A New Industrial Age

The expansion of industry

Objectives Explain how an abundance of natural resources, new recovery methods, and new uses for them lead to intensive industrialization Identify inventions that changed the way people lived and worked

Natural Resources Fuel Industry Only 60 years after the Civil War, U.S. has moved from an Agrarian society to the leading industrial nation Why? Wealth of natural resources Government support of business Growing urban population Aided by immigration Cheap labor http://maps.howstuffworks.com/north-america-land-use-resources-map.htm

Natural Resources Fuel Industry Black Gold Edwin L. Drake 1st to practically remove oil via steam engine in Titusville, PA Distilled in kerosene The by product, gasoline, was originally thrown away

Natural Resources Fuel Industry Bessemer Steal Process Iron Dense Easley breaks and rusts If you remove the carbon from inside iron ore, you can create steel Bessemer Steal Process Injecting air into molten iron to remove carbon and other impurities Eventually replaced by open-hearth process Could use scrap and raw materials

Natural Resources Fuel Industry New Uses for Steel Railroad Tracks Agriculture Barbwire Farm machinery Infrastructure Bridges Skyscrapers

Inventions Promote Change The Power of Electricity Thomas Edison Incandescent Light bulb Factors break free No longer need to be near power sources/water

Inventions Promote Change Inventions Change Lifestyles New jobs for women Christopher Sholes Typewriter Alexander Graham Bell Thomas Watson Telephone 1890 < 5% 1910 ~40% Industrialization of Workforce textile/garment Workers standard of living