Growth of Industry Pay attention to underlined words. Industrialization Growth of Industry Pay attention to underlined words.

America Becomes an Industrial Giant By 1900, the United States emerged as the leading industrial power in the world Its manufacturing output exceeded that of its 3 largest rivals: Great Britain, France & Germany

Factors that influenced industrialization Lots of natural resources: coal, iron ore, copper, lead, timber and oil Abundant (Cheap) labor supply due to immigration Advanced transportation network creates huge market for industrial goods Development of innovations, laborsaving technologies, and talented entrepreneurs Friendly government policies: Laissez-faire (hands off) business, or pure capitalism Entrepreneurs received special favors from Congress to create new business

Major Innovations Edwin Drake: Successfully uses steam engine to drill for oil in Pennsylvania making it practical Oil and gasoline businesses would be essential to industrialization Oil boom that spread to Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and later Texas With the invention of the automobile became popular, gasoline became the most important form of oil

Major Innovations Cont. Bessemer Process: process by which air is injected into molten iron, which removed carbon and creates steel. Steel is better product than iron since it is lighter, more flexible, and rust-resistant Steel would be used to create railroads, barbed wire enormous bridges skyscrapers, etc.

Major Innovations Cont. Lewis Howard Latimer- invented the carbon filaments in light bulbs

Major Innovations Cont. Thomas Edison established the first research laboratory in Menlo Park, NJ Edison improves the light bulb and a system for distributing electrical power which completely changed society Electric power began being used in businesses, in homes, transportations, and spurred numerous inventions of appliances Manufacturers could put their plants wherever they want Workers could work shifts, leading to shorter hours

Major Innovations Cont. Major inventions by African-Americans: Thomas J. Martin- fire extinguisher Alexander Miles- electric elevator Garret Morgan- traffic light

Major Innovations Cont. Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson invent the telephone Laid groundwork for worldwide communications network George Westinghouse refrigerated railroad cars, Christopher Sholes typewriter Other: sewing machine, phonograph, motion pictures, dynamite, radio

Women in the Workplace The inventions of the typewriter and telephone created new jobs for women By 1910 women accounted for nearly 40% of the clerical workforce Before industrialization, women sewed clothing by hand for their families After industrialization clothing could be mass-produced in factories creating garment workers which were mainly women

Review Notes and paragraph due on 9/28, On a separate sheet of paper, Write a paragraph using seven of the underlined terms from your notes. Be sure to use the words in the proper context and use the theme that natural resources and technology changed/improved America.

Exit Slip Due Th-Mon. 9/27 B-Day 10/1 A-Day Research Recent Teen Inventions and Inventors At least ½ page write-up about the invention that lists the following things: Who made the invention Name of invention Purpose of invention Target group (Who will be using this invention?) How this invention will make a part of your life easier Any special features the invention has Cite your source/sources (what website and web address did you get your information from).