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