Expansion of Industry

Main Idea:At the end of the 19th century, natural resources, creative ideas, and growing markets fueled an industrial boom

Causes of Industrial Boom

• Lots of natural resources

• Government

• Growing

Impact of New Discoveries

• Changes in lifestyle

• Creation of new industries

• Increase in transportation networks

Impact of New Discoveries

• Plains became food producer of the nation

• Innovative construction

• Improved communication all over nation

Impact of New Discoveries

• Changes in the Environment

• Urbanization

• Increases in disparity of wealth

New Patents Granted

Railroad Time

• Causes:– Communities operated on their own time

• Noon was when sun was directly overhead

• Description:– Division of earth into 24 time zones (1883)

• US has 4 (Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific)

• Results:

George Pullman

• Built factory for manufacturing sleepers and other railroad cars in Illinois

• Built town for employees

• Exerted complete control over town– No loitering on front steps– No alcohol

Samuel B. Morse

Alexander Graham Bell

James Ritty and John Birch

Christopher Sholes

William Seward Burroughs

Thomas A. Edison

Elisha Otis

George Eastman

Richard Sears

Alvah Curtis Roebuck

George Stephenson