1. The Industrial Age
In the United States

2. US Makes Progress End of Civil War to 1920’s (55 years later)
US is leading industrial power in the world

3. Four Causes of Industrial growth

4. I. Natural Resources 1. “Black Gold”—Oil 2. Why was oil important?
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3. Coal & Iron--Made into steel
Railroads biggest customer of steel, coal
and glass
5. Steel led to the building of skyscrapers

5. Steel Workers

6. II. Inventions 1. Changed the way people worked and lived
2. Increased efficiency & amount of product

7. Cotton Gin
Light bulb
1st telephone

8. III. Urban Population 1. Provided markets for new products
2. Emergence of the consumer
3. Mass immigration provided cheap labor

9. IV. Growth of Railroads
1. At the start of Civil War 30,000 miles of track
By 1890, 7 times this amount – 210,000 mi.
2. Opened up unsettled land
3. Linked Cities = community
4. Promoted trade
5. Made urban centers wealthy