Expansion of Industry Natural Resources Fuels Industry

Black Gold Previously had been used to extract kerosene to light lamps A new technique which made oil drilling easier and more efficient created the oil industry

Coal Coal Mining became a big industry in the Ohio/West Virginia areas Coal production skyrocketed→250 million tons in 1900 Used to feed fires for trains and the steel industry

Steel Abundant deposits of iron ore in the US The Bessemer process became a widely used technique to transform iron, into steel  Inject air into the molten iron to remove carbon and impurities

Uses for Steel

The Technological Explosion Moving America into the 20 th Century

I Have an Idea….. Thomas Edison created the incandescent light bulb Changes the nature of business Convenient source of energy

To Write or Not to Write… Invention of typewriter Created by Christopher Sholes Changed the world of work No more writing reports by hand

Changing Lifestyles New surge in industrialization freed some factory workers from backbreaking labor Improved standard of living Average workweek reduced by ten hours Expanding urban population provides a vast market for new inventions

What factors led to industrialization in the US in the late nineteenth century?