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The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution. OPENING IDEAS AND QUESTIONS: BEGIN ANSWERING ON NOTE GUIDE  Recall: What is a Revolution? Think about how the technology of the last 20 years has changed your life…for the better? Think about the advantages and disadvantages of industrialization in the 1800s.

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The Industrial Revolution

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  1. The Industrial Revolution OPENING IDEAS AND QUESTIONS: BEGIN ANSWERING ON NOTE GUIDE Recall: What is a Revolution? Think about how the technology of the last 20 years has changed your life…for the better? Think about the advantages and disadvantages of industrialization in the 1800s. Watch this Video clip and write down AS MUCH As YOU CAN About the industrial Revolution-History channel: Intro to Industrial Revolution

  2. The Expansion of Industry 1865-1914 • Industrial boom after the Civil War was due to 3 factors: • 1. a wealth of natural resources • Black Gold-(oil) refinement became very important to industry • Bessemer Steel Process- (coal and iron turned into steel)– made steel production cheaper and more efficient- video How stuff works • New uses of steel- railroad construction, skyscrapers, bridges • 2. An explosion of inventions- see next slide • 3. A growing urban population that provided a market for new products to emerge • What modern technologies or conveniences were invented during this era? (brainstorm with a neighbor)

  3. Inventions Improve American Way of Life • 1826-1903… How would these inventions impact the lives of Americans? • Photography (1826) • Reaper (1831) • Telegraph (1837) What inventions in the last • Sewing machine (1846) 50 years have impacted your • Internal combustion engine (1860) life in a profound way? • Dynamite (1867) • Typewriter (1867) • Electric motor (1873) • Telephone (1876) • Phonograph (1877) • Light bulb (1879) • Radio (1895) • Motion picture (1895) • X-ray machine (1895) • Airplane (1903)

  4. Primary characteristics of American Industrialization Production by machine rather than by hand Increased employment in manufacturing Large; organized factories Technological innovation-new inventions Expanded markets, fewer regional and local Growth of nationwide transportation and communication Increased capital accumulation of investment Steady increase and size of prominent cities IRON AND STEEL were central to American Industry

  5. Advantages and Disadvantages of Big Biz Look at handout with your tablemates and decide which of the following would be an advantage to most Americans during the onset of the Industrial Revolution. Discussion Reading Activity- Cause and Effect– Using US History Textbooks

  6. The Triumph of Industry

  7. THE RISE OF BIG BUSINESS What strategies did corporations use to decrease costs and increase profits? What arguments did people use to support or oppose big business? Do you thing business leaders of this era were “Robber Barrons” or “Captains of Industry”?

  8. “Robber Barrons” : Captains of Industry during the “Gilded Age” Andrew Carnegie-Scottish immigrant and self made man-build the steel industry with a mill that integrate all stages of the refinement process (from ore to finished rails-vertical integration) Carnegie's steel operation lead to 1. growth in railroad 2. time zone adoption (4 zones) 3. adoption of steel rails 4. massive land grants

  9. ROBBER BARRONS John D. Rockefeller-Standard Oil Co. He monopolized the oil industry by buying out and merging with all small and major oil companies in America (horizontal Integration) He organizes trusts to combine companies and reduce competition ---increase profits

  10. The Big Business Game Rules:

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