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U.S. Industrial Revolution

U.S. Industrial Revolution . Factors that led to Industrial Revolution Wealth of natural resources Invention and technological innovation Government support for business Increased immigration for cheap labor New methods of transportation. U.S. Industrial Revolution .

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U.S. Industrial Revolution

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  1. U.S. Industrial Revolution • Factors that led to Industrial Revolution • Wealth of natural resources • Invention and technological innovation • Government support for business • Increased immigration for cheap labor • New methods of transportation

  2. U.S. Industrial Revolution • Effects of the Industrial Revolution • Economic power increase in world market • Growth of large corporations • New, abundant manufactured goods • Poor working conditions • Increased labor activism • Link in regional economies • Labor regulations

  3. Invention and Innovation 1850-1900

  4. Oil Boom 1859 • Edwin Drake- 1st to use steam engine to drill for oil

  5. Steel 1850 • Bessemer process- injected air into hot iron to remove carbon • Steel- lighter, stronger, didn’t rust

  6. New uses for steel Farm implements Barbed Wire Bridges Skyscrapers

  7. Inventions Airplane Telephone Telegraph Combustion Engine Radio Phonograph Motion Picture Camera Light Bulb Sewing Machine Reaper

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