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11 th Grade U.S. History

11 th Grade U.S. History. Chemistry Bungalow #1 Mr. Weber October 8, 2008. Activator. Political Machines and Bosses. Bill the Butcher (Gangs of New York) William Tweed – Leader of Tammany Hall in NYC.

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11 th Grade U.S. History

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  1. 11th Grade U.S. History Chemistry Bungalow #1 Mr. Weber October 8, 2008

  2. Activator

  3. Political Machines and Bosses • Bill the Butcher (Gangs of New York) • William Tweed – Leader of Tammany Hall in NYC. • Political machines worked on an exchange of favors system. Used an army of ward (neighborhood) leaders to secure political power. Known for corruption. Gave away profitable jobs and city contracts. • “Graft” was using your job to gain profit. • Tammany Hall dominated politics in NYC for over 50 years.

  4. Agenda Activator, agenda, and objective (15 minutes) Causes of Industrialization notes (20 minutes) Comprehension Check (15 minutes). The Response of Reformers (45 minutes) Exit ticket presentations (15 minutes)

  5. Objective All students will… 11.2.2 Describe the changing landscape of late nineteenth century America by examining the movements of people, rise of industry, growth of transportation, and development of cities. 11.2.4 Analyze the effects of urban political machines and the response by middle class reformers

  6. Causes of Industrialization? • The Transportation Revolution • Steam power: RAILROADS (1870s and 1880s) • First big business in U.S. • Key to “opening the west” – Transcontinental railroad • Magnet for financial investment • Helped other industries develop • The automobile (Ford Model T, 1909)

  7. Causes of Industrialization? • Technology • Interchangeable parts – assembly line • Steam power – steam trains • Bessemer process • Refrigerated cars • Edison – light bulb • Communication • telegraph, phonograph, motion picture, telephone

  8. Thomas Edison’s Lightbulb

  9. Alexander Bell’s Telephone (1876)

  10. U.S. Patents Issued for New Inventions

  11. Rapid Industrialization • Growth of factories • Textile mills in the Northeast (Lowell Mill Girls) • Large concentration of workers – available labor in cities. • Shift from skilled to unskilled labor. • Transportation allowing for “specialization” in production and consumption.

  12. The Market Economy • Major Shifts: • From family farms to open competition in “the market.” • From hand tools to complex machines • From skilled to unskilled labor • Key Terms: • Specialization – meaning you concentrate on one thing • Production – to make or produce goods and services • Consumption – to consume like eat but more generally to buy and to use things that are produced. • Competition – firms will compete for business keeping prices low for everyone. • Supply and Demand: the market is regulated by an invisible hand – the laws of supply (how much is made available) and demand (how many people need it or want it).

  13. Comprehension Check: Write a summary of notes from Monday and today • Describe the changing landscape of late nineteenth century America by examining the movements of people, rise of industry, growth of transportation, and development of cities. (11.2.2). • Make sure to include: • Countries where immigrants came from. • Growth of cities, slums, ethnic neighborhoods. • Urban political machines and bosses. • Causes of industrialization (transportation, technology, factories, skilled to unskilled labor) • Market economy

  14. The Response of Reformers In groups of 4 take notes on one of the below options and then make a bumper stickerwith an image and a slogan. Be prepared to present your work. 1. Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle (Handout, pp.1-5) 2. Middle Class reformers: Charity, Social Gospel, Settlement Movement, Temperance and Prohibition (Textbook pp.541-545)

  15. Homework: write this is you agendas… • Finish your bumper sticker for homework to turn in tomorrow morning. • Test tomorrow • Study your notes from unit one. • Make flash cards, • Make a list of key terms, • Define key terms from back to the board, • Have a friend or family member quiz you

  16. Exit ticket Divide your page in half with a line down the middle. Write “The Jungle” on one side and “Middle Class Reformers” on the other. Going around the room, explain your bumper sticker to the rest of the class. Tell us three things we should write down about either The Jungle or Middle Class Reformers. Everyone writes down a list of things to know in the two columns.

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