Industrial Revolution Project by Caterina Puhlovsky https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8 By: Caterina Puhlovsky & Isabella Onal en-us 2019-05-03 17:37:13 UTC 2025-05-02 16:55:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://imgglb.padletcdn.com/v13/image?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f3ed.png Pros of Robber Barons c_puhlovsky21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/356703738 Pros: 
- The result of quicker production caused a financial advance
- They were a more productive business
- Funded libraries, hospital, and public parks
ex)) Andrew Carnegie funded for Carnegie Mellon (College), and Carnegie Hall (Concert Venue)
- Had a significant focus on the production and delivery of goods
--The good seen in Robber Barons made them also known as Captains of Industry --
               CP]]> 2019-05-03 17:39:52 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/356703738 Cons of Robber Barons c_puhlovsky21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/356704040 Cons:
- They misused their workers
- They were cold and greedy towards their workers and their competition
- Did not do anything to attend to the poor
- Charged more for farmers to travel on the train than businesses
-  They caused unnoticed and small businesses to have difficulty obtaining recognition and power
              CP]]> 2019-05-03 17:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/356704040 Gospel of Wealth v. Social Darwinism c_puhlovsky21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/356705260 Both Social Darwinism, and the Gospel of Wealth held the belief that supported industrial capitalism, but what made them different from one another was their reasonings.
            CP]]> 2019-05-03 17:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/356705260 The Gospel of Wealth: What is it? c_puhlovsky21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/356705503 This was a book written by Andrew Carnegie; in which he presented the case that if one works hard enough, anyone could become rich because of it. He knew that success would not be guaranteed, but if one was intelligent and dedicated enough, it would be achieved. These beliefs were formed because of his humble beginning of starting poor and making his way to become rich.
                   CP]]> 2019-05-03 17:43:20 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/356705503 Social Darwinism: What is it? c_puhlovsky21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/356705763 This belief stated that Americans were born into their social classes and could not move up because of natural laws. This idea also supported capitalism, but it saw it as wealth was earned through the natural order of nature, not through work and dedication. 
              CP]]> 2019-05-03 17:43:56 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/356705763 Child Labor c_puhlovsky21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/356706412 Child labor reached a high through the industrial revolution; Children frequently worked long-drawn hours in hazardous factory conditions for minimal money. Children were used to an excess during this time for work, because of their size. 
               CP]]> 2019-05-03 17:45:28 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/356706412 Child Labor cont. c_puhlovsky21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/356708580 Since children were so small they could fit into small places in factories and coal mines, so they utilized this aspect. Child laborers worked to help their families.
              CP]]> 2019-05-03 17:50:42 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/356708580 Government Tactics against the Union c_puhlovsky21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/356951204 An example of the government's attempts of putting a stop to protesters was towards the Luddites. These were British workers who objected to the increased use of automated looms and knitting frames. As their protests began to advance, fearing a nationwide action, the government placed numerous soldiers to maintain factories. Parliament even soon enacted a proposition to make machine-breaking an offense, which was a way of their protesting. This in all was a way to stop their ways of protesting.               
CP]]> 2019-05-05 16:27:30 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/356951204 Example of a Robber Baron: c_puhlovsky21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/356953302 Rockefeller was a robber baron because of his unethical practices. One of which being greedy pricing and conspiring with railroads to defeat his competitors, in order to achieve a monopoly in the oil industry.    
 CP]]> 2019-05-05 16:43:23 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/356953302 What is vertical integration? i_onal21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357040015 - Vertical integration means to own every step of the manufacturing 
- Andrew Carnegie 
 owned and organized all phases of the manufacturing process, starting with mining the materials
              EO ]]> 2019-05-06 03:55:57 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357040015 Pros vertical integration i_onal21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357041121 PROS: 
  • People eventually won't be able to afford it
  • Made supplies more reliable for owners and process was more efficient
EO
]]> 2019-05-06 04:03:29 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357041121 What is horizontal integration i_onal21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357042060 - Horizontal integration means to control one whole level of manufacturing
- No competition
- John D. Rockefeller wanted to own all of the oil industry
                EO

