1. Growth of Industry Pay attention to underlined words.
Industrialization
Growth of Industry
Pay attention to underlined words.

2. America Becomes an Industrial Giant
By 1900, the United States emerged as the leading industrial power in the world
Its manufacturing output exceeded that of its 3 largest rivals: Great Britain, France & Germany

3. Factors that influenced industrialization
Lots of natural resources: coal, iron ore, copper, lead, timber and oil
Abundant (Cheap) labor supply due to immigration
Advanced transportation network creates huge market for industrial goods
Development of innovations, laborsaving technologies, and talented entrepreneurs
Friendly government policies:
Laissez-faire (hands off) business, or pure capitalism
Entrepreneurs received special favors from Congress to create new business

4. Major Innovations
Edwin Drake: Successfully uses steam engine to drill for oil in Pennsylvania making it practical
Oil and gasoline businesses would be essential to industrialization
Oil boom that spread to Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and later Texas
With the invention of the automobile became popular, gasoline became the most important form of oil

5. Major Innovations Cont.
Bessemer Process: process by which air is injected into molten iron, which removed carbon and creates steel.
Steel is better product than iron since it is lighter, more flexible, and rust-resistant
Steel would be used to create railroads,
barbed wire enormous bridges skyscrapers, etc.

6. Major Innovations Cont.
Lewis Howard Latimer- invented the carbon filaments in light bulbs

7. Major Innovations Cont.
Thomas Edison established the first research laboratory in Menlo Park, NJ
Edison improves the light bulb and a system for distributing electrical power which completely changed society
Electric power began being used in businesses, in homes, transportations, and spurred numerous inventions of appliances
Manufacturers could put their plants wherever they want
Workers could work shifts, leading to shorter hours

8. Major Innovations Cont.
Major inventions by African-Americans:
Thomas J. Martin- fire extinguisher
Alexander Miles- electric elevator
Garret Morgan- traffic light

9. Major Innovations Cont.
Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson invent the telephone
Laid groundwork for worldwide communications network
George Westinghouse refrigerated railroad cars,
Christopher Sholes typewriter
Other: sewing machine, phonograph, motion pictures, dynamite, radio

10. Women in the Workplace
The inventions of the typewriter and telephone created new jobs for women
By 1910 women accounted for nearly 40% of the clerical workforce
Before industrialization, women sewed clothing by hand for their families
After industrialization clothing could be mass-produced in factories creating garment workers which were mainly women

11. Review
Notes and paragraph due on 9/28, On a separate sheet of paper, Write a paragraph using seven of the underlined terms from your notes. Be sure to use the words in the proper context and use the theme that natural resources and technology changed/improved America.

12. Exit Slip Due Th-Mon. 9/27 B-Day 10/1 A-Day
Research Recent Teen Inventions and Inventors
At least ½ page write-up about the invention that lists the following things:
Who made the invention
Name of invention
Purpose of invention
Target group (Who will be using this invention?)
How this invention will make a part of your life easier
Any special features the invention has
Cite your source/sources (what website and web address did you get your information from).