Chapter 6Section OneThe expansion of IndustrieBessemer of steel processiron always rust and hard to work withwhen carbon was removed from iron which made steelcheap steelSteel lighter and more flexibleHenry Bessemer invented teh steel processborn in london moved to Paris when he was 21Patillo Higginsmerchant and lumber merchatnSpindletop springs oil underneath?Captian Anthony F LucasAnthong was an experienced prospectorhe was teh only person wto had believed higgins belief about oilit wasnt till 1900 whtn the found investors and started to drillafter months of difficult and frustrating workmk oil began to pour our which started teh Texas oil boomBlack GoldCrude oil had been used only for fuel and medicineit wasnt until the 1940s that amercans used kerosene to light lampsEdwin L Drakein early 1859 Edwin had successfully drilled with a steam engine fro oil near Titusville Pennthe oil Texas boom started in Kentucky Ohio Illinois and Indiana then made it to TexasNatural ResourcesGovernment support for busniessesGrowing urban population Cheap laborNew inventionsLightbuld made better/ longer shiftsType writterTelephoneSection 2Age of the Railroads 'The age of the railroad made local transportation and shipping available to small towns and citiesmade time zones and standard time to be setBy 1856 railroads had extended to mississippi river and 3 years later to the missouri a decade later people cheered because of the jouning of the centeral union and pacific union railroads at Promentart Point Utah making the transcontanetal railroadNew towns and Marketslinking previously isolated towns and cities, new markets and industries developedsuch as Chicago for it stockyards and minneapolis for its grain industiriesProvided jobsTook up space they were loudFarmers were being overchargered to use the railroad / high demandGraingers Laws made by farmersequal charges state by state not all of the countriesMune vs Illinousunfair to set maximun rates1877 supported graingersICA interstate converse act could put maximun rate on railroad5 person team went around to make sure the rairoad was being fair on the pricesTeddy Rosevelt was the first time it was effective
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