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List 4 reasons why industrialization grew so rapidly
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1. resources
2. govt. support of business
3. growth of cities-cheap labot
4. new markets
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What is Black Gold?
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oil
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What happened in the Mesabi Range of Minnesota?
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deposits of iron and coal were found that helped supply raw materials for the growing steel business.
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Bessemer process
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technique used to make steel. Injected air into molten iron and it removed impurities.
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How did they production of steel help to develop America?
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Supplied the material to fuel the incredible growth of American. Ex.
1. railroads
2. bridges
3.farm machinery that helped develop middle America into the "bread basket"
4. skyscrapers
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Who invented electricity?
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Thomas Edison
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How did the invention of electricity create change in America? (5 ways)
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1. changed nature of business
2. ran machines
3. helped to invent time saving machines
4. transportation-electric street cars
5. now plants could be located where ever they wanted-not just by power soursces (rivers)
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What did Christopher Sholes invent?
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They typewriter
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Who invented the telephone?
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Alexander Graham Bell
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How did these new inventions impact the movement of woman into the work force?
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1. provided clerical jobs-40% of clerical workforce
2. more factories-ex. textile jobs
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