CH. 6  The Expansion of American Industry

Section 1:  A Technological Revolution

   Essay:  The inventions and improvements in technology following the Civil War changed people and their way of life forever.  Comment.

Changes in daily life

    Daily life in 1865

    Daily life in 1900

Railroads improve Transportation

    Transcontinental-

    Problems and Solutions

    Railroads and time zones

Advances in Communication

Electric Power

    Thomas Edison

    Westinghouse and Alternating current

    Impact on Daily Life

Turning Point:  The Bessemer Process

Section 2:  Essay-Men like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller made significant contributions to American society but it was at the expense of the public.  Comment.

Robber Barons or Captains of Industry

    "robber barons"

    captains of industry-positive

Andrew Carnegie

Social Darwinism

Gaining a competitive edge

    monopolies and cartels

    Standard oil trust

           Rockefeller

            Sherman Anti-trust act

    Methods of Industrial Control

        Horizontal consolidation

        vertical consolidation

Effects on American Society

Section 3 Industrialization and Workers

Section 3 essay:  American Expansion would not have been possible if it had not been for immigrants and workers willing to work in often times dangerous working conditions/situations.

Growing Work Force

Working Families

Factory Work

    piecework

    increasing efficiency

    Strict Work environment

        Division of Labor

Working Women and Children

Section 4:  The Great Strikes

Labor Unions and strikes helped reform wages and working conditions which have lasting effects today.  Comment

Gulf Between Rich and Poor

    socialism

    Karl Marx

The Rise of Labor Unions

    Early Labor Unions

    Knights of Labor

    American Federation of Labor

    The Wobblies

    Reaction of Employers

Railroad Strike of 1877

Strike Rocks the Nation

    Haymarket Riot

    Homestead, 1892

    Pullman