Baltimore Polytechnic Institute February 2, 2016 A.P. U.S. History Mr. Green

Students will evaluate to what extent the business owners of the last ¼ of the 19 th century were robber barons or captains of industry by analyzing the responses of workers during the same time

Objectives: Explain how the transcontinental railroad network provided the basis for an integrated national market and the great post–Civil War industrial transformation. Identify the abuses in the railroad industry and discuss how these led to the first efforts at industrial regulation by the federal government. Describe how the economy came to be dominated by giant trusts, such as those headed by Carnegie and Rockefeller in the steel and oil industries, and the growing class conflict it precipitated. Describe how new technological inventions fueled new industries and why American manufacturers increasingly turned toward the mass production of standardized goods. AP Focus Enormous immigration, mass production, and the presence of low- skill jobs drive down workers’ wages. A catalyst for postwar industrial and economic expansion is the railroad industry, which not only facilitates trade, commerce, and transportation, but also makes locomotive production a major industry. The government plays a major role in the industry’s development and importance by providing the companies with millions of acres of free land—a giveaway, some say.

CHAPTER THEMES America accomplished heavy industrialization in the post–Civil War era. Spurred by the transcontinental rail network, business grew and consolidated into giant corporate trusts, as epitomized by the oil and steel industries. Industrialization radically transformed the practices of labor and the condition of the American working people. But despite frequent industrial strife and the efforts of various reformers and unions, workers failed to develop effective labor organizations to match the corporate forms of business.

Quiz on Wednesday 1884, 1888, 1892, 1896 Election Charts due Friday

1. What is a robber baron? 2. What is a captain of industry? 3. How are workers treated in the last ¼ of the 19 th century? How do you know?

John D. Rockefeller Robber Baron or Industrial Statesman Identify worker benefits today

Students will analyze primary sources to describe the contrast between the benefits U.S. workers receive today with benefits they received in the Gilded Age ( ) Explain the various workforce tactics used during the Gilded Age and categorize them as benefiting either management or labor and evaluate their potential effectiveness.

Select the most important factor that impacted the development of labor systems by examining each category and provide evidence for your support.

Begin Reading first ½ of Chapter 25 Charts, charts, charts