1. Chapter 6 A New Industrial Age Section 1 The Expansion of Industry

2. Natural Resources Fuel Industrialization The Growth of Industry By 1920s, U.S. is world’s leading industrial power, due to: » Wealth of Natural Resources » Gov’t support for business » Growing urban population

3. Black Gold 1859, Edwin Drake - used steam engine to drill for oil. Petroleum industry – 1 st Kerosene then Gasoline. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwzaxUF0k18

4. Bessemer Steel Process Abundant deposits of coal and iron spur the industry. Henry Bessemer developed a cheap and effective process for making steel. Bessemer Process puts air into iron to remove carbon to make steel.

5. New Uses for Steel » RR, Barbed Wire, and Farm Machines » Construction: Brooklyn Bridge; steel-framed skyscrapers.

6. Inventions Promote Change An Age of Inventions New inventions change the landscape, life, and work.

7. The Power of Electricity 1876, Thomas A. Edison est. first research lab 1880, patents the light bulb and created electrical power system By 1890 electricity runs numerous machines Allows manufacturers to locate factories any place esp. away from rivers; industry grows

8. An Age of Inventions Christopher Sholes – typewriter Alexander Graham Bell – telephone Inventions impact factory work, lead to industrialization.