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| How did advances in transportation link resources, products, and markets? |
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• Moving natural resources (e.g., copper and lead) to eastern factories
• Moving iron ore deposits to sites of steel mills (e.g., Pittsburgh)
• Transporting finished products to national markets |
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| What are some examples of manufacturing areas that were located near centers of population? |
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• Textile industry—New England
• Automobile industry—Detroit
• Steel Industry—Pittsburg |
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| What inventions created great change and industrial growth in the United States? |
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Definition
• Lighting and mechanical uses of electricity (Thomas Edison)
• Telephone service (Alexander Graham Bell) |
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| What created the rise in big business? |
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Definition
• National markets created by transportation advances
• Captains of industry
• Advertising
• Lower-cost production |
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| What factors caused the growth of industry? |
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Definition
• Access to raw materials and energy
• Availability of work force
• Inventions
• Financial resources |
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| Who is the captain of the oil industry? |
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| Who is the captain of the steel industry? |
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| Who is the captain of the automobile industry? |
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| Who is the captain of the railroad industry? |
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| How did industrialization and the rise in big business influence life on American farms? |
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Definition
• Mechanization (e.g., the reaper) had reduced farm labor needs and increased production.
• Industrial development in cities created increased labor needs.
• Industrialization provided access to consumer goods (e.g. mail order) |
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