1. Period 3 & 7 We will examine the growth of industry and the major inventions during the late 1800s. Collect Homework Chapter 24 Notes Transcontinental Railroad Clip Anti-Chinese Sentiment

2. Growth of Railroads Transcontinental Railroad built by Union Pacific and Central Pacific Government didn’t have enough money so Railroads were paid in land Towns that the railroad went through flourished. Towns where the railroads bypassed withered

3. Corruption plagued the railroads. Credit Mobilier Scandal and stock watering where railroads over inflated the value of their company. Sold their stock for huge profits Irish and Chinese immigrants worked on the railroad. Irish for the Union Pacific laying 10 miles of track per day. Chinese for the Central Pacific much slower speed through the mountains.

7. New Inventions help make train travel safer and more comfortable. Westinghouse air brake Pullman sleeping cars Steel replaced iron rails

8. Interstate Commerce Act Establishes the Interstate Commerce Commission Allows the government to regulate a business for the first time in US History Government is allowed to regulate the railroad industry

9. Period 3 & 7 We will examine some of the key inventions of the 1800s and the growth of labor unions. Warm UP: What is the most important invention in your lifetime? In US History? Go over Homework Chinese Exclusion Act Wealthiest Men in History Chapter 24 Notes Edison Clip

10. Important Inventions and Business Leaders Alexander Graham BellTelephone Thomas EdisonElectric Lightbulb Andrew CarnegieSteel Cornelius VanderbiltRailroad JP MorganBanking John RockefellerOil (Standard Oil)

12. Growth of Labor Unions The National Labor Union, formed in 1866, attracted a total of 600,000 members, only lasted six years. However, it excluded Chinese and didn’t really try to get Blacks and women to join The Knights of Labor, was begun in 1869 and continued secretly until 1881. It only barred liquor dealers, professional gamblers, lawyers, bankers, and stockbrokers Haymarket Square Bombing forever associated the Knights of Labor with anarchists and lowered their popularity

13. Samuel Gompers establishes the American Federation of Labor Gompers demanded a fairer share for labor. He simply wanted “more,” and sought better wages, hours, and working conditions Labor Union members only represented 3% of population 1894 Government establishes Labor Day to honor Labor Union workers