14.1: The Expansion of Industry At the end of the 19th century, natural resources, creative ideas, and growing markets fueled an industrial boom. CLQ: West and Populism
Natural Resources Fuel Industrialization The Growth of Industry by 1920s, world’s leading industrial power, due to: *Wealth of natural resources *government support for business [lack of interference] *Growing urban population
Natural Resources Fuel Industrialization Black Gold 1859, Edwin L. Drake successfully use steam engine to drill for oil Petroleum—refining industry first makes kerosene, then gasoline
Bessemer Steel Process abundant deposits of coal, iron spur industry Bessemer process converts iron [element] to steel [alloy]
New Uses for Steel used in railroads, barbed wire, farm machines. changes construction: Brooklyn Bridge; steel-framed skyscrapers
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The Power of Electricity 1876, Thomas Alva Edison estab first research lab: *1880, patents incandescent light bulb. *creates system for electrical production, distribution electricity changes business; by 1890, runs numerous machines available in homes; encourages invention of appliances allows manufactures to locate plants anyplace
Thomas Alva Edison “Wizard of Menlo Park”
The Light Bulb
The Phonograph (1877)
The Ediphone or Dictaphone
The Motion Picture Camera
Alexander Graham Bell Telephone (1876)
Niagara Falls Power Plant Alternate Current Niagara Falls Power Plant George Westinghouse
Alternate Current Westinghouse Lamp ad
The Airplane Wilbur Wright Orville Wright Kitty Hawk, NC – December 7, 1903
Model T Automobile Henry Ford I want to pay my workers so that they can afford my product!
“Model T” Prices & Sales
U. S. Patents Granted 1790s 276 patents issued.
Inventions Change Lifestyles office work changes, brings women into the work force traditional jobs of women at home brought into factories (sewing/clothing) industrialization makes jobs easier; improves standard of living *By 1890, average workweek 10 hours shorter *As consumers, workers regain power in market