Topic.08 PowerPoint

1. United States History Topic 08: Life as a World Power Mr. Michael Meechin Celebration High School Social Science Dept.

4. Oriental Exclusion Act [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ]

5. Building the Railroad [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ]

8. The Comstock [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ]

9. Black “Gold” [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ] “ The great southwestern oil boom began January 10, 1901 at Spindletop, four miles south of Beaumont, Tex., a prosperous sawmill and farm produce shipping town. Since late October, a three-man crew, working 18-hour shifts, had been searching for oil. With $300,000 from financier Andrew Mellon of Pittsburgh, they drilled a pipe 880 feet into the ground. Repeatedly the pipe had gotten stuck. Sand and even quicksand blocked the hole, slowing the drilling. At 880 feet they hit solid rock. The men decided to try a new drill bit.” “ A low, rumbling sound rose up from the earth. Huge columns of mud and water blasted from the hole, followed by four tons of pipe that they had drilled into the ground. The eruption briefly stopped, and then suddenly a column of oil, 200 feet high, exploded from the earth.”

11. Native American Policy [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ] “ Kill and scalp them all, big and little!” - Col. John Chivington, Sand Creek Massacre The “Reservation Policy” begins in the 1860s

17. Big Business [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ]

18. Big Business [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ]

19. New Types of Business [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ]

22. The Changing US Labor Force [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ]

23. Child Labor [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ]

24. Child Labor [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ]

26. Confronting a Scab [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ]

28. Major United States Strikes [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ]

30. The Hand That Will Rule the World [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ]

31. Life in the City [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ] 5 Cent Lodging

32. Life in the City [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ] Men’s Lodging

33. Life in the City [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ] Immigrant Family Lodging

34. Life in the City [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ] Dumbbell Tenement Plan

35. Life in the City [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ] Blind Beggar

36. Life in the City [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ] 1890s “Morgue”; Basement Saloon

37. Life in the City [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ] “ Bandit’s Roost”

38. Life in the City [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ] Mullen’s Alley Gang

39. Life in the City [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ] The Street Was Their Playground

40. Life in the City [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ] A Struggling Immigrant Family

41. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ] March 25, 1911

42. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ] March 25, 1911

43. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ] March 25, 1911

44. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ] March 25, 1911

45. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ] March 25, 1911

46. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ] March 25, 1911

47. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ] March 25, 1911

48. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ] March 25, 1911

49. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ] March 25, 1911

50. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ] March 25, 1911

51. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ] March 25, 1911

52. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ] March 25, 1911

53. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire [ Topic 08: Life as a World Power ] March 25, 1911