Agricultural Nation Industrial Power 3 Factors of
transformation Natural Resources Inventions Growth of urban
population
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In 1859 he used steam engine to drill for oil. This started an
oil boom! Efficient way of drilling oil Petroleum-refining
industries arose in some states Ready to turn oil into
kerosene
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Patented by Henry Bessemer in 1855. Injects air into iron to
remove the carbon and create steel. This process helped produce 90%
of nations steel. Very inexpensive and efficient! What does this
mean for steel industry?
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Railroads! Biggest customer of steel. Barbed Wire Farm machines
McCormick and Deere!
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Innovative construction. The Brooklyn Bridge! Architects could
build as high as they wanted with the steel support.
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1876 Incandescent light bulb Followed by an entire system for
producing and distributing electrical power. Electricity changed
nature of business Electric powered machines fans to printing
presses. http://www.history.com/shows/america-
the-story-of-us/videos/thomas-edison
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CHRISTOPHER SHOLES ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL 1876 Inventor of the
Typewriter! http://www.history.com/s hows/modern-
marvels/videos/type- writers#type-writers http://www.history.com/s
hows/modern- marvels/videos/type- writers#type-writers Did the
industry need the type writer or did the typewriter need the
industry? 1876 Inventor of the Telephone!
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Telephone and Typewriter opened up new jobs for women. Sewing
machine created a demand for professional garment workers. Men,
Women and Children worked long hours in unhealthy conditions. A new
marketplace! New goods! Overall, industrialization contributed to
an improved standard of living (at least for the middle and upper
class)
Completed in 1869 Connected the East and West coast Central
Pacific and Union Pacific Provided dreams of adventure and
unsettled land, but many paid the price. Chinese and Irish
immigrants and Civil War veterans hired for treacherous work.
Pneumonia and disease killed thousands. Low pay. Asians and African
Americans earned even less Harsh conditions to work in.
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United Nation Before time zones, noon was always when the sun
was overhead. So, Boston was almost 12 min later than New York. A
professor proposed 24 time zones U.S. didnt adopt railroad time as
the standard until 1918.
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Railroads linked cities and towns and created trade. Towns
started to specialize in in particular products.
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Railroad tycoon. Manufactured sleeper cars. Luxury to the rails
Demand for sleepers was high Built his own town for employees.
Hoped this town would prevent strikes.
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Scandal of 1862! Union Pacific created CM which enabled them to
pocket money. Company would lay track at two/three times the actual
costthen keep the profits! Donated shares of stock to some Congress
members
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3 reasons 1. High prices to ship goods 2. Land grants sold to
businesses not farmers 3. Different rates for different
customers
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In response to the corruption. To establish maximum freight and
passenger rates and prohibit discrimination Set of laws to protect
farmers and consumers. Regulates the railroads.
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Required the railroads to be reasonable and just but didnt
require the government to fix rates. Federal gov. could supervise
railroad activities. Interstate Commerce Commission
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Railroads on brink of bankruptcy! Mismanagement Corporate
abuses Overbuilding Competition Economic collapse! Worst depression
up to that time. By 1894, a quarter of railroads taken over by
banks. Others seized by entrepreneurs.
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http://blog.flocabular y.com/industrial- revolution/ Please get
in groups of 3-4!