Monday- Presentation
Tuesday- Continued
Wednesday- Continued
Thursday- Continued
Friday - Last Day of Presentation?
Describe who the Populists were and what they believed in
- Majority of People
- Started in Omaha
- 1890's
- Gave a people a better voice in government -
- White Rich Males Dominates
- Help white rich males laws
- White Rich Males Dominates
- Help farmers out of debt
- Over production
- Trains charged arm and leg
- Increase Money Supply in Circulation
- Rich People wanted less money in circulation
- Farmers and Laborers wanted more money in circulation
- William Jennings Bryan- Cross of Gold
- Direct Election of US Senator
- Single Term President/Vice President
- 10 years Max
- Change is Good
- Secret Ballot
- Can't see your vote
- 8 hour work day
Restriction on Immigration
- All of these Immigrant would work next to nothing
- Took Union Jobs
Chapter 6
What helped the Industrial Revolution to Take Place in the US?
- Tons of Natural Resources
- Things that come out of the ground
- Important to make things for trade
- Governments funded businesses
- Laissez-Faire - Hands Off
- The government hands off the businesses
- Hurts the Factory workers
- Lowers Prices
- Cities Growing
- Golden Age of Immigration
- Farmer moved to cities
- African Americans moved to the cities
- More Entertainment/ Opportunities
- Immigrant provided Cheap Labor
- Took advantage of these people
- Oil Boom
- Literally Fueled the Revolution
- Bessemer Process
- Made steel easier to use
- Inventions
- Edison- Light bulb- lasted longer then the two minute light bulb
- Sholes- Type writer
- Graham Bell- Telephone- Revolutionized communication
- Railroads
- Transported everything
- Transcontinental RR
- Joined US closer together
- Chinese Immigrants came over for railroad working
- Met in Utah around Salt Lake City
- Time Zones Created
- Needed standard times
- Monopolies - Guess what? still white rich males are in control!
- A business in a specific company buys out all the competition so they can be number 1
- Bad
- Higher prices
- Less Choices
- Lack of Competition
- Unemployment
- John D. Rockefeller - Oil
- Oil had controlled everything in the US
- "Fueled" the government
- $660 billion
- Cornelius Vanderbilt - Railroads and Shipping
- Made a fortune in shipping
- Retired from shipping at age 64
- Made a fortune after retiring for Railroads
- Andrew Carnegie - Steel
- Rags to Riches
- Started as Poor Scottish Man
- Gives lots of money away for good cause but pays worker next to nothing
- J P Morgan- Financed Everything Banker
- Didn't hire workers
- Banker
- Most powerful banker in New York at the time
- Financed the Companies
- Otto Herman Kahn
- German Rich guy
- Based Mr. Monopoly
- Sherman Anti-Trust Act-1890
- "Anti-Monopoly Act"
- Teddy Roosevelt
- He started the fight against monopolies
- Standard Oil break downs
- Each state basically had their own
- Then broke into 6 or 7 Companies
- Now in 4 main companies
- Exon Mobil
- BP
- Chevron
- Labor Unions
- Things to help make better
- Wages
- Benefits
- Things to help make better
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