Industrialism Thesis Statements

We have not reviewed all of these, but there are some good ideas in here if you are willing to do some revisions. I've added a few suggestions of my own as well. Please review them and the evidence we generated last week to help you prepare your essays.

Throughout Carnegie's and Rockefeller's hard work  they helped the government through their business, and helped other people who work at their business

One need not judge the ethical lapses of the early industrialists by modern standards to determine that they were more selfish “Robber Baron” than they were “Captains of Industry.”
Even their contemporaries pointed out how wrong their behavior was, and the subsequent union and reform movements that followed on the heels of the rise of industry confirm it.


It was a good time, the industrials took advantage of the time period that they were in, and they had one nothing wrong. There were no rules established. After big business had gotten were they were it let the US see how big and how far business and expand and be, the relations between government and business. The owners also paved a road for the future company owners fallow, should the right and wrong way the run business. It also opened up many job opportunities for Americans.

I think that they helped form the U.S. because their big bussinesses helped created jobs, their products were sold at a lower price, and helped to form the relationship between government and business.

Industrialization, with the help of Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and other major industrialists grew for the better. If it wasn't for these industrialists, we might not be as advanced as we are today. Even though some of their methods of success weren't the most desirable, they helped America in a bunch of ways like with standardization. They helped with big business which lowered prices, separate departments and expert management

It is not fair to judge historical figures by modern standards. Judged by contemporary standards, all of the great industrialists achieved great success that, in time,  brought a great deal of prosperity to a great many people.


They helped the U.S. become what it is today. I beleive that they did NOT hurt our society. Without the railroads and oil our society would not be what it is today. Without what they did we would not have an oil company which Rockefeller invented. We still use it today. Rockefeller's invention was so helpful and we still use it today. His family now still lives off the money he made a couple 100 years ago. Carnegie without him we would not have the railroad. We would have never been able to adapt to a new car system that we have today without him. These to industrialists did help our society and did help what we do and use today.

Industrialists like Carnegie and Rockefeller did make the US a better place, in my opinion. Especially Rockefeller, because they both gave to the poor, but Rockefeller did it for more than just making himself look good. They both do enrich them selves, but their not robber barons, because they don't really do it at the expense of others.

Industrialists of the 19th century may not live up to modern ethical standards, but they came along at a time of rapid change and laid the groundwork for the prosperity enjoyed by the modern world.

Industrialization Essay

Many of these quotes and statistics below could prove useful in writing your essay about whether the Age of Exploration is something to be proud of or embarrassed about. There are many more that you missed in the documents and in the text.

"By a process of pitiless testing we discover who are the strong and who are the weak" Carnegie pg 282

"Bound to be rich" Rockefeller pg 278

"was smart enough to surround himself with men far cleverer than himself" Carnegie pg 281

"The millionaires are a product of natural section" William Graham  Sumner pg 282

"Every contract, comvination, in the form of trust otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trae or commerce among the several states or with foreign nations, is hereby declared to be illegal." word of the act pg 284


pg 279- "It owns and controls the pipe lines of the producing regions that connect with the railroads... it could overbid it's competitors for crude oil in the producing regions and undersell it's competitors in the markets of the world."

pg 284- "Every contract, combination, in the form of a trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several states or with foreign nations, is hereby declared to be illegal."

pg 291- "The work is dangerous... they are liable to get their fingers jammed under the bench, or caught in the die when it comes down to press the parts of the buttons together."

pg 292- "During the past week, nearly one boy a day has been killed, and the public has become so familiar with these calamities that no attention is given them after the first announcement through a newspaper or friend."

pg 310- [There are] five hundred thousand wage earners in this city, 200000 of them women, and 75000 of those working under dreadful conditions.... If the working people had all they ought to have, we should not have paupers and the criminals.... It is better to save them before they go under than to spend your life.... taking care of them afterwards.


Pg. 279-"It owns and controls the pipelines of the producting regions...Controls both ends of these roads. Ships 90% of all oil." (it would be Standard Oil)
Pg. 284-"Every contract, combination, in the form of trust or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several states or with foreign nations is hereby declared to be illegal."
Pg. 282-"The millionares are a product of natural selection, they get high wages and live in luxury, but the bargain is good for society." -William Sumner.
Pg. 267- "Such oppertunities for making money never existed before in all my expierience"- Thomas Mellon
Pg. 272- "It takes money to fix things" -Collis Huntington

-"By means of superior facilities for transportation which it thus possessed, it could overbid [its competitors for crude oil] in the producing regions and undersell [its competitors] in the markets of the world."
 -New York Legislature 1880(pg.279)

-"These new Americans were primitive souls, ruthless, predatory, capable, single-minded men;"
 -Historian Vernon L. Parrington(pg.276)

