Farm to Factory: Conflicts of a Changing Landscape Origins of Late 19th Century Industrialism

Farm Income

Total Value of Exports

Questions How is the “landscape” of the United States changing? How did the growth of industry impact the United States? Did it bring conflict, change, progress? Does everybody feel this way?

Connections Create a graphic organizer showing how each placard is interrelated with one or two others. Along the connector line, briefly explain the relationship. You must have at least five connections in order for this assignment to be considered complete. You must have a visual for each of your connections.

Example Explain how Electricity and the telegraph were related. Explain how patents, workers, and exports were interrelated. Telegraphs used electricity to transmit messages; so as the need for telegraphs as a communication source grew so did the need for electricity

Transportation Networks Needed to ship resources and finished goods nationwide Resources Iron, coal, lead copper, lumber Access to Energy Sources (electricity) Workers Immigrants, freedman Inventions Patents Steel, lightbulb, Mechanization, Telephone A Recipe for Industry New ways to raise Capital- financial resources Factors that supported Industrial Development of the US after 1865