Topic: Industrial Revolution Examine factors that encouraged American economic growth in the decades after the Civil War. Topic: Industrial Revolution
Vocabulary Free Enterprise System Bessemer Process Alexander Graham Bell Thomas Edison Entrepreneur National Market
Important Ideas New inventions – such as the Bessemer Process for making steel, sewing machine, typewriter, telegraph, telephone, oil well, and electricity – all contributed to America’s economic progress. Additional railroad construction (encouraged by the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad) created a demand for steel and tied the country together, creating a truly national market from coast to coast. The free enterprise system encouraged entrepreneurs to develop new industries and expand them. Entrepreneurs contributed to America’s economic growth.
This slide aligns to the following TLGs; Define Bessemer Process List important causes of American industrialization Explain national market List important natural resources found in the US that contributed to the success of the Second Industrial Revolution http://www.tubechop.com/watch/6511443 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cvofeaj0y0 Click on image to view Part 1
This slide aligns to the following TLGs; Identify Alexander Graham Bell’s technological invention. Identify Thomas Edison’s technological innovation. http://www.tubechop.com/watch/6514886 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cvofeaj0y0 Click on image to view Part 2
This slide aligns to the following TLGs; Describe the free enterprise system Explain the effect the free enterprise system had on entrepreneurs during the Second Industrial Revolution Explain the effect population growth had on industrialization
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