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The Gilded Age Industrialization of America. 1870-1900

The Gilded Age (Industrialization of America). 1870-1900 . Did the industrialization of America bring prosperity?America moved to the city in large numbers when capital became available for men to invest into factories and the need for more labor required immigration laws to be relaxed. America had its first millionaires from the robber barons that eventually formed large trusts and holding companies that not only provided jobs, but a middle class of consumers.How can this be compared to what9459

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The Gilded Age Industrialization of America. 1870-1900

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    1. The Gilded Age (Industrialization of America). 1870-1900 September 2006

    3. September- the Gilded Age (Industrialization of America). 1870-1900 How did the robber barons get rich and powerful? Exploiting weak government and new factory methods, robber barons used horizontal and vertical integration to control the production and sales of their products, which eventually led to trusts and monopolies to form to eliminate competition. Who are the modern day robber barons? The Wal-mart family franchise, Bill Gates Microsoft, and various other industries that use every available source to get their products in the hands of all consumers, they are ruthless at eliminating the competition.

    4. September- the Gilded Age (Industrialization of America). 1870-1900 * What inventions were the most important to the making of the gilded age? Telephone, camera, printing press advances, train improvements, skyscrapers, bridges all contributed to faster communication and transportation. This is the period that formed the greatest nation in the world. What did they do right and what could we do to duplicate it? Learning how to be efficient and giving the consumer what they wanted at a great price. This continues to be a challenge, with higher labor costs, production costs and shipping the goods to where people want the items. Corporations have moved to nations where labor and environmental regulations are cheaper and more favorable in producing cost effective products.

    5. September- the Gilded Age (Industrialization of America). 1870-1900 What were the biggest mistakes made during this period? The biggest mistakes made during the gilded age was ignoring the environment, taking advantage of the people (women, children, immigrants) who worked in the factories and being above the law by using politicians to control their competition. Why is America so isolated from the world during this period? America was always afraid of entanglement with overseas affairs, since the days of George Washington, when he warned the new nation to avoid complicated alliances. America had a stable government, economy and other nations were experiencing internal conflicts that dealt with civil rights of its own citizens.

    6. September- the Gilded Age (Industrialization of America). 1870-1900 Will other nations of the world experience similar problems as they go through their own industrialization period? This is bound to happen as workers demand more from the employers, protections by the government and more citizens learn how to voice protests without getting jailed or killed. This is commonly referred to as the era of The Rise of Big Business. Trusts, monopolies, greed, wealth, poverty, inventions in electricity, communication, transportation, weak governments, discrimination toward blacks, women, immigrants, poor, children, Indians, all change America forever. America does not follow the same recipe as Europe in its growth and prosperity.

    7. September- the Gilded Age (Industrialization of America). 1870-1900 Government- Federalism, weak government enforcement of protective laws and political corruption bring on the progressive era. Economic- jobs, cheap labor, agrarian south, industrial north, cities develop, barb wire and trains, OIL, STEEL, RAILROADS, TOBACCO monopolies are the forces that drive the gilded age. Available capital (money to invest) is the key to American success. Culture- Religions, immigrant and poverty problems, race and gender abuses, not to mention child labor, farmer movements and education concerns all change America.

    8. September- the Gilded Age (Industrialization of America). 1870-1900 Geography- Freedmen ignored on the farms in the south, Indians exterminated, conquering the continent with Railroads cause the cities to expand out and up. Cities spring up away from major ports, waterways and rivers due to the ability to run electricity inland and run factories. Historical- mending relationships north and south by ending Reconstruction causes black and white strained relationships. Then problems start with native and immigrant, red and white, big business brings about new concerns and problems that do not have easy solutions. How did Europe and Asia deal differently with these same problems? People left there and came to America. Wars developed over natural resources, political ideology and alliances.

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