1. The Rise of Northern Manufacturing

2. Objective
Explain the events of the Civil War, Reconstruction, the African-American racism struggle, and the various inventions and big business of the late 19th and early 20th century

3. Guided Note Questions copy these into your notes
What were factors that led to America’s industrial growth?
List five new industries that came into being because of industrialization. Which, out of the five you selected, do you feel is the most impactful to the United States?
Why was oil such a major find?
What did the Bessemer Process allow the growth of?
Essential Question: Which new industry, do you think, had the
greatest impact on society. Justify your
choice.
Each question should be at least 1 to 3 sentences and use direct information from the lesson

4. Northern Manufacturing
Review:
the North had always been geared more towards industry
the South was more agricultural
this divide will continue after the Civil War
one of the reasons for the North winning the Civil War was it’s industrial might
American Industrial Revolution:
before the Civil War, America was mostly agricultural
by 1920, America became an industrial
powerhouse = just 60 years later!
How?

5. FACTORS FOR INDUSTRIAL GROWTH
Natural Resources
Capital (gold, silver and banking)
US Government support
Desire: Creative inventors and industrialists
Transportation System
Labor force (immigrants)
Guided Question 1: What were the factors that led to America’s
Industrial growth?

6. Natural Resources Fuel Industrialization
Edwin L. Drake used a steam engine to drill for oil near Titusville, PA
Started an oil boom throughout the nation
Entrepreneurs began to transform the oil into kerosene (lamps/heating fuel)
Gasoline will become the most important product of oil after the automobile became popular
Guided Question 2: Why was oil a major find?

8. BESSEMER PROCESS
Henry Bessemer devised a way of converting iron into steel on a large scale
his invention involved blowing air through molten iron in a converter, or furnace, in order to burn off the excess carbon
his invention revolutionized the Industrial Age

9. BESSEMER PROCESS New Uses for Steel
Steel used in railroads, barbed wire, farm machines
Changes construction: Brooklyn Bridge / steel-framed
skyscrapers / Home Insurance
Building in Chicago
Guided Question 3: How did the Bessemer Process help fuel the growth of
America?

10. with the Bessemer Process and Carnegie steel, Skyscrapers revolutionized the building industry…..
major city skylines would be dotted with this new type of building as the 1900’s begin

11. 1st TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
May 10, 1869 at Promontory, Utah
“The Wedding of the Rails”
Central Pacific and Union Pacific
SIGNIFICANCE: connects the United States from the
Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

12. NEW INDUSTRIES Oil Railroad Mining Marketing Sugar Sewing Machine
Steel
Meatpacking
Beef/Cattle
Construction
Telegraph
Telephone
Railroad
Marketing
Sewing Machine
Vacuums
Typewriters
Automobile
Salt
Coal
Agricultural
Guided Question 4: List five new industries that came into being because of
industrialization. Which, out of the five you selected, do
you feel was most impactful to the United States?

13. KEY INVENTIONS BETWEEN 1860 TO 1900 Elevator---1852
Bessemer Process
Sewing Machine
Dynamite
Typewriter
Levi Blue Jeans/Basketball
Telephone
Phonograph
Light bulb and cash register
Zipper
Gasoline automobile and skyscraper
New York City---first city to have electricity--1890
Radio
Subway
X-ray
Between 1800 to 1900, US Government issued 500,000 patents

14. Some Other Inventions Created During the Gilded Age
Cola-Cola (1886)
Streetcars (1888)
Record Player (1877)
Skyscraper (1885)
Airplane (1903)

15. Answer should be three (3) sentences
Essential Question
Which new industry, do you think, had the greatest impact on society. Justify your choice.
Answer should be three (3) sentences

16. Objective
Explain the events of the Civil War, Reconstruction, the African-American racism struggle, and the various inventions and big business of the late 19th and early 20th century