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Chapter 5

Industrialization of the United States:1865-1901 Guiding Question: What factors combined to contribute to the rapid growth of industry in the United States and what effect did this industrialization have on the country and its people?. Chapter 5 . Natural Resources. A Large Workforce.

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Chapter 5

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  1. Industrialization of the United States:1865-1901 Guiding Question: What factors combined to contribute to the rapid growth of industry in the United States and what effect did this industrialization have on the country and its people? Chapter 5

  2. Natural Resources

  3. A Large Workforce

  4. Free Enterprise

  5. New Inventions

  6. Natural Resources, A Large Workforce, New Inventions, and Free Enterprise: In todays economy, which of these factors has become less important and what new factor has become important? Section 1 Wrap-up

  7. How did railroad expansion lead to the growth of industry in the United States? What kind of corruption existed in the Railroad Industry? Section 2 – The Railroads

  8. Linking the Nation

  9. Impact of the Railroad: Time Zones BUT Why?

  10. Robber Barons

  11. How much control should the government have over the operation of businesses? What are the consequences of too much or too little government control? Section 3 – Big Business

  12. The Rise of Big Business

  13. Consolidating Industry

  14. How much control should the government have over the operation of businesses? What are the consequences of too much or too little government control? Section 3 – Big Business

  15. Battle against the trusts

  16. Section 4 - Unions

  17. Working in the United States

  18. Struggling to Organize

  19. New Unions Emerge

  20. Be able to identify the factors that contributed to the rapid industrialization of the United States during the 19th century. • Be able to give specific examples of how those factors contributed to the rapid industrialization that occurred in the United States during the 19th century. • Andrew Carnegie and John Rockefeller were able to dominate the steel and oil refining industries. Be able to explain the methods they used to achieve that dominance. (Key Terms) • Be able to explain what contributed to the growth of labor unions in the 19th century. • Be able to explain why the federal, state and local governments disliked and tried to break-up the unions? Chapter 5 quiz review

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