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What were the Driving Forces of Industrialization and How did if Affect American Society?. U.S. History & Government 11 th Grade Boys & Girls Al-Madinah School December 24, 2018. Driving forces of 2 nd Industrialization. What factors are necessary for industrialization?
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What were the Driving Forces of Industrialization and How did if Affect American Society? U.S. History & Government 11th Grade Boys & Girls Al-Madinah School December 24, 2018
Driving forces of 2nd Industrialization • What factors are necessary for industrialization? • A wealth of natural resources, • Inventions and entrepreneurship • government support for business, • and a growing urban population • that provided both cheap labor and markets for new products.
Driving forces of 2nd Industrialization • Natural Resources: • Abraham Gesner distilled kerosene from oil in the 1840s • Edwin Drake used steam engine to drill oil in 1859 • Oil boom followed in many states • Coal and iron were also in abundance
Driving forces of 2nd Industrialization • Bessemer Process helped mass production of Steel from Iron, developed independently by Henry Bessemer and William Kelly. • It was later replaced by open-heart process.
Uses of Steel • Railroad tracks • Barbed wire • Steel plow • New Construction projects • Brooklyn Bridge • Skyscrapers from Steel (William Le Baron Jenny)
New Inventions promote change • Electricity (light bulbs, electric fans, printing presses, etc.( • By 1890, electric power ran numerous machines, from fans to printing presses. • This inexpensive, convenient source of energy soon became available in homes and spurred the invention of time-saving appliances. • Electric streetcars made urban travel cheap and efficient and also promoted the outward spread of cities. • Electric power helped shift factories away from rivers.
Changes in Lifestyles due to new inventions • Typewriter by Christopher Sholes • Telephone by Alexander Graham Bell • These two inventions created jobs for women – clerical jobs • Workers gained some powers
Answer the following questions now • What led to the nation’s oil boom? • What was the Bessemer Process and how did it boom the steel production? • What some new uses of steel in the United States? • How did the harnessing of electricity transform American business? • How did new inventions and products affect people at home and work?
Homework • Questions 1 & 2 on page 439
What Role Did Railroads Play in Economic Growth, and Legal Development of the Nation? 11th grade boys/girls | Br. Siraj United States History and Government / Monday, December 24, 2018
Role of railroads • The Country was united after Transcontinental railroad was completed • By 1890 there were more than 180,000 miles of railroads • Standardization of time • The World should be divided into24 time zones. U.S. had four. • Congress approved the railroad time in 1918
Opportunities and Problems Related to Railroads • Growth of New Towns and market Places • Railroads helped the nationwide marketing opportunities • Cities expanded • New cities were built. • Ex. George Pullman • Scandal • Credit Mobilier
Legal and Social Battle of the Railroads • Grange Movement and Railroads • Farmers were unhappy with railroads • Misuse of land grants • Fixing prices to keep farmers in Debt • Charging different customers different prices • Granger Laws were passed to control the railroads • Munn Vs. Illinois: Supreme Court Upheld the Granger laws of Illinois • Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 Set Federal Control over railroads
Homework • Questions 1 and 2 on page 446