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Many inventions were made during this time like: the telephone, electricity, cable cars, indoor plumbing, department stares, and SO MUCH MORE!

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Inventions In America's Growth (1850-1910) - Phonograph, Telephone, Electric Lamp 24860 HD

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Since factories were spreading so quickly, management needed to quickly find cheap places for their workers to live. Slums were very common for many people to huddle together.

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Life in America became better as technology enhanced work places. Factories spread rapidly throughout the country and the demand for workers was high. Most factories were in Urban places and the majority of the US lived in the city.

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Coal, Steam, and The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course World History #32

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William Sylvis created this. The NLU fought for higher wages and shorter hours. The NLU brought skilled workers, unskilled workers, and farmers together. Although it seemed like a good thing, it fell short after the Panic of 1873.

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National Labor Union | American labour organization

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National Labor Union: National Labor Union (NLU), in U.S. history, a political-action movement that from 1866 to 1873 sought to improve working conditions through legislative reform rather than through collective bargaining. The NLU began in 1866 with a convention in Baltimore, Md., called to organize skilled and

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As people continued to strike, management would just retaliate with "reverse strikes" or lockouts. Some even made employees sign Yellow-Dog Contracts that made them promise to not join a union.

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Strikes spread through the nation, and this started with a 10% pay cut. It was named the Great Upheaval. Over 100 people were killed by the time the strike was over.

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In the 20th century, factory work wassail the "rage." Men, women, and EVEN CHILDREN (some even as young as 8) would work in factories till their body gave out. Medical coverage was not offered with this job, and many people were severely hurt while working. People were payed very little, and worked long hours 6 days a week. Unions began to grow and fight for change in the factory workplace.

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The turn of the 20th century was marked by growth in communication, mechanization, science and transportation that supported American industrial expansion. Scientists and industrialists worked together to develop inventions harnessing the power of electricity and expanding current machining capabilities. While corporate leaders capitalized on industrial and technological growth, working men, women and children were subject to harsh conditions inside factories.

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What Were the Work Conditions in American Factories in 1900? | Synonym

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The turn of the 20th century was marked by growth in communication, mechanization, science and transportation that supported American industrial expansion. Scientists and industrialists worked together to develop inventions harnessing the power of electricity and expanding current machining capabilities. While corporate leaders capitalized on industrial and technological growth, working men, women and children were subject to harsh conditions inside factories.

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This was the nation's first regulatory agency put into place because people were taking advantage of the railroads. The US was able to do this because the railroad stopped state to state

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(Record Group 134)
1887-1991
OVERVIEW OF RECORDS LOCATIONS

Table of Contents

134.1 ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY

134.2 GENERAL RECORDS 1887-1979

134.3 RECORDS OF THE OPERATING DIVISION 1887-1988

134.4 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF TRAFFIC 1887-1982

134.5 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF VALUATION 1910-74

134.6 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF ENFORCEMENT 1961-70

134.7 CASE FILES 1887-1955

134.8 CARTOGRAPHIC RECORDS (GENERAL)

134.9 MACHINE-READABLE RECORDS (GENERAL) 1983-91

134.10 STILL PICTURES (GENERAL) 1889-96

134.1 ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY
Established: As an independent agency by the Interstate Commerce Act (24 Stat. 379), February 4, 1887.

Functions: Regulates carriers engaged in transportation in interstate commerce and in foreign commerce within the United States.

Finding Aids: Forrest R. Holdcamper, Leo Pascal, and Charlotte M. Ashby, comps., "Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Interstate Commerce Commission," NC 59 (May 1964).

Abolished: Effective December 29, 1995, by 109 Stat. 932.

Successor Agencies: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation.

Related Records: Record copies of publications of the Interstate Commerce Commission in RG 287, Publications of the U.S. Government.

Textual Records: Official minutes of the ICC, 1887-1978, with a card index to subjects. Decisions and reports of the ICC, 1887- 88. Albums of subject-arranged clippings from commission annual reports, 1887-1930. Minutes of meetings held outside Washington, DC, August 6, 1897-June 1, 1900. Minutes of hearings in the coal and oil investigation and the grain investigation, 1906-9. Numbered memorandums of the general counsel, March 1914-November 1962. Correspondence exchanged between the public and President Franklin D. Roosevelt or his personal secretary, Louis M. Howe, relating principally to the nation's railroads, March-April 1933. Records relating to the registration of rate conferences, 1943. Plans for the reorganization of bankrupted companies, ca. 1939- 46. Registrations of claims resulting from the April 16-17, 1947, explosion and fire in Texas City, TX, 1947. Order books, April 1887-April 1905. Cashbook, April 1887-July 1894. Miscellaneous records relating to the history of the ICC, 1887-1967. Press releases, 1959-79. Records of the Interstate Commerce Commission Relief Association, including minutes of meetings; reports of the treasurer, auditing committee, and secretary; original and revised constitutions; account books; and miscellaneous records relating to finances and membership, 1898-1949. Minutes of Bureau of Motor Carriers district director conferences, 1937-56.

Textual Records: General files, including correspondence of the chairman, commissioners, secretary, and the Operating Division, 1887-1906, with an index. Letters sent to the White House, Members of Congress, heads of federal agencies, state governors, and business leaders, 1887-1942. Microfilm copy of annual reports of carriers, containing data on corporate structure, finances, and activities, 1888-1914 (1,348 rolls). Annual reports of carriers, 1915-61 (2,330 ft). Index to annual reports of carriers, 1887-1988. Canceled passenger rate schedules, 1887-1935.

