1. The Rise of Industry
• After the Civil War there were 30 million
people living in the US –1.3 million worked in
Industry.
• Only 40 years later, by 1900, US was the
largest Industrial country in the world.
How did the US become the largest
Industrial country in the World?
Many factors contributed to the Industrial
Revolution
2. The 5 factors that Contributed to
Industrialization
Cheap Labor Plenty of Raw Transportation Government New
Materials- Railroads Policies Inventions
Natural
Resources
3. Cheap Labor
• Between 1865-1910 about 20 million
immigrants came from Eastern Europe--
countries like Italy, Greece, Poland and Russia
Why did they come?
1. Jobs-plenty of jobs and land in US
2. Forced military service
3. Avoid religious persecution
4. Have a higher standard of living
4. These multitudes added to the
growing industrial workforce,
helping factories increase their
production and furthering
demand for industrial products
11. Plenty of Natural Resources West
Water, timber, coal, iron, and copper-
The presence of these raw materials
meant that American companies
could obtain them cheaply.
But how would they get these
products to and from the West??
12. The Railroad
• By linking the nation, railroads helped
increase the size of markets for many
products.
• The Railroad itself stimulated the economy by
spending extraordinary amounts of money on
steel, coal, timber and other necessities.
13. What was the Government Doing?
• Nothing!!!
• The Government practiced Laissez-Faire
economies
• Kept taxes low and imposed no regulations
18. The Inventions
• A flood of important inventions helped
increase the nation’s productive capacity and
improved the network of transportations and
communications
20. Thomas Alva Edison
• Perhaps the most famous inventor of the late
1800’s
• Phonograph
• Perfected the light bulb
• Later the battery, the Dictaphone, the
mimeograph and the motion picture
