243工业化问题
P1:19th final decade, America tech innovation and industrial expansion. People immigrants and labor force become assembly-line workers. Great fortunes were amassed by the speculative industrialists and financiers while not all shared in the wealth.
P2: early 20th , movement to battle the problems of industrialization and urbanization by P,c-e,m-c citizens. Legislation, increase control of government through elect political leaders, gov curtail monopoly and ensure competition. Some industries became federal regulated. Gov role changed
19收集美国工业化和城市化以后发展得很快,然后带来了很多问题,20世纪人们要求解决这些问题,然后采取了一些行动,变得富强民主文明和谐。
P1 unprecedented tech innovation & industrial expansion
- Railroad, stem-powered engines>>link east and west
- Resources in the west
- Labor: farm>>urban, artisans>>workers
- Speculators made great fortune: unscrupulous/monopolies
- Per capita income & production+++
- Exploded popu+ immigrant
- Corrupt political bosses
P2 protestant
- Obligation to reshape
- Movement to battle the probs--child labor/min wage/work cons/election
- Gov control monopolies
- Federally regulated industries
- [significant] change the expectation of gov role
MAINPOINT:
the influence of the development economy, and how the progressive and goverment take actions to improve the situation
P1:19 century: advantage and disadvantage of the development
-adv: standard of living(up)
-disadv: slums, explotation from the robber barons, bad working conditions
P2:20 century:the progressive process and goverment policy
-Progressives: obligation to reshape the US: legislation
-Rossevelt: extended the exective branches of goverment, curtail monopolistics practices
-->further implication: inspired the recovery from the depression of 1929