Chapter 6 industrial revolution

what helped the industrial revolution to take place in america 

  • Tons of natural resources 
  • government helped business 
  • cities were growing 
  • immigrants provided cheap labor 

Natural recources 

  • Coal 
  • copper lead 
  • lead 
  • uranium 
  • timber 
  • rare earth elements 
  • natural gas
  • oil
  • iron 

laissez-Faire 

  • hands off 

leadership style 

  • autocratic 
  • laissez-Faire 
  • Democratic 

why did cities grow so fast 

  • immigrants 
  • immigrants provide cheap labor 
  • oil boom productions 
  • farmers moved to the city 
  • African Americans moved to the city 

inventions 

  • Edison- light bulb filament 
  • Graham bell- telephone 
  • Christopher Sholes  typewriter

Andrew Carnegie 

  • started poor and became rich in the steel business

sherman anti trust act

used to fight off the monopolies  

 

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