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Invention and Innovation 1850-1900

Invention and Innovation 1850-1900 . U.S. Industrial Revolution . Three Factors Wealth of natural resources Government support for business Growing population . Oil Boom 1859. Edwin Drake- 1 st to use steam engine to drill for oil Watch Gusher Video. Steel 1850.

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Invention and Innovation 1850-1900

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  1. Invention and Innovation 1850-1900

  2. U.S. Industrial Revolution • Three Factors • Wealth of natural resources • Government support for business • Growing population

  3. Oil Boom 1859 • Edwin Drake- 1st to use steam engine to drill for oil • Watch Gusher Video

  4. Steel 1850 • Bessemer process- injected air into hot iron to remove carbon • Steel- lighter, stronger, didn’t rust

  5. Barbed Wire

  6. Plows

  7. Brooklyn Bridge

  8. Skyscrapers 1st -Home insurance building- Chicago 1883 Woolworths building-NYC

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