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Second Industrial Revolution

Second Industrial Revolution . 1870- 1900. Population 1880. New Discoveries . Oil In America!!!!! Oil before the late 1800s hade been used only for lubrication for machines Then Oil modern purpose was discovered in the Second Industrial revolution Oil became big business in America

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Second Industrial Revolution

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  1. Second Industrial Revolution 1870- 1900

  2. Population 1880

  3. New Discoveries • Oil In America!!!!! • Oil before the late 1800s hade been used only for lubrication for machines • Then Oil modern purpose was discovered in the Second Industrial revolution • Oil became big business in America • TEXAS- Add to Map

  4. New Discoveries • Steel • Iron vs Steel • Iron is a weaker the is made solely out of one element • Steel is stronger and is made out of more than one element • Bessemer Process • Process for making Steel

  5. Why is Steel Important? • Steel allows for the construction of stronger buildings and structures • Skyscrapers • Bridges • Low cost!!! • Railroads • Rail lines can be laid down at a cheaper long-term cost

  6. Andrew Carnegie Carnegie Steel

  7. Railroads • Transcontinental Railroad • Railroad that stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean • Boosted trade in America • Consumerism • Connected Urban Areas to Rural Areas

  8. Cornelius Vanderbilt Railroads

  9. Post-Civil War Agriculture • Chicago, Illinois • Meat packing plant • Swift and Armour • Stock Yards • Places were livestock is brought for slaughter and packing • Chicago chosen because of Railroads

  10. Post-Civil War Agriculture • Cities on the Mississippi and Ohio River boom because of shipping of Crops • Ohio River • Cincinnati, OH • Mississippi River • St Paul / Minneapolis, MN • St Louis, MO • Memphis, TN • New Orleans, LA

  11. Post-Civil War Agriculture • Crops are know grown in different regions • Cotton • Still grown in South • Corn • Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa • Major Technological Advancements • Barbed Wire • Steel Plow • John Deere • Replaced Iron Plows

  12. Barbed Wire

  13. Steel Plow

  14. Major Urban Growth •Northeast New York • Upper Mid-West St. Louis, MO; Minneapolis, MN; Chicago, IL •Atlantic Boston •California San Francisco

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