Ch. 4 The Triumph of Industry 1865-19144.1 Technology and Industrial Growth

4.1 Learning Objectives1. Analyze the factors that lead to the

industrial revolution of the United States in the late 1800’s.

2. Explain how new inventions and innovations changed American lives.

3. Describe the impact of industrialization in the late 1800’s.

Encouraging Industrial Growth Civil War-products needed quickly Natural Resources-coal, forests, rivers,

oil Workforce grows-immigration Entrepreneurs- “rags to riches” Government policies-protective tariffs,

laissez-faire

Innovation Drives the Nation Patent-grant by federal government giving

an inventor exclusive rights to develop/sell product

Electricity-Thomas Edison Communications

Samuel Morse=telegraph Alexander Graham Bell=telephone

Steel Bessemer Process Suspension bridges

Cont. Trains

time zones Stimulated business growth

Mass production

Impact of Industrialization Linking world markets

U.S. grew as economic world power Farms become mechanized

People move to cites Harming the environment