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Agenda:  Hand in final copy of RAFT  Guided Notes: Rise of Industry in America  Guided reading (page 561) and timeline activities Finish for homework.

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1 Agenda:  Hand in final copy of RAFT  Guided Notes: Rise of Industry in America  Guided reading (page 561) and timeline activities Finish for homework

2 I. Rise of Industry in America

3 A. Natural Resources = coal - power steam engines / machines - large coal deposits found in Penn, WV, Kentucky & Ohio = oil - lubricate machines / fuel lamps - found in Ohio & Penn = iron ore - make steel - found in Minnesota & Pittsburgh

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5 B. Increased Labor Force = 14 million immigrants = many Americans gave up farming to work in factories = large number of African Americans move to cities = increased number of consumers

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7 C. Increased Capital = investors seek to make money by investing in companies (buying stock) result = companies have more capital ($) to spend on raw materials & labor

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9 D. New Inventions = Bessemer process - Henry Bessemer invented a cheaper way to produce steel from iron ore = telegraph & telephone - Alexander Graham Bell = light bulb - Thomas Edison

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11 E. Increased Transportation = growth of RR’s in the US - created giant companies -  labor force -  immigration - caused pollution -  migration west - removed NA from land - towns & cities grew -  need for steel - set up time zones

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13 II. Free Enterprise A. free enterprise = individuals & private business are free to organize and operate for profit in competition with others B. supply and demand =  supply  demand /  supply  demand C. entrepreneurs = people who assume the risks for success or failure of the business enterprise = leaders that organize NR and labor, adopt new technology and inventions, and raise capital

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