And Then There Was Light, Followed By Rolling Blackouts: Industrialization and Immigration

(1800’s or the 19th Century)

Unit 5: Development of Industrial United States

This unit will focus on the impact the

Industrial Revolution had on North

Carolina and the United States. Also how

immigration and cheap labor affected

the quality of life and caused citizens to

demand change.

Unit 5: Development of Industrial United States

Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, Detail from "Girls running warping machines in Loray mill, Gastonia, N.C. Many boys and girls much younger. Boss carefully avoided them, and when I tried to get a photo which would include a mite of a boy working at a machine, he was quickly swept out of range. 'He isn't working here, just came in to help a little.' Location: Gastonia, North Carolina," November 1908. Photo ID# LOT 7479, v. 1, no. 0246 [P&P] . From the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.), Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.

http://ncpedia.org/industry

Technology

Competition

Assimilation

Quota

Urbanization

Monopolies

Union

Strike

Prosperity

Corruption

Define these terms:

It’s Alive! Technological innovations improve economies.

During the mid to late 1800s, there were many technological innovations that resulted in increased industry. Easy production of steel led to the development of skyscrapers and more industrial buildings. The increase of industrial machinery changed the labor force from skilled to unskilled. Due to mass production, the number of products increased, while the cost of products decreased. This helped spur competition.

- Steel- Cars- Planes- Wright Brothers- Electric Lights- Thomas Edison- R.J. Reynolds- Global Markets- Skilled Labor to Unskilled Labor

How did the new forms of technology affect the United States’ economy? How has technology changed the quality of life of people in the USA?

Define these terms and answer these questions as you go thru PowerPoint and the provided links on the following slides:

Use the paper you were given on Thursday as a guide to this lesson. Spend no more than 10 minutes on each slide Friday and on Monday. Your goal is to be finished with this topic by Monday End of class- having completed both the Quia Quiz and this lesson.

- Steelhttp://www.history.com/topics/iron-and-steel-industry Click the above link & read the intro, then scroll down to find this paragraph and read to the bottom.

In 1856 the British engineer Henry (later Sir Henry) Bessemer developed the Bessemer process for making steel. Two years later the Siemens-Martin open-hearth method was developed. Once perfected, these processes greatly lowered the cost of steel production and allowed the increasingly lavish use of steel for railroads, construction, and other industrial purposes…..

Who is important and why? Recognize any names?

Watchhttp://www.history.com/videos/the-industrial-revolition

- Carshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_automobile#19th_century Click the above link & read section titled 19th Century starting at…

The American George B. Selden filed for a patent on May 8, 1879. His application included not only the engine but its use in a 4-wheeled car. Selden filed a series of amendments to his application which stretched out the legal process, resulting in a delay of 16 years before the.…..

Who is important and why? Recognize any names?

Look at the pictures on the next slide…Notice the changes over time? What are they?

Watch the clip @http://www.history.com/shows/america-the-story-of-us/videos/henry-ford-and-the-model-t

1875 Siegfried Marcus

1894 Lewis

1895 Spahr

1896 King1899 Jackson

http://www.history.com/videos/wright-brothers

- Planes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_avia

tion_%E2%80%93_19th_century

Click the above link and scroll to the

bottom of the page looking for description of

the types of planes available in the 1800’s

(19th Century)

Who is important and why? Recognize any

names?

What kind of planes did they have during

this Century?

Now click the WRIGHT BROTHERS link here

or at the bottom of the Wikipedia page.

- Wright BrothersScan through each of these areas below and note a few important points:1 Childhood2 Early career and research3 Flights 4 European skepticism5 Contracts and return to Kitty Hawk6 Public showing7 Patent war8 In business9 Smithsonian feud10 Last years11 Competing claims12 Ohio–North Carolina rivalry

http://www.history.com/videos/wright-brothers

http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1342.htm

- Electric Lighting

http://www.ies.org/lighting/history/ Click the above link and scan the page. Pay close attention to the “First Electric Lamp”, “Gaslight Fixtures”, and the “Spotlight” on Edison.

For more on Thomas Edison- http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledison.htm

Another Website. Great video.http://www.biography.com/people/thomas-edison-9284349

Listen to Radio Broadcast: http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1330.htm

- R J ReynoldsRichard Joshua "R.J." Reynolds (1850-1918)As the sixth of 16 children, Richard Joshua Reynolds left his small Virginia town at an early age to establish his own company.  At the age of 25, Reynolds opened a chewing tobacco manufacturing company in Winston, North Carolina and quickly became a pioneer in the industry.  He anticipated the growth in the smoking tobacco market and developed a line of pipe tobaccos.  In 1913, he introduced Camel, the first American blend cigarette.  His innovative branding and marketing strategy set the industry standard.Reynolds was well known for his personal relationship with his employees, most of whom he knew by name.  In 1912, he devised an employee stock option and profit-sharing plan that enabled many employees to gain financial security.Reynolds supported various educational and community service projects including hospitals, churches, higher education and agriculture.  By the time of his death in 1918, Reynolds had revolutionized the tobacco industry and brought economic development to a large area of North Carolina through his business and philanthropic endeavors.http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/377/entry/

Scan the article below and see how he revolutionized thetobacco industry.

http://ncpedia.org/r-j-reynolds-tobacco-company

- Global Markets… and why do I care?

http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~dludden/global1.htmScroll down to the very bottom of the page and begin skimming @ this point-

3. The World Empires of Industrial Capitalism, 1750-1950.

a. Phase One: the formation of national economies

Basic eighteenth century economic conditions continued well into the nineteenth century, until the railway and steam ship began lower transportation costs significantly, and to create new circuits of capital accumulation that focused on sites of industrial production in Europe and the US. But important structural changes in the world economy began in the later decades of the eighteenth century……

NOW FOCUS ON THE LAST PART:

b. Phase Two: world circuits of industrial capital

- Skilled Labor vs. Unskilled Laborhttp://www.ehow.com/print/about_5410206_skilled-labor-vs-unskilled-labor.html

Make notes on the five short paragraphs on Labor.

Glance over these notes:http://www.brtprojects.org/cyberschool/history/ch19/19answers.pdf

- Skilled Labor vs. Unskilled Labor

How did the new forms of technology affect the United States’ economy? How has technology changed the quality of life of people in the USA?

Questions to Wrap it up