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The triangle fire and the gilded age

The triangle fire and the gilded age. A brief introduction. The Triangle factory fire. Workers concentrated in factories Workers concentrated in urban areas Workers were mostly immigrants Workers respond by attempting to form unions Government responds by passing progressive laws.

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The triangle fire and the gilded age

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  1. The triangle fire and the gilded age A brief introduction

  2. The Triangle factory fire • Workers concentrated in factories • Workers concentrated in urban areas • Workers were mostly immigrants • Workers respond by attempting to form unions • Government responds by passing progressive laws

  3. Main themes Now Later Immigration Unionization Progressive reforms • Industrialization • Urbanization • Growing inequality

  4. Two historical eras • The Gilded Age • Roughly 1870-1900 • Tremendous economic growth and increasing inequality • The Progressive Era • Roughly 1900-1916 • Political reforms aimed at expanding women’s and workers’ rights and making government more democratic • The era in which the US becomes a modern nation?

  5. industrialization • Technological innovation • Factory production • More people working in factories • Women • Children • Tremendous economic growth

  6. urbanization • People leave farms and flock to cities • 1800: 5% of population in cities • 1920: 50% of population in cities • Reasons for urbanization: • Pull of factory work • Immigrants seek other immigrants • Changes in cities • Transportation systems (Tremont St. Subway, 1897) • Tenements; unsanitary living conditions • Skyscrapers (Ames Building, 1893)

  7. Chicago, 1820 Population 15

  8. Chicago, 1854 Population 55,000

  9. Chicago, 1898 Population 1,700,000

  10. inequality • Extreme wealth and extreme poverty • Robber barons/captains of industry • J.D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) • Standard Oil (founded 1870) • Vertical integration • Monopoly • Urban poverty • Low wages, long hours, dire conditions • Women and children working

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