U.S. Industrialization

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U.S. Industrialization

• After the Civil War the nation concentrated on
  expanding its power through Industrializing.
• There are many factors that contributed to our
  growth
• Technological advances in transportation,
  communication, and ways of doing business led to
  enormous growth in wealth and power for some, but
  many problems arose as well.

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• White settlement of western lands led to
  devastated Native American cultures.
• Politicians and Big Business Leaders took
  advantage of immigrant and American workers
• Cities and Factories would become the new homes
  for immigrants and Americans looking for a better
  way of life
• Others would choose to go west and settle land
  given to them by the government

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The West and Railroads

• The Homestead Act -gave 160 acres of land to
  people who were willing to stay and develop it
  for 5 years.
• These 2million Homesteaders created a demand for
  goods.
• These goods needed to be transported creating a
  demand for Railroads.
• Companies were encouraged to build the RRs by
  the govt with free land on either side of the
  tracks.

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The West and Railroads

• The Bessemer Process made steel quicker and
  cheaper allowing for more tracks.
• By 1869 the Transcontinental Railroad was
  completed allowing Americans to travel from coast
  to coast.
• Mostly Irish laborers, also Chinese and Former
  Slaves.
• Towns began to emerge at railway stops.

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Andrew CarnegieRags to Riches
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John D. Rockefeller
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JP Morgan
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
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Rockefeller Center
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Carnegie HallA man who dies rich, dies
disgraced380 Million to Charities
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Vanderbilt Mansion Hyde Park NY
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Rockefeller Mansion Newport RI
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Carnegies Mansion
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• Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled
  masses yearning to be free, the wretched refuse
  of your teaming shore.
• Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost, to me
• I lift my lamp beside the golden door.
• Emma Lazarus- The New Colossuss
• The Statue of Liberty

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Irish Potato Famine1846-1850

• Over 2 million die and 1 million emigrate
• Black 47 worse year of the famine

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Nativist Movement develops out of fear of New
Immigration The Know Nothing Party is created
on an anti-immigration platform. There was a
fear of taking jobs and a fear of new religions.
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Italian Immigration
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Immigration and Urbanization - The Big Points

• Immigration and Urbanization are closely related
  and changed the United States dramatically.
• During the late 1800s
• Immigrants arrived from Europe and Asia
• Cities became crowded and workers lived in
  unhealthy conditions
• Settlers continued to move westward
• A large and prosperous middle class continues to
  develop
• Women and immigrants form a large percentage of
  the workforce

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Urbanization

• Jobs created by industrialization led to a rapid
  growth of cities.
• Immigrants and poor Americans lived in
  multifamily houses known as Tenements.
• They were crowded, poorly ventilated and dirty,
  usually w/ one bathroom per floor.
• Streets were dirty, sanitation was almost
  non-existent, the rivers were used as sewers,
  disease spread, poor conditions led to the
  forming of gangs (organized crime).

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Little Italy 1900
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Did anyone help immigrants and the poor?

• Yes, Political Machines-organization keeps a
  particular political party in power.
• How?-Helping the poor and immigrants find jobs
  and housing.
• What do the politicians want?-Votes

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Positives of Urbanization

• More Job opportunities
• Advances in technology and Public Transportation
  Trolley cars, subways, bridges, elevators
• Education-better schools, public libraries
• Cultural Attractions-theaters, museums,
  restaurants sports (boxing, horseracing, and
  baseball)
• Rise of the Middle Class-Managed the workers and
  other Professionals
• Blue Collar(laborers)/White Collar(managers)

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NYC Subway opens 1904
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Brooklyn Bridge Begun1870 Opens 1883
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NY Public Library opens1895
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Matching Terms

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  Bargaining, Nation of Nations, Black 47, Forced
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  Nothings, Quota Acts, INS, Urbanization,
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