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Industrialization, VA SOL
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Late 1800’s – Early 1900’s
Industrial Revolution
Light Bulb
Invented by Thomas Edison
“Banished the Night”
Factories could now stay open later, therefore workers began working longer hours
Inventions that lead to the GROWTH of INDUSTRY
Inventions that lead to the GROWTH of INDUSTRY
Telephone
Invented by Alexander Graham Bell
Helped businesses, markets, and railroads across the country to communicate
Reasons for the Rise and Prosperity of Big Business:
National Markets Created by Advances in
Transportation
Railroads linked…Factories – Produced Goods
Consumers –
Purchased Goods
Reasons for the Rise and Prosperity of Big Business:
Captains of Industry
John D. RockefellerAndrew CarnegieCornelius VanderbiltJP Morgan
Reasons for the Rise and Prosperity of Big Business:
•Advertising
Reasons for the Rise and Prosperity of Big Business:
•Goods Cost Less Money to Manufacture
• More Goods Produced
• Goods can be sold to the consumer for a cheaper $
• Assembly Line
Access to RAW MATERIALS and
ENERGY
Availability of work force due to Immigration
Inventions
Financial Resources
Factors that Lead to Growth of Industry:
Railroad Oil Steel
• Railroads and Shipping
•Cornelius Vanderbilt
• Standard Oil Company
•John D. Rockefeller
• Carnegie Steel Company
•Andrew Carnegie
Examples of BIG BUSINESS:
Mechanization
Reduced manual labor needs on the farm and increased production
Ex. The Reaper
Changes in Farm & City Life
Post-Civil War…
People left their jobs on farms to live in the city and work in factories
Immigrants also worked in factories to meet the labor demand
Changes in Farm & City Life
Post-Civil War…
Industrial Development in Cities = Increased Labor Needs in the
Factories
• New Access to Consumer Goods
Changes in Farm & City LifePost-Civil War…
• ex. Mail Order
Urbanization:Changing the Landscape
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_LS1hrWXW0