1. The Rise of Industry pg 410-415

2. The United States Industrializes After the War, industry rapidly expanded Millions of Americans left farms to work in mines and factories Factories replaced smaller workshops Complex machinery replaced simpler hand tools

3. The United States Industrializes By the late 1800s the U.S. was the world’s leading industrial nation By 1914 the nations (GNP) gross national product was 8 times greater than it had been in 1865 after the civil war. Gross National product: The total value of all goods and services that a country produces.

4. Natural Resources U.S. had a vast natural resources, timber, coal, iron and copper. Companies obtained them cheaply and didn’t need to import them. Resources located in the West, so the settlement of this region helped accelerate industrialization. As did the transcontinental railroad, which took miners and settlers the western regions and carried resources back to the Eastern factories

5. Natural Resources People began using a new resource, petroleum American oil industry was built on the demand for kerosene In 1859, Edwin Drake drilled first oil well in PA 1900 oil fields from PA to Texas had been drilled and oil production rose and led to economic expansion

6. A Large Workforce The human resources available to American Industry were as important as natural resources, enabling the nation to industrialize rapidly Between 1860 & 1910 the population nearly tripled The population growth provided industry with an abundant workforce Also created a demand for consumer goods manufactured by factories

7. A Large Workforce Population stemmed from two causes: Large families and Flood of immigrants 1870-1910 more than 17million Immigrants arrived in the U.S. These multitudes: 1. Entered the workforce 2. Helped factories increase production 3. Became consumers of industrial products

8. New Inventions In your books turn to page 412 to 414

9. The Worlds Fair The first era could be called the era of "industrialization" and covered, roughly, the period from 1800 to 1938. In these days, world expositions were especially focused on trade, and were famous for the display of technological inventions and advancements. World expositions were the platforms where the state-of- the-art in science and technology from around the world was brought together. The world expositions of 1851 London, 1853 New York, 1862 London, Philadelphia (1876), 1889 Paris, 1893 Chicago, 1900 Paris, 1901 Buffalo, 1904 St. Louis and 1915 San Francisco were landmarks in this respect. Inventions such as the telephone were first presented during this era. An important part of the image of world's fairs stems from this first era.

10. Create and Complete the chart Class Activity: Create and Complete the chart YearInventorInvention description Do we still use it now? What do you think? 1872Elijah McCoyAutomatic Lubricator for steam engine, allowing trains to fun faster with less maintenance No, we use electric instead of steam

11. Free Enterprise U.S. used a Laissez-faire, free enterprise approach which helped industrialization grow rapidly Laissez-faire: Let people do as they choose, Hands off approach when looking at government influence in business Laissez-Faire: 1. Relies on supply and demand 2. supports free market with competing companies 3. Supports low taxes & limited govt. debt, ensue private individuals, not govt. makes decisions on how nations wealth will be spent

12. Free Enterprise Entrepreneurs : people who risk their capital to organize and run businesses, were attracted by the prospect of making money in manufacturing and transportation North and South h ad different views about the role of Govt. in economy Northern leaders wanted high tariffs to protect from foreign markets Southern’s wanted low tariffs to promote trade & imported goods low.

13. Free Enterprise After the Civil war Republican controlled congress passed the Morrill Tariff, which greatly increased tariff rate When U.S. raised their tariffs on foreign goods other countries raised it’s tariffs on American goods, making it hard for American businesses to sell goods abroad This practice did however help American industry to grow and develop and soon by the 1900s the government felt that it could compete in a world market and promoted lower tariffs and free trade

14. Homework Write a letter three fourths of a page in length. In this letter take on the role of an average person living in the city. In your letter explain to the other person what inventors and inventions you saw at the world's fair. Explain how these inventions will make your everyday life easier. Make sure you include at least four inventors. These inventors can be found on page 412- 413 in your book. If you type this assignment it has to be half a page, twelve point font times new roman single spaced.