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A Growing Nation

A Growing Nation. Unit 3, Lesson 3. Industry in Ohio. After the Civil War, industries in Ohio grew rapidly. Ohio’s location, natural resources, and transportation systems made this growth possible. Steel, Oil, Rubber, and Glass. Ohioans began making iron for farm tools in the early 1800s.

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A Growing Nation

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  1. A Growing Nation Unit 3, Lesson 3

  2. Industry in Ohio • After the Civil War, industries in Ohio grew rapidly. • Ohio’s location, natural resources, and transportation systems made this growth possible.

  3. Steel, Oil, Rubber, and Glass • Ohioans began making iron for farm tools in the early 1800s. • Growth of railroads after the Civil War led to a greater demand for iron and steel. • Demand  the need for a product or service by people who are willing to pay for it • Ohio steel mills made a greater supply of steel to meet the demand. • Supply  the amount of a product offered for sale

  4. Steel, Oil, Rubber, and Glass • Oil = John D. Rockefeller • formed the Standard Oil Company in Cleveland in 1870. • by 1880  company owned most of the oil in the United States • Rubber = Benjamin F. Goodrich in 1871 • moved his factory to Akron; eventually became known as “Rubber Capital of the World” • Glass = Edward Libbey in 1888 • moved factory to Toledo; eventually became known as “Glass City”

  5. Steel, Oil, Rubber, and Glass • Ohio had many of the natural resources needed to make products • Iron ore, oil, natural gas • Allowed Ohio industries to specialize (to make only a few kinds of products) • Able to make more of a product for a lower cost

  6. A New Century • Many people came to work in the state’s growing industries. • By 1900 more than 4 million people lived in Ohio.

  7. Famous Ohio Inventors • The growth of industry led a number of Ohioans to develop inventions • Invention  something that has been made for the first time • One of the most famous Ohio inventors was Thomas Edison • Invented the electric lightbulb • Held more than 1,000 patents • Patent  government award of the right to make or sell an invention; stop others from copying an invention

  8. Famous Ohio Inventors • Orville and Wilbur Wright from Dayton developed a completely new way to travel • 1903 = made the first successful powerful airplane flight • Charles Kettering from Dayton invented the electric automobile starter • Allowed people to start cars without turning a crank or handle

  9. The Wright Brothers

  10. Charles Kettering

  11. Famous Ohio Inventors • Some successful Ohio inventors were African Americans. • Granville Woods of Cincinnati developed the first electric railway • Garrett Morgan of Cleveland patented the first United States traffic signal and early gas mask

  12. Granville Woods

  13. Garrett Morgan

  14. Newcomers to Ohio • Thousands of Europeans immigrated to the United States in the early 1900s – many came to Ohio • By 1910 about 1 out of 3 people in Cleveland, Youngstown, and Lorain had come from some other country.

  15. Newcomers to Ohio • African Americans also migrated to Ohio and other northern states during this time. • Many came from southern states. • The movement of people came to be called the Great Migration. • In the 1910s and 1920s, thousands of African Americans moved to Ohio cities to work in factories.

  16. The Great Migration

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