Post by ascoffone on Jan 27, 2016 23:15:59 GMT
It was innovations in communications and transportation more than innovations in business and industry that changed the daily life of the working American. Assess the validity of this statement for the period 1875-1900.
The prompt is asking the writer to compare the relative magnitude of the impact of advancements in transportation/communications and that of advancements in business/industry on the daily lives of the average American, and to decide which was more impactful, and provide evidence for their claim.
Key Terms:
1869- Transcontinental Railroad completed
ice boxes preserve food
telephone/telegraph
labor unions (various strikes, etc.)
robber barons
steel industry
factories
urbanization+industrialization
shopping as leisure/increased leisure time
department stores
growth of middle class
Taylorism
mass media (newspaper moguls)
Introduction:
Thesis:
While innovations in communications and transportation had an undeniable impact on the working American they were more noteworthy for complementing and augmenting innovations in business and industry that had a lasting, irreversible impact on the daily life of the working American from 1875 to 1900.
Body Paragraph 1:
Discuss how innovations in communications and transportation affected innovations in business and industry
--> railroad expansion: 93,000 miles in 1870 to 193,000 miles in 1890
gave people access to distant and rural markets
connected the entire country
Body Paragraph 2:
Discuss how innovations in business and industry affected the daily working life
Body Paragraph 2:
- continuing on from Body Paragraph 1, discuss urbanization and immigration
- huge impact on not just the daily working life, but urban American life in general
- Taylorism and changes in industry (the innovations) that allowed for an industrial boom
- large gap between rich and poor, a lot of it coming from the railroad industry (railroad tycoons)
- idea of "leisure", distinction between high brow and low brow entertainment
- emergence of a large middle class
- meat packing districts made possible by transportation advantages
Conclusion:
Succinctly and clearly summarize the connection between innovations in communications and transportation with innovations in business and industry and discuss the continuing legacy of the impact of business and industry on the American people
Group: Andrew Scoffone, Jasper Fu, Camillo Saueressig, and Megan McDonnell
The prompt is asking the writer to compare the relative magnitude of the impact of advancements in transportation/communications and that of advancements in business/industry on the daily lives of the average American, and to decide which was more impactful, and provide evidence for their claim.
Key Terms:
1869- Transcontinental Railroad completed
ice boxes preserve food
telephone/telegraph
labor unions (various strikes, etc.)
robber barons
steel industry
factories
urbanization+industrialization
shopping as leisure/increased leisure time
department stores
growth of middle class
Taylorism
mass media (newspaper moguls)
Introduction:
Thesis:
While innovations in communications and transportation had an undeniable impact on the working American they were more noteworthy for complementing and augmenting innovations in business and industry that had a lasting, irreversible impact on the daily life of the working American from 1875 to 1900.
Body Paragraph 1:
Discuss how innovations in communications and transportation affected innovations in business and industry
--> railroad expansion: 93,000 miles in 1870 to 193,000 miles in 1890
gave people access to distant and rural markets
connected the entire country
Body Paragraph 2:
Discuss how innovations in business and industry affected the daily working life
Body Paragraph 2:
- continuing on from Body Paragraph 1, discuss urbanization and immigration
- huge impact on not just the daily working life, but urban American life in general
- Taylorism and changes in industry (the innovations) that allowed for an industrial boom
- large gap between rich and poor, a lot of it coming from the railroad industry (railroad tycoons)
- idea of "leisure", distinction between high brow and low brow entertainment
- emergence of a large middle class
- meat packing districts made possible by transportation advantages
Conclusion:
Succinctly and clearly summarize the connection between innovations in communications and transportation with innovations in business and industry and discuss the continuing legacy of the impact of business and industry on the American people
Group: Andrew Scoffone, Jasper Fu, Camillo Saueressig, and Megan McDonnell