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Short PowerPoint on the pros and cons of the railroad in 19th century America.

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DO NOW

What would happen if there were no airplanes today?

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Learning Objectives

Introduce Industrialization Poster Project

Learn about the pros and cons of the train industry in the 19th century

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Learning Agenda

Introduce Poster Presentation

Iron Horse Lecture & Cornell Notes

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The Iron Horse

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Technology

First steam locomotive—1830

Bessemer process 1865-1900: 30,000 to

200,000 miles of track 1869 transcontinental

railroad 4d/25mph &

10d/50mph World industrial power

in 1900

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Corporations and TrustsWhat is a corporation? A group of people who are granted a charter that allows them to start a business that is given the same legal rights as an individualWhat is a trust? A combinations of corporations that form a monopoly to eliminate competition

Pros Employment and

Innovation Philanthropy

Cons Corruption Disparity of wealth

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Immigration

Pros Land of opportunity Employment

Cons Working Conditions

2,000 employees killed in one year (1882)

Class Conflict Wages, Labor

Unions, Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

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West/ U.S. Environment

Pros Trade between east

and west Homestead Act (1862)

160 acres of free land for 5 yrs of cultivation

Cons Native Americans

Sand Creek Massacre (1864)

Environment

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Manifest Destiny

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Politics

Pros Regulation of

Commerce 1887 Interstate

Commerce Act Trust busting

Interstate Commerce Commission

Cons Corruption Tariffs Local: Voting for jobs

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Homework

Read 246-256 in Americans; answer #2 p.249