Did Industrialization benefit the people of the United States? Do Now: What are some technologies you use today?

Industrialization in America Machines are doing the work people use to do by hand America changes from a farming nation to a nation full of factories and businesses

Why does industry grow? Natural resources – Coal, iron, lead, copper – Factories use these resources to run machines and make goods

Transportation Allowed cities and nation to grow 1830’s railroads developed quickly Moves people, goods, and resources Transcontinental railroad – 1869 – New railroad opens – Runs from one side of the U.S. to another – Goods can now be sold in more places and for more money

Automobile 1900 Henry Ford 8,000 Americans owned in 1900 Assembly line- mass production 4.5 million in 1917

Airplane 1903 Wilbur and Orville Wright tested gas- powered airplane in North Carolina

Eerie Canal First transportation system in NY runs about 363 miles from Albany, New York, on the Hudson River to Buffalo, New York, at Lake Erie, completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes

Inventions New products or machines New machines makes products faster than people

Thomas Edison “The Wizard of Menlo Park” Invented the light bulb (1879), phonograph, motion picture camera, and other devices Opened first electrical power plant Lit up homes, factories, powered city streetcars

Alexander Graham Bell Invented the telegraph (telephone 1876) – Used codes, dots, dashes Instant communication over miles

Other Devices Typewriter (1868)- Christopher Sholes – Type instead of writing (faster) – 60 words per minute in offices Camera (1888)- George Eastman – Lightweight camera – Kodak

Immigration Immigrants are coming to the U.S. Take jobs for low pay Factories can sell more goods for less money

Urbanization Rapid growth of city populations Cities attracted industry People migrated to cities for jobs New York, San Francisco, Chicago