-"Honesty and good faith are scarcely regarded."
 -Charles Francis Adams Jr.(Pg.272)

-"Its moral tone is deplorably low...."
 -Charles Francis Adams Jr.(Pg.272)

- Conwell says " you have no right to be poor. It's your duty to be rich"
- "But as a matter of reason and principle, the question of capitalization concerns the stockholder and the stockholders only"
-" That any railway, anywhere in a republic, should be a monopoly is not a supposable case. If between 2 points A and B, a railway is constructed, and its charges for gares and frieght are burdensome to the public and unduly profitable to itself it will no be a long time before another railway will be lain between these points and then competition may be samfely trusted to reduce prices"
-" of every thousand dollars spint in so-called charity today, it is probable that $950 is unwisely spent"- Carnigie's views( prove waht he feels not as statistic)
- " imust say the workingwomen are discouraged. If i speak withthem they go back and don't like to speak much anout the buisness and the pay. They fear that if they say how it is they will get sent out of the shop. They hate the bosses and the formen more than the nbosses,a nd that feeling is deeep"


-"Analyze the most talked-of men of the age and one is likely to find a splendid audacity coupled with immense wastefulness."
 -Historian Vernon L. Parrington(Pg.276)




Stats

Pg. 279-1870, Rocketfeller's Standard Oil company was processing 2-3% of crude oil produce in US, 9 years later, 90% of nations refining business brought order to indusrty.
Pg. 268- By 1900 British investors owned $2.5 billion in American railroad securities-more than twice the nation debt of US.
Pg. 271- In 1860 railroads carried less than half as much freight as inland waterways, by 1890 they carried 5 x's as much.
Pg. 278- 1839 to 1937 worlds largest fortune was $1 billion.
Pg. 278- In 1890, there were 24 trusts worth $436 million. In 1900 there were 183 huge combinations with a total worth more than $3 billion.

-"By means of superior facilities for transportation which it thus possessed, it could overbid [its competitors for crude oil] in the producing regions and undersell [its competitors] in the markets of the world."
 -New York Legislature 1880(pg.279)

-"These new Americans were primitive souls, ruthless, predatory, capable, single-minded men;"
 -Historian Vernon L. Parrington(pg.276)

-"Honesty and good faith are scarcely regarded."
 -Charles Francis Adams Jr.(Pg.272)

-"Its moral tone is deplorably low...."
 -Charles Francis Adams Jr.(Pg.272)

-"Analyze the most talked-of men of the age and one is likely to find a splendid audacity coupled with immense wastefulness."
 -Historian Vernon L. Parrington(Pg.276)

1. child labor...."this work is dangerous they are liable to get their fingers jammed under the bench or caught in the die when it comes down to press the parts of buttons together"

2. " factory work was dangerous, miners breathed coal, factory workers breathed sawdust and other kinds of harmful dust"


3. "labor unions faced serios problems with organizing"


4. "Rockefeller used methods so shrewdly brutal that when they were reavealed he became on of the most hated men in america."

5. " in new jersey there were 340,000 children of school age; about 90,000 attnded full jobs


1. "perhaps no other single factor was more responsible for the grwth of industry in the US tham the expansion of the nations railroads."

2. " yet vanderbilt and other railroad entrepenors provided great benefits to"l

3. " a flood of important inventions helped increase americas productive capacity."

4. " the incandesent electric light had been demonstrated in Britan in 1879."

5. " the northrop automatic loom led to the manufacture of cloth at a faster rate."




pg 267-Between 1860 and 1890 the U.S. population more than doubled, rising from 31 million to nearly 75 million

pg 271-By the mid-1870's the amount of track had doubled, and by 1890 it had more than doubled again. In 1900 passenger and freight trains steamed along 200000 miles of rails.

pg 290-Work days of 10-14 hours were common. Although real wages-- wages adjusted for inflation-- rose more than 10% between 1870 and 1900

pg 298- Between 1890 and 1900, when other labor organizations lost members, AFL membership rose from 190000 to 500000.

- THre frieght rate on cotton goods chipped from boston to denver was 1.79 a hundredweight; if the chipment went 1400 mi further to San Fran, the total charge was only 1.50
- Had to borrow $100 at 33.33% intterest to finish law school
- Kansas Midland cast 10200 per mile. It is capitalized at 53024 per mile
- The road didn't cost Dillon a dime. It is "NOW" capitalized at $106000 per mile.
- This company owes the government $50,000,000 with accruing interest which is destined to accumulate for many years
- " i turn out 2 ot 3 times as much work per day as i did proir time before the war"

Age of Exploration Essay Evidence

Many of these quotes below could prove useful in writing your essay about whether the Age of Exploration is something to be proud of or embarrassed about. There are many more that you missed in the documents and in the text.

