Development of the Industrial U.S.

1870-1900The late 19th century marked a spectacular

outburst of technological innovation, which fueled a headlong economic growth and

delivered material benefits to many Americans

Essential Question:What inventions created a great change

and industrial growth in the U.S?

Development of the Industrial U.S.

1870-1900The rise of the American corporation and the

advent of big business brought about a concentration of the nation’s productive

capacities in fewer hands. Mechanization brought farming into the realm of big business and turned the U.S. into the world’s premier producer of food – a position we have never

surrendered.

Development of the Industrial U.S.

1870-1900This period also witnessed unprecedented

immigration and urbanization, both of which were indispensable to industrial expansion.

The proverbial melting pot became even more diverse as immigrants thronged from southern and

eastern Europe ANDEssential Question: What cities historically have

had P/E/S significance to the development of the United States?

Development of the Industrial U.S.

1870-1900Also from Asia, Mexico and Central America. Related to the theme of immigration was a

search for national unity amid growing cultural diversity. A rising system of public education

promoted the assimilation of newcomers.Essential Question: What factors caused the

growth of industry?

Contradictions of the Industrial Growth Period

1. Agricultural modernization, while innovative and productive, disrupted

family farms and led American farmers to organize protest movements.

Contradictions of the Industrial Growth Period

2. The rate of expansion was accomplished at the expense of the

Plains Indians.

Contradictions of the Industrial Growth Period

3. Wealth producing industrial development that raised the standard of living for millions of Americans also

fueled the rise of national labor unionism and unprecedented clashes in industrial and mining sites

between owners and labor.

Contradictions of the Industrial Growth Period

4. Women reformers suffered an era of decline on economic and political

issues.

Contradictions of the Industrial Growth Period

5. The economic turmoil of this period and social problems that erupted in rural and urban settings captured the attention of reformers and

politicians, giving rise to third-party movements.