Ch. 4 The Triumph of Industry 1865-1914 4.1 Technology and Industrial Growth
4.1 Learning Objectives Analyze the factors that lead to the industrial revolution of the United States in the late 1800’s. Explain how new inventions and innovations changed American lives. Describe the impact of industrialization in the late 1800’s.
Encouraging Industrial Growth Civil War-products needed quickly Natural Resources-coal, forests, rivers, oil Workforce grows-immigration Entrepreneurs- “rags to riches” Government policies-protective tariffs, laissez-faire
Innovation Drives the Nation Patent-grant by federal government giving an inventor exclusive rights to develop/sell product Electricity-Thomas Edison Communications Samuel Morse=telegraph Alexander Graham Bell=telephone Steel Bessemer Process Suspension bridges
Cont. Trains time zones Stimulated business growth Mass production
Impact of Industrialization Linking world markets U.S. grew as economic world power Farms become mechanized People move to cites Harming the environment