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The Expansion of Industry in the United States
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The Civil War (1861-1865)
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Starts in England!! Sir Richard Arkwright & his spinning machine led to the idea of factories! So what IS the Industrial Revolution?? A transition to new manufacturing processes When American became more Urban An era where changes occurred in manufacturing and transportation A movement where machines changed peoples way of life http://www.history.com/topics/industrial- revolution/videos
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Agricultural Nation Industrial Power 3 Factors of transformation… Natural Resources Inventions Growth of urban population
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In 1859 he used steam engine to drill for oil. This started an oil boom! Efficient way of drilling oil Petroleum-refining industries arose in some states Ready to turn oil into kerosene
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Patented by Henry Bessemer in 1855. Injects air into iron to remove the carbon and create steel. This process helped produce 90% of nations steel. Very inexpensive and efficient! https://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=dypdoLm4Rn8
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Railroads! Biggest customer of steel. Barbed Wire Farm machines McCormick and Deere!
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Innovative construction. The Brooklyn Bridge! Architects could build as high as they wanted with the steel support.
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1876 Incandescent light bulb Electricity changed nature of business http://www.history.com/shows/america- the-story-of-us/videos/thomas-edison
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Type Writer Telephone Transatlantic Cable Diesel Engine Sewing Machine Electric Motor Model T Airplane
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Telephone and Typewriter!! Sewing machine!! A new marketplace! New goods! Overall, industrialization contributed to an improved standard of living (at least for the middle and upper class)
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http://www.history.com/shows/america-the-story-of- us/videos/transcontinental-railroad#transcontinental- railroad
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Completed in 1869 Connected the East and West coast – Central Pacific and Union Pacific Provided dreams of adventure and unsettled land, but many paid the price. Chinese and Irish immigrants and Civil War veterans hired for treacherous work. Pneumonia and disease killed thousands. Low pay. Asians and African Americans earned even less Harsh conditions to work in.
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Railroads linked cities and towns and created trade. Towns started to specialize in in particular products.
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Railroad tycoon. Manufactured sleeper cars. “Luxury” to the rails Demand for sleepers was high Built his own town for employees. Hoped this town would prevent strikes.
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Railroads on brink of bankruptcy! Mismanagement Corporate abuses Overbuilding Competition Economic collapse! Worst depression up to that time. By 1894, a quarter of railroads taken over by banks. Others seized by entrepreneurs.
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http://www.history.c om/topics/industrial- revolution/videos/th e-industrial-revolition http://www.history.c om/topics/industrial- revolution/videos/th e-industrial-revolition
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