Transcript Industrialization Notes

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A GROWING NATION:
Industrialization
A. New Industries
1. New Technology
– Electrical power replaces steam power
– Factories become larger and produce more
goods
– Faster transportation allows goods and people to
be moved faster
2. Making Steel
– Bessemer Process: using hot air to purify molten
iron and convert it to steel
– Allows factories to make steel faster and cheaper
– 1873: US produces 115,000 tons of Steel
– 1910: US 24 million tons of Steel
– Steel used for bigger buildings, bridges, and
better metal goods
3. Start of Oil Industry
– Oil was used for fuel and for
machine lubricant
– Mid 1800’s refined to make
it more useful
– People begin to drill for oil
– Wildcatters, oil prospectors,
look for oil across the
country
– Used for kerosene, gasoline,
and other useful petroleum
products
4. Railroads
• 1862 – Transcontinental RR was started from
Omaha, Nebraska and Sacramento, California.
• May 10, 1869 the met in Utah.
• After this RR grew across the country. Time
was the big problem.
• Standardized time was established across the
country.
• 1918 – Congress established standard time
zones.
5. Mass Production
• The idea of the individual craftsman was
rapidly disappearing from America.
• By mass producing a product, industry could
cut the cost.
• Railroads allowed items to be shipped all over
the country.
Due Tomorrow
• Time Zone Assignment