activists like Debs wanted government control of industry and equal distribution of wealth – not the overthrow of capitalism

Radicals The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, or “Wobblies”) pushed for socialism including the downfall of capitalism https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=3 t. Vsk-r. LEh. Y

Other Movements Immigrant workers such as Japanese and Mexicans organized as well This increased labor movements This increased tensions between management and labor

Women’s Roles Women were banned from most unions They held a great deal of influence by backing specific labor leaders to demand wages, an end to child labor, and better working conditions

Mary Harris Jones Supported the Great Strike of 1877, as well as many others Endured threats and jail Nicknamed “Mother”

“Mother” Jones led a march in 1903 of 80 mill children, many injured from factories, to the home of Theodore Roosevelt. Influenced passage of child labor laws

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire More than 146 women died in fire Company had locked all doors to prevent theft https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=94 q. Xo-Up. SVs

When factory owners acquitted of the deaths, the public was outraged This tragedy led to the establishment of a task force to study factory working conditions

Management vs Unions Management tried to stop unionizing by: Forbidding Firing union meetings union members Forcing employees to sign “Yellow dog Contracts”

Courts vs Unions Courts punished unions using the Sherman Anti-Trust Act Said unions were interrupting trade

The Century: America’s Time - click title above