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A Growing Nation. Unit 3, Lesson 3. Industry in Ohio. After the Civil War, industries in Ohio grew rapidly. Ohio’s location, natural resources, and transportation systems made this growth possible. Steel, Oil, Rubber, and Glass. Ohioans began making iron for farm tools in the early 1800s. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Industry in Ohio• After the Civil War, industries in Ohio
grew rapidly.• Ohio’s location, natural resources,
and transportation systems made this growth possible.
Steel, Oil, Rubber, and Glass• Ohioans began making iron for farm tools
in the early 1800s.• Growth of railroads after the Civil War led
to a greater demand for iron and steel.– Demand the need for a product or service by
people who are willing to pay for it• Ohio steel mills made a greater supply of
steel to meet the demand.– Supply the amount of a product offered for
sale
Steel, Oil, Rubber, and Glass• Oil = John D. Rockefeller– formed the Standard Oil Company in Cleveland in
1870.– by 1880 company owned most of the oil in the
United States• Rubber = Benjamin F. Goodrich in 1871– moved his factory to Akron; eventually became
known as “Rubber Capital of the World”• Glass = Edward Libbey in 1888– moved factory to Toledo; eventually became
known as “Glass City”
Steel, Oil, Rubber, and Glass• Ohio had many of the natural
resources needed to make products– Iron ore, oil, natural gas
• Allowed Ohio industries to specialize (to make only a few kinds of products)– Able to make more of a product for a
lower cost
A New Century• Many people came to work in the
state’s growing industries.• By 1900 more than 4 million people
lived in Ohio.
Famous Ohio Inventors• The growth of industry led a number of
Ohioans to develop inventions– Invention something that has been made for
the first time• One of the most famous Ohio inventors was
Thomas Edison– Invented the electric lightbulb– Held more than 1,000 patents
• Patent government award of the right to make or sell an invention; stop others from copying an invention
Famous Ohio Inventors• Orville and Wilbur Wright from
Dayton developed a completely new way to travel– 1903 = made the first successful
powerful airplane flight• Charles Kettering from Dayton
invented the electric automobile starter– Allowed people to start cars without
turning a crank or handle
Famous Ohio Inventors• Some successful Ohio inventors were
African Americans.• Granville Woods of Cincinnati
developed the first electric railway• Garrett Morgan of Cleveland
patented the first United States traffic signal and early gas mask
Newcomers to Ohio• Thousands of Europeans immigrated
to the United States in the early 1900s – many came to Ohio
• By 1910 about 1 out of 3 people in Cleveland, Youngstown, and Lorain had come from some other country.
Newcomers to Ohio• African Americans also migrated to
Ohio and other northern states during this time.–Many came from southern states.
• The movement of people came to be called the Great Migration.– In the 1910s and 1920s, thousands of
African Americans moved to Ohio cities to work in factories.