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PresentationExpress The Triumph of Industry (1865—1914) Witness History: “The March of American Progress” Technology and Industrial Growth The Rise of Big Business The Organized Labor Movement Click a subsection to advance to that particular section. Advance through the slide show using your mouse or the space bar. Technology and Industrial Growth Encouraging Industrial Growth Main Idea: The Civil War challenged industries to make products more quickly and efficiently than they had been made before. Factories stepped up production, the food industry transformed itself, and railroads expanded. Meanwhile, the government encouraged immigration to meet the increasing demand for labor in the nation’s factories. Innovation Drives the Nation Main Idea: By the late 1800s, the drive for innovation and efficiency seemed to touch every sphere of life in the United States. The number of patents grew exponentially during this time and businessmen invested heavily in these new innovations. The Impact of Industrialization Main Idea: Industrialization touched every aspect of American life, from the way businesses and farms operated to the kinds of products used by average Americans. It also affected the country’s relationship with the rest of the world and with its own environment. Witness History: Celebrating the Nation’s Centennial Note Taking: Reading Skill: Identify Causes and Effects Color Transparencies: Industry in the United States Progress Monitoring Transparency NOTE TAKING Reading Skill: Identify Causes and Effects TRANSPARENCY Industry in the United States PM TRANSPARENCY Progress Monitoring Transparency The Rise of Big Business Fighting for Profits Main Idea: Until the mid-nineteenth century, most businesses were run by one person or family and were local. Industrialization and railroads changed all this. Debating the Role of Big Business Main Idea: Throughout the 1880s, business mergers created powerful empires for those who invested in steel, railroads, meat, farm equipment, sugar, lumber, and a number of other enterprises. However, while business leaders grew wealthy, many smaller companies and consumers began to question their goals and tactics. The Government Imposes Regulations Main Idea: The great industrialists’ methods and their stranglehold on the nation’s economy worried some Americans, and in 1887, the United States Senate created the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to oversee railroad operations. Witness History: From Rags to Riches Note Taking: Reading Skill: Identify Supporting Details Color Transparencies: Political Cartoons: Robber Barons Chart: Structure of a Corporation Continued… The Rise of Big Business (continued…) Comparing Viewpoints: What is the legacy of the business tycoon? History Interactive: More about big business Progress Monitoring Transparency NOTE TAKING Reading Skill: Identify Supporting Details TRANSPARENCY Political Cartoons: Robber Barons CHART Structure of a Corporation COMPARING VIEWPOINTS What is the legacy of the business tycoon? PM TRANSPARENCY Progress Monitoring Transparency The Organized Labor Movement Workers Endure Hardships Main Idea: The industrial expansion in the United States made the American economy grow by leaps and bounds. However, the people who actually performed the work in factories and industries struggled to survive. Labor Unions Form Main Idea: Industrialization lowered the prices of consumer goods, but in the late 1800s most factory workers still did not earn enough to buy them. Increasingly, workers took their complaints directly and forcefully to their employers, often through organized unions. Strikes Rock the Nation Main Idea: As membership in labor unions rose and labor activists became more skilled in organizing large-scale protests, a wave of bitter confrontations between labor and management hit the nation. Witness History: The Right to Strike Note Taking: Reading Skill: Identify Main Ideas Chart: Shifts in U.S. Labor Force Color Transparencies: Labor Riots Continued… The Organized Labor Movement (continued…) Quick Study: Major Strikes of the Late 1800s Political Cartoons: A Different Kind of Knight Color Transparencies: The Haymarket Riot Progress Monitoring Transparency NOTE TAKING Reading Skill: Identify Main Ideas CHART Shifts in U.S. Labor Force TRANSPARENCY Labor Riots QUICK STUDY Major Strikes of the Late 1800s ANALYZE Political Cartoons: A Different Kind of Knight TRANSPARENCY The Haymarket Riot PM TRANSPARENCY Progress Monitoring Transparency