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Industrialization Spreads
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Objectives Describe industrialization in the United States and Europe
Identify effects of industrialization on the rest of the world
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Industrial Development in the United States
Industrialization in the United States England wanted to protect its industrial secrets Could not leave the country Engineers Mechanics Toolmakers Samuel Slater Spinning machine from memory Thread Francis Cabot Lowell Mechanize every stage of the manufacture of cloth The secrets get out
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Industrial Development in the United States
Later Expansion of U.S. Industry Chicago, IL Stock Yard Northeast Early 1800s Post Civil War Technological boom Abilene, KS Cattle Depot Flagstaff, AZ Railroad Hub Railroad Cities Oil Telephone Coal Denver, CO Railroad Hub Light bulb Iron
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Industrial Development in the United States
A National Network Mississippi 1856 Missouri 1859 Central Pacific & Union Pacific meet in Utah 1869 30,000 miles of track at start of civil war Transcendental Railroad
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Industrial Development in the United States
The Rise of Corporations Stock Rights of ownership To make money for business venture entrepreneurs sold share of stock Corporation Businesses owned by stock holders Stock holders are not personally responsible for debts, but share in its profits John D. Rockefeller Standard Oil Andrew Carnegie Carnegie Steel Company
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Continental Europe Industrializes
British Miracle Beginnings in Belgium European countries are eager to adopt British methods Napoleonic Wars: Halt in trade Interruption in communication Inflation Natural Resources Iron ore Coal Waterways William Cockerill Smuggled spinning machine plans out of England
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Continental Europe Industrializes
Germany Industrializes Working against them Politically isolated Economically isolated Scattered natural resources Around 1835 Imported goods and services Sent children to England to be educated Started to build railroads
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The Impact of Industrialization
Rise of Global Inequality Transformation of Society Despite hardships gains were made in Population Health Wealth Education Democratic participation Social reform Industrialized Nonindustrialized Britain uses its colonies as a source of raw materials U.S., Russia, and Japan follow suit
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Why did Britain want to keep industrialization secret?
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Why might railroads be even more important to the U. S
Why might railroads be even more important to the U.S. industrialization than to that of Britain? _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________
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How do you think industrialized nations chose the areas they would colonize?
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