"I gave them red caps, and glass beads to put around their necks, and many other things of little value, wich gave them great pleasure...they afterward came to the ships boat where we were swimming and brinjging us parrots cotton thread....." pg78


"They have no arms,and are without warlike instincts; they... are so timid that a thousand would not stand before 3 of our men. So that they are good to be ordered about"- Columbus


"People of the land are dressed in skins...they use arrows in wars...and slings"- John Cabot

"At two hours after midnight, sailor Rodrigo de Triana spotted the outline of land. We fell to one knee and gave thanks to God"- Columbus pg81

"...Christopher Columbus, are going by our command, with some of our vessels and men, to discover and subdue some Islands and Continent in the ocean, and it is hoped that by God's assistance, some of the said Islands and Continent in the ocean will be discovered and conquered by your means and conduct, therefore it is but just and reasonable, that since you expose yourself to such danger to serve us, you should be rewarded for it." Letter to Columbus from King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella


2." Spanish captain feeding his dogs on an Indian Babe" A picture on hippocampus under Cortez conquers the Aztecs.

1."I hope that high god in who's hand is all victory will speedidly direct us to land."- Hippocampus Cristopher Columbus

2."We fell to one knee and gave thanks to god for giving us this island, which we name San Salvador."- Hippocampus Cristopher Columbus

3."I should not proceed by land to the east, as is customary, but by a westerly route."- Hippocampus Cristopher Columbus

How well written are these essays?

Reconstruction Essays

Below are three pairs of paragraphs taken from three essays. The first for each pair is the introduction and the second is a body paragraph. Pick two of the pairs and critique them in a separate comment for this blog post. You should end up with two comments, posted separately. Be sure to include your name.

1.  The reconstruction Era is not something we should not be proud of. We shouldn't be proud of reconstruction because of many various reasons: one is that we lost workers and infastructre another is that we lost finances or money the last one is that politically we practically fell apart. Reconstruction was jus a horrible time for the United States. It was horrible because we did not gain anything from from it we actually lost money and jobs...



    ...We lost finances and money when money meant nothing. Northern and southern money was turned worthless. No one wanted the previously printed money. They would would have to print new money which have caused and huge economic deficit. The US had no other choice but to print new money which could be used in the north and south














2.

    There has been a lot of dispute between different historians as to whether or not the United States should be proud of the Reconstruction Era. The United States should not be proud of the reconstruction era because they did not accomplish what they had intended to accomplish. The freedmen did not get all of the freedom that they were promised in the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, many laws were passed in the south along with violence against blacks, and there were financial problems....

...The southern whites tried to do pretty much anything they could to restrict the freedmen from their rights. The Black Codes were one way of denying the freedmen their rights. The Black Codes said that freedmen were a separate class with fewer liberties and more restrictions than the southern whites. Also, the freedmen were not allowed to testify in court against southern whites, and they were only allowed to own certain properties. They were also not allowed to serve on a jury, and they were not allowed to vote. Another thing that was not only in the south, but also in the north was the Jim Crow laws, or segregation. “Separate but equal,” is others called it, but to the freedmen, it was definitely not equal. Instead of having say one school for both southern whites and freedmen, there would be two separate schools. The southern white school had nicer classrooms and books and everything where the blacks would get the scraps and leftovers that the southern whites did not want. And it wasn’t just the laws that bothered the freedmen; it was also the violence that went on. There was one secret organization called the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). The KKK were supposed to have taken the figure of confederate ghosts come back to take their revenge. “They are secret, oath-bound; they murder, rob, plunder, whip, and scourge; and they commit these crimes, not upon he high and lofty, but upon the lowly, upon the poor, upon the feeble men and women who are utterly defenseless.” This quote is by John Sherman, a former Ohio senator. He is describing that the KKK is the worst he believes organization in the history of the United States. The southerners with their laws and the violence from the Ku Klux Klan presented problems for the freedmen. But the freedmen were not the only ones having trouble during the Reconstruction era. Almost everyone was suffering slightly from financial issues.

3.  The Reconstruction Era is not something the United States should be proud of. The major goal of Reconstruction was to bring blacks back into the mainstream society, and that was not accomplished until about 100 years later. Also, the era included many racist and violent southern whites.  The goals of Reconstruction were set too high for them to be achieved, so if most goals weren’t reached, the Reconstruction Era is not something the United States should be proud of....


...The Reconstruction Era included many racist Southern whites.  Many cruel things were said about the blacks.  A delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention said, “I concede them [blacks] nothing but the station of ‘hewers of wood and drawers of water.”’ South Carolinian White Julius Fleming wrote, “The Negroes are to be pitied....They do not understand the liberty which has been conferred upon them.” These people are saying such hurtful and disturbing things towards the blacks.  The goal of the Reconstruction Era was to get the blacks to be equal to everyone else; this proves that they certainly did not achieve that goal.