1. Industrialization & The Gilded Age

2. definition: the process of making an area more urban (cities)
Urbanization
definition: the process of making an area more urban (cities)
When did urbanization happen?
Where did urbanization happen?
How many people did it impact?
Use “Analysis of Urbanization” sheets

3. Urbanization: The Move to the Cities
: 11 million move to cities
Most from farms
New immigrants
African-Americans

4. Total population: 50.1 million
U.S. Population 1880
Total population: 50.1 million

5. Total population: 106.5 million
U.S. Population 1920
Total population: million

6. Cities in the Gilded Age
1st expanded outwards
Suburbs
Subways & trains make this possible
The cities grew upwards
Buildings taller and taller

7. Problems of the cities Slums Tenements
Low-cost apartment buildings designed to house as many families as possible

8. Problems in the Slums Poverty Crime Disease
Organized gangs gained power during this time as a result of urbanization
Disease
Cholera and typhoid
In one NYC tenement, 6 out of 10 babies died before the age of one

9. Benefits of the cities Jobs Strong communities Specialized labor
Particularly for immigrant groups
Specialized labor

10. Businessmen Large business organizations called “trusts” were formed
Trusts worked together to set prices & maximize profits
Businessmen come to be seen as “Captains of Industry” because of their ingenuity
But, they were ruthless
So others see them as “Robber Barons”

11. Definitions
Captain of Industry: a business leader whose means of gathering a personal fortune contributed positively to the country in some way
Robber Baron: a powerful businessman who uses questionable or unethical business practices to become wealthy

12. With your Table
Read each business practice and decide if it is an activity practiced by someone who is a Captain of Industry or an activity practiced by someone who is a Robber Baron

13. Our question
Were these businessmen truly ‘Captains of Industry’ or ‘Robber Barons’?

14. Background essay Read the background info & answer the questions
You CAN write on the questions
Please do NOT write on the reading

15. Industrialization & The Gilded Age

16. Documents
Use documents A-F to answer the questions

17. Organizing the Evidence
Analyze the evidence
What does it tell you, Captains or Robbers?
Come up with 3 reasons why
Reasons = evidence

18. Thesis Statement
Stem: Businessmen in the Gilded Age were (Captains of Industry/Robber Barons) because ____________, ___________, and ___________.
Reason 1
Reason 2
Reason 3