1. A New Industrial Age 3 main areas of focus; Expansion of Industry, Railroads, and Big Business and Labor

2. Fuel of a Revolution 3 main resources fueling the Industrial Revolution were; Oil, Iron Ore, and Coal.

3. Black Gold Titusville, PA – 1859, Edwin Drake uses steam engine to drill for oil. Invention of auto makes gas #1 byproduct from oil. Task Provide 3 details about John D. Rockefeller

4. Strong as Steel Coal and Iron deposits help fuel industry Iron is dense metal, soft. Removing carbon makes stronger Bessemer Process removes carbon New Uses for steel include; stronger rails and taller buildings.

5. Inventions Light Bulb patented 1880 by Thomas Edison, also invents system for producing and distributing electricity Factories no longer need water for power, spreads industry Electric streetcars, printing press. Christopher Sholes invents typewriter Alexander Graham Bell invents telephone Task How do you think electricity changed the way Americans lived?

6. Railroads 1869 – earth is divided into 24 time zones to create a uniform system of time for transporting people and goods. George Pullman- manufactured Pullman Sleeper Cars, provided housing and services for workers (no alcohol) Interstate Commerce Act – federal gov’t. to supervise railroad activities

7. Big Business Andrew Carnegie – 1865, Carnegie uses dividends to open Carnegie Steel, Bessemer Process Types of Monopolies Vertical Integration – acquire all suppliers. Horizontal Integration – companies producing similar products merge.

8. Types of Monopolies

9. Social Darwinism Charles Darwin – theory of evolution Natural Selection – only the fit (smart and strong) survive This thought applied to laissez faire (allow to do), marketplace should be unregulated.

10. Preventing Corruption Sherman Antitrust Act – made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade

11. Labor Unions Emerge Steel Mills – employees work over 70 hours per week. No vacation, unemployment, sick leave, etc. Labor early on – National Labor Union (1866), CNLU – Colored National Labor Union, 1869 – Knights of Labor (unskilled), 1886- American Federation of Labor (skilled).

12. Strikes Haymarket Affair – Police officers and strikers die when riot erupts (1886) Homestead Strike – Workers close steel mill until Penn. National Guard arrives. Pullman strike – workers upset over low wages, federal troops break up strike, strikers fired and blacklisted Yellow Dog Contract – new employees agree to not join union

13. Impact of an Era