12. How did the industrialization and technologies of the late 19th century impact the lives of Americans?

12. How did the industrialization and technologies of the late 19^th century impact the lives of Americans? What impact did the industrialization of the late 19th century have on the American people? (add some WWI) Back to Home Page Tasks ideas 1. Sort document by subject and positive and negative changes 2. Sort documents by category - technology, working conditions, transportation, commerce. production, etc 3. Assume you were living in this time period and had recently seen one of these new developments. Write alter to a friend describing your experience. 4. Take a position on the the statement. "Industrialization and technologies of the late 19^th century improved the lives of Americans." 5. Document My World: Write a diary entry describing the impact of technology on your life
Documents	Format	Subject
Docs 1-7 See my DBQ on industrialization	variety	Documents 1 - 7
Doc 8 James Fisk, Jr., keeps in some shady place	text	Hated robber barons
Doc 9 Lagonda Agricultural Works,	lithograph	View of reaper in field
Doc 10 Atlantic Cable	Lithograph	The Eighth wonder of the world - the Atlantic cable
Doc 11 Proposed Arcade railway	Lithograph	Under Broadway, view near Wall Street
Doc 12 Mulberry St NYC	Photo	street teeming with immigrants
Doc 13 New Motion Pictures	Lithograph	Lyman H. Howe's new marvels in moving pictures
Doc 13a Edison's greatest marvel--The Vitascope	Lithograph	Edison's movie
Doc 14 The great East River suspension bridge	Lithograph	Connecting the cities of New York and Brooklyn
Doc 15 Sollers manufacturers of children's shoes	Lithograph	Factory production and affluent kids
Doc 16 Tailors shop	Lithograph	Prang's aids for object teaching--Tailor
Doc 17 Street kids with dead horse	photograph	The close of a career in New York
Doc 18 The Commercial Vampire	Lithograph	Big department stores drive out small businesses
Doc 19 New York City Opening day at Lord and Taylor: Ladies Ascending in the Elevators	Lithograph	Hand-powered
Doc 20 Household Arts - Girl Using Sewing Machine	photograph	Girl Using Sewing Machine. Another Fitting Blouse on a Form. Vocational School No. 6, Albany, N.Y.
Doc 21 Young Boy at Work	photograph	NYS Factory Investigation.
Doc 22 Interior of rural school	Photograph	Contrast with urban schools
Doc 23 Exterior of rural school bldg	Photograph	Rural School Building, Wood, Two Rooms. Near Gloversville, N.Y.
Doc 24 Factory exterior with employees	Photograph	Employees of the Remington Typewriter Co., Ilion, NY, 1911.
Doc 25 Horse cart NYC	photograph	New York City - Old Horse Cart On West Street
Doc 26 Time Card for a Female Worker	Employee time card	Factory Investigation - time Card showing hours worked for two weeks by a woman at a fruit cannery.
Doc 27 Young inmates at the State Agricultural and Industrial School.	photograph	ca. 1910. New York State Agricultural and Industrial School (Western House of Refuge).
Doc 28 "The Boss"--Top of the heap	Trade card	Tobacco ad `by Currier and Ives`
Doc 29 Mule Spinning	Engraving	Factory interior
Doc 30 Runaway mining cart	illustration	"It seemed like a thunder-bolt to the awe-stricken spectators"
Doc 31 S.J. Patterson wholesale coal	ad	showing couple courting before the stove mines in background