Industrial Revolution INCREDIBLE INVENTIONS. The Industrial Revolution.
THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES 3 SEMINAR SEMINAR 4 THE AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.
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THE HISTORY OF THE THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES 3 UNITED STATES 3
SEMINARSEMINARSEMINAR 4
THE AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
REVIEW QUESTIONSREVIEW QUESTIONS
What factors impacted Indians on the plains?
Were the treaties helpful for the Indians? (Fraudulent treaties)
What were the causes of the Indian Wars?Describe the dual interpretation of
Custer’s last stand Pyrrhic victoryThe U.S. government did nothing to help
the Indians. True?
INTERPRETING HISTORICAL INTERPRETING HISTORICAL EVENTSEVENTS
Custer should be convicted for genocide: high number of casualties, did not honor the agreement between US and Indians, unexpected attack
Custer should not be convicted for genocideWar is not one sided,US Cavalry protected the
settlers spreading civilization,
IMAGINARY STATEMENTS FROM IMAGINARY STATEMENTS FROM HISTORICAL CHARACTERSHISTORICAL CHARACTERS
--I keep standing in cold water all day, and I never find anything worthwile—
--sure, the law says I can have land for free, but look at it, I can hardly plough it—
--I cannot believe how much the farmers,miners, and prospectors ruin our land—
--I could not help it, imagine being surrounded by 2000 whooping Indians--
THE AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL THE AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONREVOLUTION
1865-19151876: Centennial ExhibitionThe American invents as the Greek
sculpted and the Italian painted—It is genius
The U.S. starts to become an urbanized nation
THE AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL THE AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONREVOLUTION
Iron production (Mesabi iron deposits)Natural resources, coal, ironRailroadsSteel for the railsConnects buyer and sellerIndustrial centers in the west are
accessiblePromotes the development of big cities
ELI WHITNEYELI WHITNEY
Cotton gin (engine)Earlier: gun maker, New Haven CTGuns put together in stages, workers
perform one taskForerunner of mass productionAmerican system
CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRYCAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY
Andrew Carnegie-Scottish background, immigrates in 1848Work experience: cotton mill, telegraph
office, railroadBuilds steel mill, founder of U.S. Steel Corp.
USXPhilantropist: Carnegie HallThe Gospel of WealthHoratio Alger, rags to riches storiesPulling yourself up by your bootstraps—
Selfmade man
CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRYCAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY
John D. RockefellerStandard Oil, later ESSO, then EXXONI’ll pay no one a profitThe public be damned-William H.
VanderbiltCaveat emptor (buyer beware)—caveat
vendor (seller beware)-consumer protection
HENRY FORDHENRY FORD
Mass productionModel T. The customer can have any color
that he wants as long as it is black (1913)Standardization, moving assembly lineInternal combustion engine
LIMITING COMPETITIONLIMITING COMPETITION
Formation of trustsHorizontal integration: buying competitorsVertical integration: buying companies
that produce goods needed for businessAnti-Trust lawsSherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890
THOMAS A. EDISONTHOMAS A. EDISON
Practical solutions for practical problems (barbed wire (Glidden), sewing machine (Singer)
Edison: uses scientific principles to solve everyday problems
There is no substitute for hard work-myth of the inventor (no serendipity)
Main inventions: practical use of electricity, incandescent light bulb
RISE OF EARLY INFORMATION RISE OF EARLY INFORMATION SYSTEMSSYSTEMS
1876 March 10: Watson come here, I want you-Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone American Telephone and Telegraph
How did information travel earlier?-mail-Samuel Morse (1844) across wires,
instant communication1860: Pony Express
TELEPHONETELEPHONE
Speaking telegraphElimination of distancesFoundation of information systems
needed for the industrial societyNeeds served: increasingly specialized
production, placement of orders,market related information (prices, markets, supply sources)
THE TYPEWRITER AND OTHER THE TYPEWRITER AND OTHER BUSINESS MACHINESBUSINESS MACHINES
Forerunner: C. Latham Sholes-automatic numbering system
1868: Patenting the typewriter1870: Remington Arms Co. mass
productionGradually accepted by the business world1872: Carbon paper, invented for copying1890: Alfred Dick invents the
mimeograph-forerunner of photocopying