]]> 2019-05-06 04:06:08 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357042060 Cons of vertical integration i_onal21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357042228 CONS: 
  • Owner could raise prices as much they want because they are the only one in the industry and control the whole “process”
EO
]]> 2019-05-06 04:07:28 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357042228 Pros of horizontal integration i_onal21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357043739 PROS: 
  • Creates a monopoly 
  • Similar to the pros of vertical integration, eventually people will not be able to afford it because of the high prices
EO
]]> 2019-05-06 04:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357043739 Cons of horizontal integration i_onal21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357044085 CONS:
  • No competition so they could raise prices as much as they wanted
  • Restricts people to one companies products
EO
]]> 2019-05-06 04:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357044085 i_onal21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357044842 2019-05-06 04:26:42 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357044842 Working conditions in the factories/sweatshops i_onal21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357045619
  • Were very poor and dangerous for the workers
  • Were no government regulations at the time to protect workers
  • Many were dangerously working with powerful machines with no safety precautions
    • Could easily lose a finger or limb
  • For those working in mines, at any second could the tunnel collapse
  • Many worked 12 hours a day for 6 days
  • Factories and mines were full of dust, making it hard to breathe and also damaged the lungs to cause cancer
    • EO

    ]]>     2019-05-06 04:32:26 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357045619     Interesting facts about the working conditions in the Industrial Revolution: i_onal21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357047014
  • In 1860, a poorly constructed five-story mill that was packed with heavy machinery collapsed and killed about 145 workers in Massachusetts. 

    • The factories were freezing cold in the winter and very hot in the summer 

    • The Factory Act of 1819 (in Britain) was one of the first labor laws passed and made it illegal to children under the age of 9 to work at factories. Unfortunately, this law was rarely enforced.

    EO
    ]]>     2019-05-06 04:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357047014     Unions and worker’s rights i_onal21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357048960 - Unions: Since working conditions were so bad at the time, the workers revolted and to fight for safer conditions, better hours, and a higher wage by creating a union. 
    • The government did not care about the worker's safety or how they were treated in the workplace
    • If an employee missed work or complained, they would be fired
                                                                                EO
    ]]>     2019-05-06 04:58:49 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357048960     Knights of Labor i_onal21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357049272
  • One of the first unions created
  • Grew rapidly but collapsed just as quickly
  • Began as a secret organization to protect members from employer retaliations
    •                 EO
    ]]>     2019-05-06 05:01:18 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357049272     American Federation of Labor i_onal21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357049301
  • Was meant was to filter skilled workers into national unions with others of the same trade
    • EO
    ]]>     2019-05-06 05:01:36 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357049301     Sam Gompers i_onal21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357049349
  • Longest serving president of the American Federation of Labor 
  • Tried to help workers by creating the union to do something about the working conditions. He was the most effective
  • Collective bargaining - “negotiation of wages and other conditions of employment by an organized body of employees.“
    •                        EO
    ]]>     2019-05-06 05:02:14 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357049349     Major strikes and the outcomes i_onal21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357050912 2019-05-06 05:17:53 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357050912 Pullman strike i_onal21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357051263
  • A worker asked Carnegie for a one dollar raise and the owner said no so they went on strike
  • Carnegie was scared for the safety of his mill so he put up “protection”
  • He ended up getting a whole new set of workers
    •                    EO

    ]]>     2019-05-06 05:20:45 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357051263     Homestead strike i_onal21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357051600
  • occurred at a steel plant in Homestead, PA
  • Began from a conflict between a labor union and the Carnegie Steel Company
  • Iron and steel workers struck the Carnegie Steel Company to protest a proposed wage cut
    •               EO

    ]]>     2019-05-06 05:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357051600     Haymarket affair i_onal21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357051729
  • After a bombing at a labor demonstration
  • Began as a peaceful rally for eight-hour work days
  • The day after eight workers were killed by police
    •                 EO
    ]]>     2019-05-06 05:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357051729     Paterson Silk Strikes i_onal21 https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357051912
  • This strike consisted of demands for an eight-hour day and improved working conditions
    •                 EO

    ]]>     2019-05-06 05:27:22 UTC https://padlet.com/c_puhlovsky21/mum0vp8ziuw8/wish/357051912