Objective 3: Economic and Social Issues Exit Level Social Studies TAKS

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Objective 3 Economic and Social Issues Exit
Level Social Studies TAKS

• 3/31/07

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Economic Issues in the Late 1800s

• Growth of railroads
• Employed millions of workers
• Improved transportation
• Drove the growth of the economy

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Economic Issues in the Late 1800s

• Electricity
• Light bulb and distribution system created by
  Thomas Edison
• Used to power machines in factories and keep
  factories open at night

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Economic Issues in the Late 1800s

• Monopolies
• Trusts that drove out competitors
• Limited competition and hurt the economy
• Government created the Interstate Commerce
  Commission and the Sherman Antitrust Act to
  combat monopolies

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Social Issues in the Late 1800s

• Discrimination Against Immigrants
• Accused of taking jobs from native-born American
• The government tried to limit immigration in
  various ways- ex. Chinese Exclusion Act

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Social Issues in the Late 1800s

• Poor Living Conditions in Cities
• Cities grew rapidly in population
• People lived in tenements
• Crime, Fire, and Disease were all problems.

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Social Issues in the Late 1800s

• Segregation
• Created in South by Jim Crow laws
• Separated blacks and whites in all public places

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Reform Leaders

• Jane Addams- founded the Hull House and other
  settlement houses to help the urban poor.
• W.E.B. DuBois- helped found the NAACP
• Susan B. Anthony- the leader of the womens
  suffrage movement.

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The U.S. Economy in the 1920s

• US economy grows rapidly during the 1920s.
• Assembly Line
• Automobiles
• Increased Consumer Spending
• Advertising
• Increased investment in the stock market

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The Great Depression and the New Deal

• Great Depression
• Businesses closed down
• Unemployment increased
• Drop in production
• Decrease in prices
• Dust Bowl

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The Great Depression and the New Deal

• New Deal
• Insured bank deposits (FDIC)
• Regulated the stock market (SEC)
• Provided jobs in countrys parks (CCC)
• Funded the construction of roads and bridges
  (PWA)

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The Great Depression and the New Deal

• New Deal
• Built dams and power stations in the Tennessee
  Valley region (TVA)
• Established retirement pensions (SSA)
• Employed people to do construction work (WPA)

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Technology and the US Economy

• Telephone
• expanded communication
• Led to a world wide communications network

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Technology and the US Economy

• Automobile
• Boosted the petroleum and steel industries
• Increased jobs
• Stimulated tourism and outdoor recreation
• Increased mobility

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Technology and the US Economy

• Computer
• Increased productivity
• Cost has dropped dramatically

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Analyzing Social and Economic Data

• Gross Domestic Product Per Capita (GDP per
  Capita)- Yearly output of goods and services per
  person.
• Per capita income- average yearly income of a
  countries inhabitants.
• Population growth- ration of births to deaths in
  a country per year.

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Analyzing Social and Economic Data

• Literacy Rate- Percentage of the population that
  can read and write.
• Percentage of workforce engage in agriculture and
  mining- The lower it is, the more developed a
  country is.
• Life Expectancy- Average life span of a countrys
  inhabitants.