Chapter 18 !

1859 The Rise of Industrial America, 1865-1900

First oil well drilled in
Titusville, Pennsylvania 1886
1879
Police vs. demonstrators
1869 Henry George writes
at Haymarket Square in
1869 Knights of Labor Progress and Poverty
Chicago
First Transcontinental organized
railroad completed
1892
1866 Miners strike in Idaho
National Labor
1876 Social
Technological Union Founded 1892
Alexander Bell invents
and patents telephone Advancements Movements Steelworkers strike
in Pennsylvania

1881 Industrial
Standard Oil Trust Government 1882
established Revolution Regulations Chinese Exclusion Act

1870 1887
John D. Rockefeller Interstate Commerce Act
establishes Standard Oil 1873 1890 establishes Interstate
Company Panic of 1873 1873-1879 Sherman Anti-Trust Act Commerce Commission
Economic Depression

Overview
This era was defined by the industrial and technological advances that furthered the Industrial Revolution in America. There were a plethora of new jobs available as mass
production created a wider range of products for consumers. However, all was not well socially. Barons of Business like Andrew Carnegie began forming monopolies through
immoral business practices. The South was still devastated by the Civil War and was forced to rely on small-scale family labor and low wages. Within cities, the Industrial
Revolution caused the beginning of immigration and the creation of slums and ghettos. Growing poverty and low-paying factory work led to the formation of labor unions like
the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor; however, the government sided with the factories and undermined the unions. America was stuck between wanting
a higher standard of living and a fear of capitalist power and social chaos.