industrialization and the gilded age of politics
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Industrialization and the Gilded Age of Politics. I. Industrialization. Industrialization Urbanization Immigration. II. Technology. Edison Ford. Technology (cont’d). Other inventions Refrigeration. III. Labor. Work like robots. Employers take control Women and kids Unsafe - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Industrialization and the Gilded Age of Politics
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I. Industrialization
1. Industrialization 2. Urbanization3. Immigration
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II. Technology
1. Edison2. Ford
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Technology (cont’d)
3. Other inventions1. Refrigeration
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III. Labor
1. Work like robots.2. Employers take control3. Women and kids4. Unsafe5. No benefits
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6. Strikes!—Great RR Strike of 1877
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IV. Unions
1. Better pay, conditions, hours2. Knights of Labor
1. Blacks2. Immigrants3. Women4. Skilled/Unskilled
3. Too general
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Unions (cont’d)
4. Haymarket Riot 18865. American Federationof Labor (AFL)6. Skilled; org. by craft7. No women, blacks,Immigrants, unskilled
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V. Women, Blacks, Immigrants
1. Women’s Trade Union League2. Knights of Laboronly all inclusive union
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VI. Corporate Giants
1. Supreme Court defends corporations as “citizens”!!
2. John D. Rockefeller 3. Horizontal Integration—One aspect of
production4. Monopoly
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Corporate Giants (cont’d)
5. Andrew Carnegie6. Vertical Integration—all aspects of an
industry7. U.S. Steel Corp.8. JP Morgan9. Financed such corporations
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VII. Social Views
1. Darwin’s theory of “natural selection” is applied to humansSocial Darwinism
2. Survival of the fittest3. Competition is good!4. Wealthy used this as justification for their
wealth
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Social Views (cont’d)
5. Gospel of Wealth—Andrew Carnegie6. Pursuit of wealth like a religion7. Wealth means responsibility to give to
the poor.8. Money/Wealth is how success was
measured9. Many disagreed, of course
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Social Views (cont’d)
10. Poor were viewed negatively11. “You get what you deserve!”
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VIII. Increase in Standard of Living
1. Mass goods2. Mass ads3. Luxury items4. Rising incomesstatus symbols
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Increase in Standard of Living (cont’d)
5. More Leisure Time!The GreatFrysinger Team1900-1901
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VaudvilleForerunner to film
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YellowJournalism
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IX. Urbanization
1. 1880—U.S. Urban2. Many moved to citybetter life
opportunity3. Natural
resources+RR+Industrialization=Urban growth
4. Suburbsfor the wealthy5. Indoor plumbing, street lights, sewers,
etc.
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Urbanization (cont’d)
6. Inner cities= slums
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7. Dumbbell Tenements8. Cheap brick 9. 4-6 stories10.Very small11.No water, no RR12. RR in basement for whole building!!