Microfilm Publications: T913.

Textual Records: Director's files, 1921-51. Draft orders and amendments, 1937-67. Cumulative statistical summaries, 1896- 1952. Letter book, Department of Statistics, August 1887-March 1888. Official transcripts of conferences, June 1917-August 1921. Release Rate Board numbered memorandums from the Bureau of Informal Cases to the Board of Reference, February 1917-March 1952. Numbered memorandums from the Board of Reference to the commissioners of Division 2, September 1916-November 1941. Miscellaneous letters and rulings of the Bureau of Tariffs, ca. 1908-16. Order files of the Fourth Section Board, 1911-82.

Related Records: Record copies of publications of the Bureau of Traffic in RG 287, Publications of the U.S. Government

Textual Records: Valuation orders and related records, 1914-34. Railroad valuation records, 1910-74 (8,497 ft.). Land and appraisal records, 1921-48 (in New York).

Maps (117,750 items): Valuation section maps, 1916-19 (750 items). Railroad valuation maps, 1910-74 (117,000 items). SEE ALSO 134.8.
134.6 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF ENFORCEMENT
1961-70
Textual Records: Records relating to complaints of racial discrimination against motor carriers in interstate commerce, consisting primarily of investigative report case files, 1961-70, but including also correspondence and unnumbered cases, 1961-69.

Textual Records: Case files of controversies between carriers and shippers and of cases instituted by the ICC, 1887-1952. Case files concerning investigation and suspension of carrier tariffs, 1910-34. Case files concerning ICC action on carrier requests for permission to issue bonds, make loans, effect consolidations, and engage in other financial operations, April-November 1920. Case files containing records filed under an act of March 1, 1913, relating to initial valuation of common carrier property, 1916-27, with alphabetic and numeric indexes, 1914-20. Case files concerning ICC action in setting airmail compensation, reviewing rates, and investigating charges of unfair competition, 1934-38. Case files determining the status of railway and electric railway (trolley) lines, 1934-52. Subject index to case files, 1887-1955. Selected Fourth Section dockets of carriers seeking permission to maintain higher rates at intermediate points than at more distant points, ca. 1910-72.

Maps (694 items): Separated from docketed case files, including formal cases, 1900-34 (390 items); investigation and suspense cases, 1904-33 (35 items); finance cases, 1910-41 (131 items); and a representative sample of railroad valuation cases, 1913-38 (138 items). SEE ALSO 134.8.
134.8 CARTOGRAPHIC RECORDS (GENERAL)
SEE Maps UNDER 134.5 and 134.7.

Waybill public use files, 1983-91, with supporting documentation (9 data sets).

Posters: Broadsides advertising special excursions or excursion-type fares on the Old Colony; Pittsburgh and Lake Erie; Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg; and the Western New York and Pennsylvania railroads, which operated in Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania, 1889-96 (4 images).
Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States. Compiled by Robert B. Matchette et al. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1995.
3 volumes, 2428 pages. Ordering information
This Web version is updated from time to time to include records processed since 1995.

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Records of the Interstate Commerce Commission [ICC]

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(Record Group 134) 1887-1991 OVERVIEW OF RECORDS LOCATIONS 134.1 ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY 134.2 GENERAL RECORDS 1887-1979 134.3 RECORDS OF THE OPERATING DIVISION 1887-1988 134.4 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF TRAFFIC 1887-1982 134.5 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF VALUATION 1910-74 134.6 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF ENFORCEMENT 1961-70 134.7 CASE FILES 1887-1955 134.8 CARTOGRAPHIC RECORDS (GENERAL) 134.9 MACHINE-READABLE RECORDS (GENERAL) 1983-91 134.10 STILL PICTURES (GENERAL) 1889-96 134.1 ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY Established: As an independent agency by the Interstate Commerce Act (24 Stat.

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John L. O'Sullivan came up with the saying in 1845. HE believed God gave us the west, and that since it was a gift from God, Americans should take advantage of it. The transcontinental railroad made this idea possible.
A golden spike was nailed into the ground after completion of the coast to coast line.

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Manifest Destiny, a phrase coined in 1845, is the idea that the United States is destined—by God, its advocates believed—to expand its dominion and spread

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The Railroad was divided into 2 parts: Union Pacific and Central Pacific.

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The locomotive had been around since the Civil War, but this new idea made Americans very excited. The transcontinental railroad made migration to the West possible.

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The Transcontinental Railroad Explained: US History Review

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He was a Tycoon who became rich off of steel. He, like Rockefeller, was not born into money, but became a very wealthy man by buying railroad companies. He did give money back to a college and Carnegie Hall, a music/artistic place.

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By 1914 the US was the largest county in the world. This growth was looked on upon well, but was taken advantage of. Greedy Legislatures exploited city, state, and the national governments.

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Gilded Age Politics: Crash Course US History #26

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George Westinghouse invented the air pump for trains.

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John D. Rockefeller was one of the "Captains of Industry" and was well known in American for the Standard or Oil. Rockefeller was the poster child for capitalism. Compared to the average Americans earning ($8/10 per week), he was making millions.