Agenda● Do Now● Expansion of Industry Notes● Crash Course: The Industrial Economy● Writing response● Alexander Graham Bell Primary Source

Homework:● Read Opposing Viewpoints and answer the two

questions (one at the beginning of each viepoint)

Do NowHad the United States been poor in natural resources, how might industrialization been impacted?

A Technological Revolution

American HistoryNovember 20, 2014

What is an “Industrial Revolution”?

Industrial revolution can be described as…● a dramatic change in society in which

most people live on farms to one where most people live in towns or citieso In 200 years farming goes..

90% → 3%

Fuel of Industrialization● By 1900 the US economy was growing at 4%

per year● Factors leading to immense growth

o Natural resourceso Abundant labor supplyo Growing populationo Capital was plentifulo Development of laborsaving technologieso Lenient government policieso Entrepreneurs

Changes in Daily Life● Daily life in 1865

o No electric lightingo No refrigerationo Communication was slow

● Investing in technologyo Inventions rise so do investments

increases standard of living helps old and new businesses

The Oil Industry● Drake Strikes Oil

o 1858 - PA Rock Oil Company sends Edwin L. Drake to

look for oilo Drill using steam-powered

engine

● Oil strike = oil business grows

Advancement in Electricity● Edison, a master of invention

o Goal was to invent home lightingo Builds electric power plant

● Electricity is improvedo Alternating currents

● Impact of electricity

Advancements in Communication

● Telegrapho Samuel Morse

Morse Codeo Western Union Co.

● Telephoneo Alexander Graham Bell

“Talking Telegraph” 1876

Railroads Create a National Network● The Transcontinental Railroad

o Funded by the governmento Brings immigrants

● Railroad Developmento New technologies increase travel

● Railroad and Time Zoneso Standardized time

● Railroads and Industryo Stimulates other businesses

The Bessemer Process● 1850’s process for making steel

o Henry Bessemer - England Receives first patent

o William Kelly - Kentucky● Makes mass production possible● The Brooklyn Bridge

o John A. Roeblingo Opens on May 24, 1883

Writing:Write a paragraph explaining:● Which of the inventions you researched

yesterday was most significant?● Why?