Industrialization Spreads
Objectives Describe industrialization in the United States and Europe Identify effects of industrialization on the rest of the world
Industrial Development in the United States Industrialization in the United States England wanted to protect its industrial secrets Could not leave the country Engineers Mechanics Toolmakers Samuel Slater Spinning machine from memory Thread Francis Cabot Lowell Mechanize every stage of the manufacture of cloth The secrets get out
Industrial Development in the United States Later Expansion of U.S. Industry Chicago, IL Stock Yard Northeast Early 1800s Post Civil War Technological boom Abilene, KS Cattle Depot Flagstaff, AZ Railroad Hub Railroad Cities Oil Telephone Coal Denver, CO Railroad Hub Light bulb Iron
Industrial Development in the United States A National Network Mississippi 1856 Missouri 1859 Central Pacific & Union Pacific meet in Utah 1869 30,000 miles of track at start of civil war Transcendental Railroad
Industrial Development in the United States The Rise of Corporations Stock Rights of ownership To make money for business venture entrepreneurs sold share of stock Corporation Businesses owned by stock holders Stock holders are not personally responsible for debts, but share in its profits John D. Rockefeller Standard Oil Andrew Carnegie Carnegie Steel Company
Continental Europe Industrializes British Miracle Beginnings in Belgium European countries are eager to adopt British methods Napoleonic Wars: 1789-1815 Halt in trade Interruption in communication Inflation Natural Resources Iron ore Coal Waterways William Cockerill Smuggled spinning machine plans out of England
Continental Europe Industrializes Germany Industrializes Working against them Politically isolated Economically isolated Scattered natural resources Around 1835 Imported goods and services Sent children to England to be educated Started to build railroads
The Impact of Industrialization Rise of Global Inequality Transformation of Society Despite hardships gains were made in Population Health Wealth Education Democratic participation Social reform Industrialized Nonindustrialized Britain uses its colonies as a source of raw materials U.S., Russia, and Japan follow suit
Why did Britain want to keep industrialization secret? _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________
Why might railroads be even more important to the U. S Why might railroads be even more important to the U.S. industrialization than to that of Britain? _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________
How do you think industrialized nations chose the areas they would colonize? _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________