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  • Causes of Industrialization
    A flowchart titled as 'Industrialization' has five sub categories named as 'Civil War', 'Natural Resources', 'Growing Workforce', 'Technology/Innovation', and 'Government Policies'. Each category is also explained in brief. d
  • Influential Labor Unions
    Name Date Founded Significance
    National Trades Union 1834 First national union; open to workers from all trades
    Knights of Labor 1869 Sought general ideological reform; open to workers from all trades
    American Federation of Labor 1836 Focused on specific workers’ issues; organization of skilled workers from local craft unions
    American Railway Union 1893 First industrial union; open to all railway workers
  • Important People of the Late 1800s
    Thomas Edison Invented new technology, such as electric lighting, that stimulated business
    Henry Bessemer Developed process for creating strong, lightweight steel for use in construction and railroads
    Andrew Carnegie Use of vertical consolidation influenced the rise of big business; urged businessmen to also be philanthropists
    John D. Rockefeller Use of new business strategies, such as horizontal consolidation, influenced the rise of big business
    Samuel Gompers Formed the AFL, influencing the rise of labor unions
    Eugene V. Debs Challenged big business by orchestrating the Pullman Strike and helping to found the IWW
  • Important Government Policies of the Late 1800s
    • Protective tariffs Congress enacted tariffs on imported goods to make them cost more than locally produced goods.
    • Laissez-faire policies The government allowed businesses to operate under minimal government regulation.
    • Subsidizing railroads The government gave railroad builders millions of acres of land.
    • Strike breaking Government troops routinely helped break up strikes.
    • Antiunion actions Courts used legislation like the Sherman Antitrust Act to order unions to stop disrupting free trade.

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Table of Contents

Prentice Hall: United States History CHAPTER 1 Many Cultures Meet (Prehistory–1550) CHAPTER 2 Europeans Establish Colonies (1492–1752) CHAPTER 3 The American Colonies Take Shape (1607–1765) CHAPTER 4 The American Revolution (1765–1783) CHAPTER 5 Creating the Constitution (1781–1789) CHAPTER 6 The New Republic (1789–1816) CHAPTER 7 Nationalism and Sectionalism (1812–1855) CHAPTER 8 Religion and Reform (1812–1860) CHAPTER 9 Manifest Destiny (1800–1850) CHAPTER 10 The Union in Crisis (1846–1861) CHAPTER 11 The Civil War (1861–1865) CHAPTER 12 The Reconstruction Era (1865–1877) CHAPTER 13 The Triumph of Industry (1865–1914) CHAPTER 14 Immigration and Urbanization (1865–1914) CHAPTER 15 The South and West Transformed (1865–1900) CHAPTER 16 Issues of the Gilded Age (1877–1900) CHAPTER 17 The Progressive Era (1890–1920) CHAPTER 18 An Emerging World Power (1890–1917) CHAPTER 19 World War I and Beyond (1914–1920) CHAPTER 20 The Twenties (1919–1929) CHAPTER 21 The Great Depression (1928–1932) CHAPTER 22 The New Deal (1932–1941) CHAPTER 23 The Coming of War (1931–1942) CHAPTER 24 World War II (1941–1945) CHAPTER 25 The Cold War (1945–1960) CHAPTER 26 Postwar Confidence and Anxiety (1945–1960) CHAPTER 27 The Civil Rights Movement (1945–1975) CHAPTER 28 The Kennedy and Johnson Years (1960–1968) CHAPTER 29 The Vietnam War Era (1954–1975) CHAPTER 30 An Era of Protest and Change (1960–1980) CHAPTER 31 A Crisis in Confidence (1968–1980) CHAPTER 32 The Conservative Resurgence (1980–1993) CHAPTER 33 Into a New Century (1992–Today) Reflections: Enduring Issues Five Themes of Geography Profile of the Fifty States Atlas Presidents of the United States Economics Handbook Landmark Decisions of the Supreme Court Documents of Our Nation English and Spanish Glossary Index Acknowledgments