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Industrial Revolution After 1865 Chapter 13 Section 1

Industrial Revolution After 1865 Chapter 13 Section 1. Objectives. Analyze the factors that led to the industrialization of the United States in the late 1800s. Explain how new inventions and innovations changed Americans’ lives. Describe the impact of industrialization in the late 1800s.

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Industrial Revolution After 1865 Chapter 13 Section 1

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  1. Industrial Revolution After 1865Chapter 13 Section 1

  2. Objectives • Analyze the factors that led to the industrialization of the United States in the late 1800s. • Explain how new inventions and innovations changed Americans’ lives. • Describe the impact of industrialization in the late 1800s.

  3. Industrial Growth during the Civil War • Factories used new tools and methods to produce supplies in large numbers. • Railroads expanded across the nation. • The government encouraged immigration. • Natural resources provided fuel for growth.

  4. A great many immigrants to the United States were pushed from their homelands by • political upheaval at home. • religious discrimination. • crop failures. They provided a willing workforce to industry.

  5. American entrepreneurs invested money in products in order to make profits. • Entrepreneurs fueled industrialization and helped spur innovation in the late 1800s. • They benefited from laissez-faire policies, which allowed businesses to work under minimal government regulation. • Protective tariffs encouraged buying American goods.

  6. Major Inventions of the 1800s

  7. Thomas Edison was the most prolific inventor of the era. He and his team of workers developed the light bulb, the phonograph, and hundreds of other new products.

  8. Daily life changed dramatically as a result of new technologies. Morse’s telegraph gave rise to a communications revolution. The telephone debuted in 1876, the wireless telegraph in 1896. The Bessemer process, which purified iron to create steel, changed construction. Steel made skyscrapers and suspension bridges possible.

  9. Railroads expanded. This led to the physical and economic growth of cities. Chicago, Atlanta, and Pittsburgh became important hubs.

  10. Railroads Changed America

  11. America exported grain, steel, and textiles in huge amounts and became a world economic power. Mechanization of farming meant fewer farmers were needed to produce food. Many Americans moved to cities to find work.

  12. In response, Congress set aside protected lands. Yellowstone National Park was created in 1872. People began to raise concerns aboutthe impact of industrialization on the environment.

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