The Expansion of Industry
What would help a nation go from an agrarian society into an industrialized nation?
Two Biggies NATURAL RESOURCES INVENTIONS
Natural Deposits of Oil z Natural Deposits of Oil Native Americans used Abraham Gesnar=Kerosene Edwin Drake
Henry Bessemer Coal and Iron Deposits Early Uses of Steel Creates steel Bessemer Process- pulls impurities and carbon out of iron to create steel. Barbwire Railroads Tractors Bridges Buildings
Thomas Edison Perfects light bulb in 1880. z z Thomas Edison Perfects light bulb in 1880. Creates system to produce and distribute electricity.
z z Labor to Office Jobs Christopher Sholes- invents the typewriter in 1867 Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson invent the telephone.
How great of a change was electricity, telephones, and typewriters?
Write a news article covering either a person, item, or invention discussed in class. Use the textbook pages 242-245. Needs to have a title, picture, and at least two paragraphs= a minimum of 10 sentences. May include on how it has impacted us today.