Introduction
America Experienced A second Industrial Revolution.
Just like the first revolution steam power and machines replaced the work done by hand, The second Industrial revolution saw new inventions, newly found natural resources and the use of electricity to replace the steam power.
Task
In this web-Quest we will look at the New Inventions of the 1890 and early 1900s. We will see how electricity allowed for a new revolution to take place in Industry. We will also meet some of the individual inventors, business men as well as the presidents who helped to ensure that the growing monopolies did not take advantage of the Amerian people.
As we delve into this history we will create charts, booklets and answer questions to help us understand how these events changed the American Society, the American Economy and the American Government.
Process
Unit Three: Industry and Big Business
Step One: A New Age of Industry
http://www.slideshare.net/swaters16/industrialism-8456637
- What were the three factors that accounted for America becoming the world’s leading industrial power by the 1920s?
- Identify three natural resources that helped to make American a leading industrial power.
- Identify four new uses of the steel created by the Bessemer process.
- How did new invention have an economic impact on women in the early 1900s?
- How did Professor Dowd help the United States and later the world become more efficient?
- Identify five industries that grew as a direct result of the rapid growth of the railroad industry?
- What were the two main complains of the individuals who lived in George Pullman town that he created for his employees and what event resulted from this dissatisfaction?
- How did the stockholders of the Union Pacific Railroad cheat the American People?
- What type of industry did Andrew Carnegie create?4
- What two new business practices integrations him become the largest producer of that product explain what happens during each process?
- What happens when a TRUST is created in Industry?
- What kind of industry did John D. Rockefeller create?
- Define Social Darwinism?
- Why did the American people begin to call Big Industrial Owners such as Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt and others “Robber Barons”?
- How did these “Robber Barons” also use their millions to improve the lives of the American people?
- What law was created to make it illegal to form a monopoly (Trust)?
- What did Labor Unions and Craft Unions hope to achieve?
- Name four strikes between the workers and business owners that led to violence and/or death?
- What was a “Yellow Dog Contract” and what was their purpose.
Step Two: Meet some famous Inventors
http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/inventor2/lesson.cfm
When the program opens, click on the red “Transportation” tab at the top of the image to begin this step. For the purposes of this activity, we will concentrate on the years 1840-1915. After you have completed the transportation inventions, you will then view the “Technology” inventions.
To complete this activity, you will create a chart 4 x 9 to display the information
The following should be the headings for each row
(1)Name of inventor, (2) date, (3) invention, (4) industry (meaning Transportation or Technology)
http://web.mit.edu/invent/www/ima/connection.html
Identify the invention marked “A”
Step Three: Meet the Captains of Industry
Using the video links below, and the booklet handout, write a short biography for each of the “Captains of Industry. In each bio, include the following information…
1. Who the individual is
2. Name of industry that he created and
3. How he changed or revolutionized that industry
2. http://www.history.com/shows/men-who-built-america/videos/the-men-who-built-america-andrew-carnegie
3. http://www.history.com/topics/john-pierpont-morgan/videos/the-men-who-built-america-from-rich-to- richer?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false
6. http://www.history.com/shows/men-who-built-america/videos/the-rise-of-thomas-edison
Complete on computer, however create in text boxes. Set up page layout to “land scape”, “two columns” with moderate margins. You will submit the digital copy of the biography, and also print a copy to create your paper version of the book.
B. The Assembly Line: The backbone of American Industry
http://socyberty.com/work/the-assembly-line-shaping-20th-century-america/2/
On the back page of your Giants of Industry book, explain what the assembly line was, who perfected it and how it impacted the American Industry.
Step Four: Presidents, Policy and Monopolies
- 1. What event brings Theodore Roosevelt to the American presidency
- 2. Who is the first captain of industry (titan) as well as the name of the business that Roosevelt brings a law suit against during his presidency?
http://kapush.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/roosevelt-the-trust-buster/ (read information- video is cute, but material is important)
- 3. Roughly, how many legal proceedings did President T. Roosevelt bring against giant monopolies during his two terms in office of president?
- 4. What nick-name did Theodora Roosevelt get during his presidency.
http://www.ushistory.org/us/43b.asp
- What two complains did President Roosevelt have against America’s wealthy class?
- Explain why the Sherman Antitrust Act Was considered a “paper tiger” during the first 12 years of its existence?
- Explain President Roosevelt’s mind set when determining which monopolies would face a law suit to “break up” their existing trust companies.
http://www.ushistory.org/us/43e.asp
- Which two actions taken by President Taft created a rift between President Taft and his progressive supporters?
- How did President Taft compare with President Roosevelt in breaking up giant monopolies or trust companies?
- Identify 4 other pieces of legislation that President Taft wrote into law during his term in office.
http://www.ushistory.org/us/43g.asp
- 11. What did President Woodrow Wilson consider the “Triple Wall of Privilege”?
- 12. What piece of legislation did President Wilson sign into law to fight against the protective tariffs that hurt the small farmers?
- 13. What was the purpose of the Federal Reserve Act?
- 14. What was the purpose of the Clayton Antitrust act of 1914
- 15. What was the purpose of the Federal Trade Commission?
- 16. According to USHistory 43g, Wilson passed three different measures with the intent to ease the burden of the small farmers, name these three federal acts or pieces of legislation?
Evaluation
step one
A new age of Industry 36 points
Step Two
Meet some famous inventors 36 points
Step Three
Meet the Captains of Industry
digital biographies 18 points
Captains of Industry Booklet 23 points
Step Four
Presidents, Policy and Monopolies 23 points
Conclusion
Congratulations, you have completed the Second Revolution and the Rise of Big Business Web-Quest
Credits
createwebquest.com
US History.org
history.com (The Men who built America video series)
slideshare.com
teacherfirst.com
web.mit.edu
kapush.wordpress.com