Alan Brinkley,Alan Brinkley,American History American History 14/e14/e

Chapter 17:Chapter 17:Industrial SupremacyIndustrial Supremacy

HighlightsHighlights

Sources of Industrial GrowthSources of Industrial Growth Capitalism and Its CriticsCapitalism and Its Critics Industrial Workers in the New EconomyIndustrial Workers in the New Economy

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Sources of Industrial GrowthSources of Industrial Growth

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Smokestacks Smokestacks (Royalty-Free/CORBIS)(Royalty-Free/CORBIS)

Sources of Industrial GrowthSources of Industrial Growth

Industrial TechnologiesIndustrial Technologies– New Steel Production TechniquesNew Steel Production Techniques– PittsburghPittsburgh– Rise of the Rise of the

Petroleum IndustryPetroleum Industry

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Pioneer Oil Run, 1865Pioneer Oil Run, 1865 (Library of Congress)(Library of Congress)

Sources of Industrial GrowthSources of Industrial Growth

The Airplane and the AutomobileThe Airplane and the Automobile– Henry FordHenry Ford– The Wright The Wright

BrothersBrothers

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The Wright brothers The Wright brothers (Library of Congress)(Library of Congress)

Sources of Industrial GrowthSources of Industrial Growth

Research and DevelopmentResearch and Development– Corporate Research and DevelopmentCorporate Research and Development– Transformation of Higher Transformation of Higher

EducationEducation

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Thomas Edison Thomas Edison (Library of Congress)(Library of Congress)

Sources of Industrial GrowthSources of Industrial Growth

The Science of ProductionThe Science of Production– ““Taylorism”Taylorism”– Moving Assembly LineMoving Assembly Line

Railroad ExpansionRailroad Expansion– Rapid Expansion of the RailroadRapid Expansion of the Railroad

Standard timeStandard time

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Sources of Industrial GrowthSources of Industrial Growth

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Railroads, 1870-1890Railroads, 1870-1890

Sources of Industrial GrowthSources of Industrial Growth

The CorporationThe Corporation– Limited LiabilityLimited Liability– Andrew CarnegieAndrew Carnegie– New Managerial TechniquesNew Managerial Techniques

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Sources of Industrial GrowthSources of Industrial Growth

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J.P. Morgan (Portrait Gallery)

Andrew Carnegie (Portrait Gallery)

Sources of Industrial GrowthSources of Industrial Growth

Consolidating Corporate AmericaConsolidating Corporate America– Horizontal and Vertical IntegrationHorizontal and Vertical Integration– Rockefeller’s Standard OilRockefeller’s Standard Oil

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Sources of Industrial GrowthSources of Industrial Growth

The Trust and the Holding CompanyThe Trust and the Holding Company– The Trust AgreementThe Trust Agreement– Rapid Corporate ConsolidationRapid Corporate Consolidation

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Capitalism and Its CriticsCapitalism and Its Critics

The “Self-Made Man”The “Self-Made Man”– Myth of the Self-Made ManMyth of the Self-Made Man

Survival of the FittestSurvival of the Fittest– Social DarwinismSocial Darwinism– Justifying the Justifying the

Status QuoStatus Quo

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Cornelius VanderbiltCornelius Vanderbilt (Portrait Gallery)(Portrait Gallery)

Capitalism and Its CriticsCapitalism and Its Critics

The Gospel of WealthThe Gospel of Wealth– Russell ConwellRussell Conwell– Horatio AlgerHoratio Alger

Alternative VisionsAlternative Visions– Lester Frank WardLester Frank Ward– Henry GeorgeHenry George– Looking BackwardLooking Backward

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Capitalism and Its CriticsCapitalism and Its Critics

The Problems of MonopolyThe Problems of Monopoly Monopoly blamed for:Monopoly blamed for:

– Artificially high pricesArtificially high prices– Unstable economyUnstable economy

– Increasing InequalityIncreasing Inequality

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Industrial Workers in the New EconomyIndustrial Workers in the New Economy

The Immigrant WorkforceThe Immigrant Workforce– New Sources of ImmigrationNew Sources of Immigration– Heightened Ethnic TensionsHeightened Ethnic Tensions

Wages and Working Wages and Working ConditionsConditions– Loss of ControlLoss of Control

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Inspection room at Ellis Island, NY (Library of Congress)

Industrial Workers in the New EconomyIndustrial Workers in the New Economy

Women and Children at WorkWomen and Children at Work– Poorly Paid WomenPoorly Paid Women– Ineffective Child-Labor Ineffective Child-Labor

LawsLaws

The Struggle to UnionizeThe Struggle to Unionize– National Labor UnionNational Labor Union– Molly MaguiresMolly Maguires

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Rutherford B. Hayes (Library of Congress)

Industrial Workers in the New EconomyIndustrial Workers in the New Economy

The Great Railroad StrikeThe Great Railroad Strike– National StrikeNational Strike

The Knights of LaborThe Knights of Labor– Dissolution of the Knights of LaborDissolution of the Knights of Labor

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Industrial Workers in the New EconomyIndustrial Workers in the New Economy

The AFLThe AFL– Opposition to Female EmploymentOpposition to Female Employment– The AFL’s AgendaThe AFL’s Agenda– Haymarket SquareHaymarket Square

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Industrial Workers in the New EconomyIndustrial Workers in the New Economy

The Homestead StrikeThe Homestead Strike– Henry Clay FrickHenry Clay Frick– The Union DefeatedThe Union Defeated

The Pullman StrikeThe Pullman Strike– Eugene DebsEugene Debs

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Inside the Homestead plant (Library of Congress)

Industrial Workers in the New EconomyIndustrial Workers in the New Economy

Sources of Labor WeaknessSources of Labor Weakness– Shifting Nature of the WorkforceShifting Nature of the Workforce– Corporate StrengthCorporate Strength

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