A New Technological Age

1
CHAPTER 6

• A New Technological Age

2
The Expansion of Industry
3
Industrial Boom

• Abundant Natural Resources
• Gave inventors and entrepreneurs the means to
  develop and implement new products and methods

4
Industrial Boom

• Many New Inventions
• Explosion of inventions enabled industry to grow
  to an unprecedented extent
• The harnessing of electricity spurred the
  invention of household appliances and business
  machinery
• Electricity also allowed manufacturing to locate
  their plants wherever they wanted

5
Industrial Boom

• Growing Urban Population
• Ready supply of labor for industry
• Provided a market for new products

6
Edwin Drake

• 1858 Titusville, Pennsylvania
• Steam engine to drill for oil
• Started the oil boom

7
Henry Bessemer

• Efficient technique for turning iron ore into
  steel cheaper method of making steel

8
Thomas Edison
9
Thomas Edison

• Worlds first research lab
• Menlo Park, New Jersey

10
Thomas Edison

• Light Bulb
• System for producing and distributing electricity
• Organized power plants around the nation

11
George Westinghouse

• Air brake for trains
• AC electricity for safer and longer transport

12
Electric Streetcars

• Travel easier and cheaper
• Cities grew outward

13
Swift and Armour

• Meatpacking new model for consumer industries

14
Christopher Sholes

• 1867 typewriter
• Jobs for women

15
Alexander Graham Bell

• 1876 - telephone

16
Elisha Otis

• 1861 safety elevator

17

• Industrialization changed American society
  forever
• Increased demand for workers in factories and
  offices
• Many new consumer goods
• More time and opportunities for recreation