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Page 2: Chapter 12. A. Industrial boom due to several factors: 1. abundant natural resources 2. govt. supported business 3. urban population = cheap labor 4

I.) WHY SPREAD TO AMERICA?

A. Industrial boom due to several factors:1. abundant natural resources2. govt. supported business3. urban population = cheap labor4. rise in population = market for new products

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II.) NEW INNOVATIONSInventor Invention Date

James Watt Reliable/Modern Steam Engine 1775

Eli Whitney Cotton Gin 1793

Robert Fulton Steamboat 1807

Samuel Morse Telegraph 1836

Elias HoweIssac Singer

Sewing MachineImproves/Markets Sewing Machine

18441851

Henry Bessemer Process for Mass Production of Steel

1855

Alexander Graham Bell

Telephone 1876

Thomas Alva Edison Phonograph & Light Bulb 1877/1879

And the most important………

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B. Transcontinental Railroad: Union Pacific & Central Pacific connect east to west on May 10, 1869

Promontory Point, UtahMay 10, 1869

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IV.) RAILROAD ABUSES & REFORMS

A. Abuses by the Railroad:-misuse of govt. land grants-price controls-shipping charges

E. Credit Mobilier: a1864 corruption scheme which Union Pacific stockholders formed a construction company to skim off railroad profits for themselves

Outcome: - Union Pacific officials pocket 23 million

- Kickbacks to govt. officials - Republican Party tarnished

Then…..

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B. Granger Laws: laws protecting the farmers

& regulating the railroadsExample: set maximum rate for

shipping goods!!Outcome: Munn v. Illinois(1877)

(upheld the state’s right to regulate the railroads)

C. Interstate Commerce Act: govt. has the right to

supervise railroad activities

- created a 5 member commission to oversee

(ICC)