1. The Rise of industry
Chapter 5 Section 1

2. The united states industrializes
A. The Industrial Revolution
Factory Workers
Mines and Factories
Gross National Product
* Total value of all goods and services a country produces.
GNP from

3. Natural resources American West Transcontinental Railroad
Types of resources
Self Sustainable
Transcontinental Railroad
Westward
Eastward
C. New Resources
Fuel
Edwin Drake
25 Barrels per day to nearly 16,000 barrels

4. A large workforce Population of the United States – 1860 to 1910
Industry
Consumer Goods
Family Size
Immigration
Better Life
Escape Oppressive Governments
Escape Religious persecution
Number of immigrants from 1870 to 1910

5. New inventions Transportation Communication
Inventions/Industry = Wealth/Jobs
See timeline on page

6. Bell and the telephone Alexander Graham Bell
Sound via an electrical current
Vary the intensity
1877 – Bell Telephone Company
Became American Telephone and Telegraph Company

7. Edison, Westinghouse, and electricity
Thomas Alva Edison
Improved telegraph
Menlo Park – Research Laboratory
Wizard of Menlo Park
Patented an invention every month
Owned more than 1,000 patents by his death
1877 – Phonograph
1879 – Electric generator and the light bulb
Battery, Dictaphone, Motion Pictures
1889 – Edison General Electric (GE) supplied power to NY City

8. Edison, Westinghouse, and electricity
George Westinghouse
Air-Brake System for railroads.
All cars’ brakes were applied at the same time
rapid and smooth braking.
Allowed railroads to travel safely at high speeds.
Alternating Current (AC)
Distribute electricity using transformers and generators
1894 – Westinghouse Electric Company lit Chicago’s Columbia Exhibition.
First to use Hydroelectric power at Niagara Falls.
Generated electricity for streetcars and lights in Buffalo, NY which was 22 miles away.

9. Technology ‘s impact Thaddeus Lowe Gustavus Swift Ice Machine
In 1870 he hired an engineer to develop a refrigerated railroad car.
“Swift” Meatpacking
Fresh Food
Reduced Food Poisoning

10. Technology ‘s impact Clothing Industry D. Cyrus Field
Northrop automatic loom
Bobbins were changed automatically
Standard sizes of clothes
Power driven sewing machines and cloth cutters drove tailors out of business
Machines also changed how shoes were manufactured.
D. Cyrus Field
1866 laid a telegraph cable across the Atlantic
Instant communication between Europe and the USA.

11. Free Enterprise Laissez-faire
French phrase – “Let people do as they choose”
Belief that the government should not interfere in the economy.
Except to protect private property rights and maintain peace.
Laissez-Faire relies on supply and demand to regulate wages and prices.
Free market with competition between companies.
Supported low taxes and limited government debt.