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The Expansion of Industry

The Expansion of Industry. How does industry “boom” in the US?. Wealth of Natural Resources. - US possessed many natural resources to fuel industrialization. 1) water. 2) coal. 3) oil. 4) iron ore. Black Gold.

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The Expansion of Industry

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  1. The Expansion of Industry How does industry “boom” in the US?

  2. Wealth of Natural Resources - US possessed many natural resources to fuel industrialization 1) water 2) coal 3) oil 4) iron ore

  3. Black Gold • 1869: Edwin L. Drake developed a steam engine powered drill, could now reach oil underground • Oil business boomed, centered in Cleveland and Pittsburgh • Patillo Higgins believes there is oil in Beaumont, Texas • Gets investors to join search for oil they strike it rich in Jan 1901

  4. The Steel Boom iron ore coal • Production of steel requires coal and iron, lots on east coast Pittsburgh • Methods of purifying iron were expensive and inefficient • 1850: Henry Bessemer develops easier method to purify iron • Bessemer process is cheap & easy way to produce steel – “steel boom” begins

  5. Inventions Expand Industry • 1876 : Thomas Edison sets up research laboratory in Menlo Park, NJ - 420 patented inventions • 1890: Edison & George Westinghouse design a system to produce and distribute electricity called a powerhouse • No longer have to be near waterway for power, industry expands

  6. Inventions timeline (pg 232) • Seat 1 & 3 find the dates for when the following were invented and write them in your notes: • Photography, reaper, sewing machine, combustible engine, dynamite, typewriter • Seat 2 & 4 find the dates for when the following were invented and write them in your notes: • Light bulb, phonograph, telephone, electric motor, radio, motion pictures, x-ray, airplane • How much time elapsed between the telegraph & the telephone? • How much time elapsed between the internal-combustion • engine & the airplane? • 3. In which decade were the most new inventions created?

  7. Abuses on the Railroad • Using Chinese & Irish immigrants,Union Pacific & Central Pacific race to finish a coast to coast railway (5/10/1889) • Railroads bring the “dream of America” to the public • A Few companies have monopoly on RR, Grangers get state laws passed that lower RR rates & prohibit discrimination • Munn v. Illinois: RRs challenge Granger Laws, go to Supreme Court. Sup. Court rules states can regulate RR for public benefit • Problem: Supreme Court also rules states can’t regulate railroads crossing state lines (interstate commerce) • Solution: Congress passes Interstate Commerce Act in 1887 to allow federal government regulate RR between states

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