1. Agenda ●Do Now ●Expansion of Industry Notes ●Crash Course: The Industrial Economy ●Writing response ●Alexander Graham Bell Primary Source Homework: ●Read Opposing Viewpoints and answer the two questions (one at the beginning of each viepoint)

2. Do Now Had the United States been poor in natural resources, how might industrialization been impacted?

3. A Technological Revolution American History November 20, 2014

4. What is an “Industrial Revolution”? Industrial revolution can be described as… ●a dramatic change in society in which most people live on farms to one where most people live in towns or cities o In 200 years farming goes..  90% → 3%

5. Fuel of Industrialization ●By 1900 the US economy was growing at 4% per year ●Factors leading to immense growth o Natural resources o Abundant labor supply o Growing population o Capital was plentiful o Development of laborsaving technologies o Lenient government policies o Entrepreneurs

6. Changes in Daily Life ●Daily life in 1865 o No electric lighting o No refrigeration o Communication was slow ●Investing in technology o Inventions rise so do investments  increases standard of living  helps old and new businesses

7. The Oil Industry ●Drake Strikes Oil o 1858 - PA Rock Oil Company  sends Edwin L. Drake to look for oil o Drill using steam-powered engine ●Oil strike = oil business grows

8. Advancement in Electricity ●Edison, a master of invention o Goal was to invent home lighting o Builds electric power plant ●Electricity is improved o Alternating currents ●Impact of electricity

9. Advancements in Communication ●Telegraph o Samuel Morse  Morse Code o Western Union Co. ●Telephone o Alexander Graham Bell  “Talking Telegraph” 1876

10. Railroads Create a National Network ●The Transcontinental Railroad o Funded by the government o Brings immigrants ●Railroad Development o New technologies increase travel ●Railroad and Time Zones o Standardized time ●Railroads and Industry o Stimulates other businesses

11. The Bessemer Process ●1850’s process for making steel o Henry Bessemer - England  Receives first patent o William Kelly - Kentucky ●Makes mass production possible ●The Brooklyn Bridge o John A. Roebling o Opens on May 24, 1883

14. Writing: Write a paragraph explaining: ●Which of the inventions you researched yesterday was most significant? ●Why?